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A more sober regard for BS Aquino’s veto of the SSS pension hike bill

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 benign0 13 Comments

Understandably, a lot of emotion surrounds the issue of how much pension retired Filipinos are entitled to from the Philippines’ Social Security System (SSS). The Manila Times editor called President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III “cruel and heartless” for vetoing House Bill 5842 passed by Philippine Congress to significantly increase SSS benefit payouts to pensioners….

Government

Filipinos’ misguided sense of patriotism is tearing the nation apart

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Ilda 29 Comments

The disqualification cases against Senator Grace Poe’s candidacy for the Presidency in the upcoming election due to her questionable citizenship status has caused quite a stir in Philippine society. It has divided the sentiments of the Filipino people. While she has many supporters, there are people who call her a traitor supposedly because she abandoned…

Civics, Culture, Politics, Society

Coronation of Mar Roxas as Datu of Lanao del Sur insults Filipino Muslims!

January 14, 2016 benign0 11 Comments

So Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas is now a “datu” of the sultanate of Lanao del Sur. According to the Inquirer report, “for now, he is happy to settle for the title of datu” even as he aims his sights for the top office of the land in Malacanang Palace at the heart of…

Government, Politics, The South

Growing Filipino cottage industry attracts lonely First World ‘sugardaddies’

January 14, 2016 benign0 19 Comments

In the affluent West, ageing is a lonely affair. Many elderly people in the First World live alone in houses and apartments. In a lot of cases the road ultimately leads to an aged care facility — the final departure lounge from this world, so to speak. Even as better medical technology makes death increasingly…

Culture, Lifestyle

3 Ways Philippine Society Today Is Abusive To Children

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 Grimwald 36 Comments

From these articles, it can be surmised that majority of Filipino society seems to treat its children quite poorly. Contrary to being “child-friendly”, it seems that our apparent “wholesomeness” is just a front for more disturbing aspects of our society. Of course, I know that there will be those out there who will once again…

Culture, Education, Society

The Philippines is centre of a billion-dollar global sex industry involving children

January 13, 2016December 9, 2021 benign0 17 Comments

A foreign journalist working with Philippine police and an American non-government organisation (NGO) has exposed more of the under-reported underworld of the Philippines’ underage sex industry. A Daily Mail UK report detailed the undercover investigative journalism of Peter Bridge (not his real name), a Belgian national. The investigation focused on illegal brothels and cybersex dens…

Crime, Culture, Media, Society

On Mother Mary And Marian Devotion In The Philippines

January 13, 2016 Grimwald 21 Comments

After all the articles aiming to criticize the destructive religiosity of the Philippines, I find myself writing another piece about how some of our beliefs seem twisted and somehow dangerous in a sense. Of course, again, everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinion. However, for now, please hear out some of the points…

Religion, Society

A ‘None of the Above’ option should be made available to Filipino voters!

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 benign0 21 Comments

I’m not surprised that supporters of Liberal Party candidates Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo would be quick to feel “vindicated” by the position taken by my colleague Virtual Vigilante (VV) in his article The Choice is Clear: Mar and Leni for 2016. Months of desperately grasping at straws to find an absolute reason to vote…

Government, Politics

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