Word Power (Not People Power) is the Cure to Filipino Dysfunction
Language is one of the most basic elements that define a culture or nation. For many countries, it is the unifying factor of their people and the key distinctive that …
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Filipinos need to get off the loser path and onto the road to real progress
How did the Philippines get to where it is now? It is a wretched society, unable to defend itself from foreign and natural threats, paralysed by its own enormous population, …
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Mass national disruption as APEC Manila 2015 circus comes to town!
Everything is such a huge drama in the Philippines. The coming Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) is no exception. It promises to effect immense disruption across a vast swath of …
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Filipino Misconceptions of Sacrifice
It’s timely that Benign0 had come out with an article that discusses the twisting of the concept of sacrifice by Filipino culture. Indeed, it is twisted when one says they …
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Superficiality vs. Substance: From The Eyes Of Singaporeans
Let me tell you a conversation I once had with my Singaporean friends. After all, we all like to believe that the Philippines can one day become as prosperous as …
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Why I Think Filipinos are Immature
So, it has come to this. Sadly, while I am pleased to know that more and more people are waking up intellectually because of the Aquino administration’s repetitive mishaps, a …
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The #Philippines is a nation of starstruck ignoramuses
[The following is an article by Star columnist Don Pedero published in The Philippine Star 29 October 2000 and also featured in Get Real Philippines on the same year.] * …
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Is Philippine Standard Time truly the solution to Filipino Time?
Is it supposed to be surprising that apart from a few reports on both GMA, ABS-CBN, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, there isn’t much discussion going around about the newly …
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