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Filipino labour force not up to par: Philippines ready to host foreign workers

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 benign0 65 Comments

The Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is reportedly considering opening the country to foreign workers. A list of occupations for which there is a “shortage” of local people qualified to fill has been released by the DOLE… Architect Chemical Engineer Chemist Environmental Planner Fisheries Technologist Geologist – Geophysicist, petrogeochemist, petrophysicist, micropaleontologist, engineering geologist…

Development, Economy, Education, Lifestyle

Kris Aquino’s new-found no-sex lifestyle: That’s entertainment!

January 14, 2014 Kate Natividad 14 Comments

Hmmm… maybe we should all be happy for Kris Aquino’s most recent epiphany, don’t you think? After all, sex has been so made out to be such a big deal that many of us have all but lost the plot when it comes to our sexuality. According to Kris, she now believes that her “not…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

China reportedly prepares detailed military plans to seize Spratly Islands from the Philippines in 2014

January 14, 2014February 5, 2023 benign0 59 Comments

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is reportedly drawing up plans to invade the Spratly Islands this year, 2014. China’s claim is based on an assertion that the Han Dynasty had “discovered” these islands in 2 BC. The islands were claimed to have been marked on maps compiled during the time of Eastern Han Dynasty…

Civics, Government

Do Century Tuna and ‘Dyesebel’ mix with Anne Curtis’s career?

January 13, 2014 benign0 12 Comments

So Anne Curtis will now be doing a reprise of the mermaid role in the latest film version of Mars Ravelo’s Dyesebel. This was announced last week by ABS-CBN and Curtis is reportedly excited… “It’s another dream come true. Sobra lang akong speechless kasi napakalaking project ito. Sinasabi ko noon sa interviews dati, dream role…

Glitz and Glamour

If only Manila had a cold climate all year round, Pinoys wouldn’t be so lazy!

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Kate Natividad 44 Comments

Sarap the weather in Manila nowadays! I always appreciate how cold weather works wonders for the psyche — it makes you feel more energetic, gives you a more pleasant disposition, and you not only feel more productive, you actually are more productive. If only the Philippines had a climate like this all year round. Siguro…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle

Emergency powers for President Noynoy Aquino: Like giving a blowtorch to a child

January 12, 2014 benign0 55 Comments

Members of Congress are reportedly proposing the granting of emergency powers to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to “give him more control over power generation in the country.” To that, Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone also added the country’s commuter woes as further justification saying that development of solutions to these problems “can…

Development, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Is the solution to a socio-cultural problem a political one?

January 10, 2014January 11, 2014 FallenAngel 51 Comments

The socio-cultural problem, Filipinos need to be reminded, is comprised of the dysfunctions in Filipino culture that have kept them chained to a perpetual state of impoverishment. The political solution, Filipinos would like to think, is to merely focus on changing our leaders into those “different” from the corrupt bunch that currently infest government. Is…

Civics, Culture, Politics, Society

Setting New Standards in Abject Failure: PNP Hires a Security Firm to Protect its Headquarters

January 10, 2014 BenK 43 Comments

In a stunning move that even the Administration-friendly Inquirer couldn’t help itself from calling an “irony of ironies”, the Philippine National Police announced it had earmarked P21 million to contract a private security firm (still unnamed) to provide security services at Camp Crame, the PNP’s national headquarters. PNP Director Alan Purisima explained the move as…

Crime, Society

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