Get Real Post

Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm One’s Self

March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 60 Comments

How do people kill themselves? According to Wikipedia: â€œSuicideÂ (LatinÂ suicidium, fromÂ sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of intentionally causing one’s ownÂ deathâ€. The following are the usual reasons and often quoted factors given, why an individual commits suicide: â€œâ€¦is committed out ofÂ despairÂ or attributed to some underlyingÂ mental disorder, such asÂ depression,Â bipolar disorder,Â schizophrenia,Â alcoholism, orÂ drug abuse.Â Pressures or misfortunes such…

Education, Lifestyle, Society

Senseless suicide: Did the University of the Philippines kill Kristel Tejada?

March 18, 2013March 18, 2013 benign0 144 Comments

Tragic is the only thing that accurately describes the way student Kristel Tejada ended her life at 16 over an inability to pay tuition fees due to the University of the Philippines (UP) where she was enrolled in a Behavioural Science course. As to the conclusions that were drawn from all that, debatable is the…

Culture, Education, Society

Are Filipinos really Oppressed?

March 18, 2013July 3, 2013 ChinoF 48 Comments

While ruminating on some other facets of Philippine dysfunction, I observe that Filipinos claim that they are an “oppressed” people. The poor of the country for example say that they are oppressed by the rich. Some liberal or anti-Catholic or anti-religious groups would point to Carlos Celdran’s case as showing that they are being oppressed…

Culture

The Primary Purpose of the University is to Develop and Cultivate Critical Thinking

March 17, 2013March 17, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 65 Comments

There is no doubt that the subjects of Liberal Arts education, such as Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Sociology, Anthropology, etc, – the Humanities as a whole – is the branch of knowledge that specifically deals with the study of what makes us human. Hence, the value and importance of a Liberal Arts education! In the words…

Education

Ours is not ‘a beautiful mind’

March 15, 2013 Johnny Saint 24 Comments

Note: The following is from CTALK, Cito Beltran’s column for the Philippine Star. Cito Beltran has provided advice and options to private clients as a consultant in the area of Crisis Management, Corporate Culture Change, Conflict Resolution, Media Training and Government Relations. In addition, he is engaged in developing advertising and promotional campaigns for consumer…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

AirAsia Philippines in spotlight as Sabah insurgency rages

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 benign0 2 Comments

Fledgling entry into budget travel business in the Philippines, AirAsia Philippines is currently feeling the heat as Filipino Tausugs wage a guerrilla war in the Malaysian state of Sabah. This is in the aftermath of the spread of publicity shots depicting its planes transporting Malaysian troops to the battle front in early March. The online…

Lifestyle, Money Talks, The South

Explosion of Joy or Explosion of Superficiality?

March 15, 2013January 15, 2015 Gogs 23 Comments

Philippine Daily Inquirer page March 14, 2013 A1 I have said many times mass media is simply a mirror to society. Mass media gives the audience what it wants to attract what they want. It is very uncomfortable to know as a practicing Catholic in the Philippines that our religious leaders are not…

Culture, Media, Politics, Religion

Habemus Papam, et non ex Philippines

March 14, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 9 Comments

“We have a Pope!…and (he is) not from the Philippines.” Too bad, Cardinal Luis Tagle did not make it, no matter how hard the Filipinos hoped and prayed. After Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, the Filipinos were ecstatic about the possibility of Cardinal Tagle becoming Pope, no thanks to the local media. Ahem, just…

Culture, Religion, Society