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You cannot ‘educate’ Filipinos to vote wisely while encouraging them to buy stupidly

March 12, 2013 benign0 12 Comments

To be credible, you need to be consistent. And if one is forced to use only one word to describe GetRealPhilippines.com I’d choose this one: consistency. Whether it be in politics or in day-to-day living, we are consistent in our drive to get Filipinos focused on the singular key to a successful life: thinking things…

Culture, Education, Media, Politics, Society

Epic fail: Philippine and Malaysian govts continue to botch the handling of the Sabah crisis

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 benign0 48 Comments

The fighting in Malaysia’s Sabah province could be turning into a massive humanitarian crisis the likes of which the otherwise prosperous region hasn’t seen in decades. As sketchy reports of abuses perpetrated by Malaysian security forces allegedly purging the state of Filipino nationals get traded amongst “concerned” individuals on the Net, the Philippine government has…

Government, Media, Politics, The South

The Aim of Politics is Ethics and Virtue, the Promotion of the Individual Self Worth and the Common Good

March 10, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 10 Comments

â€œWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.â€ â€“ Aristotle This humble paper is a counter-thesis to the prevalent negative and pessimistic view that there is no ethics in politics and that the idea of the ancient Greeks concerning politics is not applicable in our society or in…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Society

Still Les Miserable Over Argo

March 9, 2013July 14, 2015 John Bay 1 Comment

Itâ€™s been more than a week since the Oscars and more than a couple of weeks since Iâ€™ve seen two of some of the most talked about movies of the year. Two weeks, and I am Still Les Miserable over Argo. Having seen both Les Mis and Argo, I wouldâ€™ve thought that Les Mis wouldâ€™ve…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

The cherry on a pile of BS: Noynoy Aquino comfy in bed with the Malaysian police state

March 8, 2013 benign0 37 Comments

What is the government of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III doing in bed with a police state like Malaysia to begin with? This is, after all, a regime that is the antithesis of every piece of the Philippines’ Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan’s Yellowist rhetoric. President BS Aquino ascended to power on the back of…

Government, Politics, Society

In Defense of a Computer Wizard: Aaron Swartz, the Great One

March 8, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 3 Comments

On behalf of all the bloggers, hacktivists, and netizens of the world, I am sincerely offering my condolences and solidarity to the family and love ones of the late Aaron Swartz, the prominent American blogger and computer prodigy who abruptly ended his life on the face of tremendous harassment and overwhelming odds — ironically sponsored…

Tech Talk

THE SABAH ISSUE: The Betrayal to the Republic of the Philippines of Mr. Aquino

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 96 Comments

I concur with the statement of the Anonymous Philippines (February 28th) that President Aquino’s February 26, 2013 statement on Sabah Issue is problematic. In fact, I will even argue that the pronouncement of Mr. Aquino is unpatriotic and treasonous. Whatever little respect I have in him is completely gone the very moment I heard him…

Civics, Development, Government, Politics, The South

In ignoring Sultan Kiram, President Noynoy Aquino did treat him as a terrorist

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 Ilda 46 Comments

In a press conference, Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte insisted that Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary, Albert del Rosario did not call Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram III and his men terrorists. The problem with Valteâ€™s statement is that, first, it is coming from someone who has lost much of her credibility. Most, if not all,…

Culture, Government, The South