Filipino “Menial” Mentality leads to Abuses
People are so up and about against tyranny in the Philippines recently. They pointed at barangay officials and police beating up and even shooting quarantine violators. The wokes claim the …
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Does Jover Laurio symbolise for Filipinos what it means to be a great people?
Craig Nelson introduces his book Rocketmen, with the story of a 1969 United States Senate briefing (shortly after Apollo 11 landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon) where …
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Why being exceptional is a bane in the Philippines
Being exceptional in the Philippines is not only not rewarded, it is also punished. Often severely. Being exceptional, in the eyes of Filipinos, means that you are something the rest …
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What do basketball, karaoke, and democracy, all have in common in the Philippines?
Basketball, karaoke, and democracy, are favorite pastimes in the Philippines. All three are things Filipinos like to associate with being Filipino. We like to think of ourselves – and are …
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A message to Filipinos who plan to celebrate the EDSA People Power ‘revolution’ anniversary
I find them funny, these articles, blogs, and Facebook posts that together mount a futile effort to trumpet the dubious “achievements” of Yellow-branded “democracy” over the last 30 years. Authors …
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How can Filipinos hope to be a great people if they cannot even find a great president?
Exceptional. Normally, a race for the presidency involves a cast of exceptional people. These would be the men and women seen to be at the top of their respective games …
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“Pilipinas Got ‘Talent’ Not Pilipinas Got ‘Awa’!”: The Way It Should Be
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very rare day when I find myself concurring with members of our local media, many of whom I openly disdain. Indeed, as some of …
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Will President Noynoy Aquino go down in history as a good president?
Probably not. For the essential and even critical problems that have beset the Philippines for decades, there was hardly any change that came out over the last six years under …
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