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Renaming of the NLEX to Cory Aquino Expressway: Adding insult to national injury

May 11, 2015May 27, 2018 benign0 53 Comments

Yesterday’s world-changing breaking news was that Philippine Congress gave the green light to renaming the North Luzon Exrpessway (NLEX) the “President Corazon C. Aquino Expressway” (CAEX)… “If favorably passed into law, it will constantly remind us of the noble deeds of the late President especially for the poor, and inspire our people to emulate her…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

Get Real Koko Narak

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 Grimwald 21 Comments

I was thinking of taking a break on the weekend and keep off of writing for a while but certain things just can’t be put off so easily. One of these hotly debated topics center around the Thai national Prasertri Kosin or Koko Narak and the insults he threw at the Filipino people, describing them…

Filipinos and their Squatter Mentality culture

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 benign0 29 Comments

Whether it be Moros demanding the “right” to carve out big resource-rich chunks of Mindanao and call it their very own autonomous Sharia-governed Islamic paradise or actual squatters that are, well, squatting on property owned by law-abiding tax-paying people, the argument of choice fielded by apologists of these “oppressed” communities is that they are “victims”….

Culture, Development, Education, Society

That Do Nothing @TRBSAFE Executive Director Edmundo Reyes

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 P. Farol 6 Comments

Is Reyes Another Do Nothing DoTC Ex-Politico Aquino Appointee? A friend tells me that thousands of people are still waiting for the E-Pass tags they applied for months ago and it seems that Toll Regulatory Board Executive Director Edmundo Reyes is ignoring this situation, which later could lead to monster traffic jams on the Southern Luzon…

Economy, Government, Politics

Ph media to blame for lack of awareness and division over issues like the Mary Jane Veloso case

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 Ilda 17 Comments

I’ve never heard of the name Mary Jane Veloso until a week before her scheduled execution on the 28th of April 2015. When her name started trending on social media just days before she was supposed to be killed by firing squad, I still had no idea what her ordeal was about. I have to…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Does Prasertsri Kosin (a.k.a. ‘Koko Narak’) deserve to be deported from the Philippines?

May 7, 2015 benign0 60 Comments

There is some basis in what Thai national Prasertsri Kosin says about Filipinos, specially the part about the Philippines being home to a “dangerous” society and Filipinos being “afraid of one another” as well as the way his own Filipino friends are “also mistreated” presumably by other Filipinos. These were among observations Kosin (who has…

Culture, Government, Society

Does the Philippines Need a Savior?

May 6, 2015 Grimwald 27 Comments

Okay ladies and gentlemen, here’s a big question for the Filipino people. Do we need a savior? Do we need an honest-to-God miracle to save us from our predicament? With the up and coming elections of 2016, it becomes a question of the utmost urgency because we know that the Philippines isn’t exactly in a…

Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Alas Kwatro y Medya

May 5, 2015May 8, 2015 Batangenyo 8 Comments

Alas Kwatro y Medya Hindi ko marinig ang kantang tumutugtog sa munti kong radyo dahil sa sobrang lakas ng ulan. Kanina pa akong nakahiga sa marupok kong papag at nakatulala, nakatitig sa butiki sa bubong. Pakiramdam ko ay mas mainam pang naging butiki na lang ako. Napakaraming lamok at insekto sa paligid ang maaari nyang…