Get Real Post

Filipinos need to stop inserting themselves into Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

October 7, 2014October 8, 2014 FallenAngel 15 Comments

Or any other country’s democracy-oriented drive, for that matter. Admittedly, watching the unfolding of the Hong Kong protests – dubbed the Umbrella Revolution – gets one’s curiosity easily piqued. Given that the protesters have been issued an ultimatum to clear the streets, outside observers are hoping that things don’t end tragically. When the world recalls…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress

October 6, 2014November 9, 2021 Ilda 117 Comments

Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989 but seeing the way people are talking about him lately, it’s as if he is still alive today. This is evident in the way some members of mainstream media keep reliving the “horrors” of the Marcos years. There are quite a number of articles highlighting the…

Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Unarrested: the decline of the Philippine National Police’s image and reputation

October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 FallenAngel 13 Comments

It helps to recall one of the tongue-in-cheek comments I heard when I was much younger: In Italy, they have the Mafia. In Japan, they have the Yakuza. In the Philippines, they have the national police! It shouldn’t be that hard to deduce that the above passage is referring to each country’s organized crime syndicate….

Crime, Development

Borderline criminal: Contribution of Manila’s public buses to traffic congestion

October 3, 2014 benign0 20 Comments

Traffic flow on Metro Manila’s main arteries is routinely being jammed by public utility buses loading and unloading indiscriminately in the middle of the road. This is one of the obvious problems plaguing the country that Filipinos are seemingly too stupid to do anything about. We tolerate public utility buses loading and unloading indiscriminately in…

Crime, Development, Society

Why Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution is unlikely to move Beijing

October 2, 2014 benign0 19 Comments

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has taken its all-too-familiar stand on the issue of unrest in Hong Kong remaining consistent with its standard approach to managing and negotiating issues of sovereignity over its territories. “I’d like to reiterate that Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of China, and Hong Kong affairs fall…

Economy, Government, Politics

Facebook apologises for crackdown on drag queens and LGBT community

October 2, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

The community of “drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community” can now rest easy after Facebook promised to improve its system for verifying accounts flagged as “fake” by other users. The social media firm also apologised for what many perceived to be an unwarranted…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society, Tech Talk

Police chief Alan Purisima in utter denial of the Philippines’ crooked police force

October 1, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

If it weren’t for all the “positive thinkers” that inhabit social media, one would see the reality for what it is: the Philippines is on the verge of anarchy. Perhaps it already is in a state of anarchy. But it is a strange kind of anarchy — one where the peace (by Third World standards…

Crime, Government, Society

You go girl: train to be Batman’s wife!

October 1, 2014 Kate Natividad 1 Comment

So last week, the Philippines had its SM shirtgate scandal where a shirt with the incription “It’s not rape, it’s a snuggle with a cuddle” was seen and snapped, said snap going “viral” of course. Said viral photo then becoming the object of much indignation. Now this: This excellent shirt is currently on sale at…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Les
on Filipinos should stop helping the poor through the Roman Catholic Church
Religion, education, banking and currency... You can only have some
Gabsboy
on Filipinos should stop helping the poor through the Roman Catholic Church
One can never fully deconstruct the stranglehold of religion (not
megget
on Stupid and stunted: Why Filipinos are looked down upon by the world
bobby m and his lesbian son and entire family are
Pete
on Stupid and stunted: Why Filipinos are looked down upon by the world
Something interesting from some other's point of view: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ffound-this-meme-on-threads-yay-or-nay-v0-4jsdq981m4ag1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Da67b355f9f2d8761bf053ed83efc7b5218c3f901
Rob
on Stupid and stunted: Why Filipinos are looked down upon by the world
We're looking at a product of a machinery that doesn't
Kunehong Pagong
on Stupid and stunted: Why Filipinos are looked down upon by the world
Is the writer a Filipino or spitting anywhere sanglay?
flipinosareniggers
on Token outrage and politically-motivated street rallies contribute very little to the reform agenda
jose rizal was just homosexual protester
Victim of Tampo
on Do Filipinos suffer from narcissistic personality disorder?
Many of them, especially in work settings. When they are