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Culture / Development / Economy

Filipinos need to get better at killing in order to prosper

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 - by benign0 - 36 Comments.

The seeming aversion of Filipinos to large-scale infrastructure projects — the sorts needed to achieve the vast economies of scale needed to compete in the global market likely stems from …

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From First World to Third: The Philippine Story

August 6, 2017 - by zaxx - 10 Comments.

The Philippine case of reverse-transformation from a former colony of first-world USA that was only 2nd to Japan and burgeoning with potential in the middle of the last century into the …

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Does the First World owe the rest of the world, its migrants and its refugees anything?

August 27, 2015 - by benign0 - 38 Comments.

Europe and much of the rich world today is faced with a moral dilemma surrounding a tidal wave of desperate migrants massing at their borders fleeing war and poverty in …

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Is ‘Daang Matuwid’ (straight path) enough for the Philippines to catch up?

July 29, 2015 - by benign0 - 24 Comments.

If we are to believe President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his minions, the Philippines’ only hope for a bright future is to continue the “reform” agenda set in …

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Patronage politics will ruin the Philippines just like it ruined President Noynoy Aquino

April 7, 2015April 8, 2015 - by Ilda - 18 Comments.

The question of what is wrong with the Philippines has baffled both Filipinos and foreigners alike. Some say that corruption and incompetence in government is the root of the problem. …

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The First World can’t help the Third World because they don’t understand Third World poverty

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 - by benign0 - 48 Comments.

Q: What do the conflicts in the Middle East, pestilence in Africa, and chronic poverty in the Philippines have in common? A: The West’s insistence that it can “help” the …

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Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

June 24, 2014 - by benign0 - 7 Comments.

Global outrage has erupted over the harsh prison sentences meted out to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed last Monday. The three were successfully prosecuted in …

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Government / Politics

Prescribed Corruption

May 21, 2013 - by Hector Gamboa - 21 Comments.

Let me start off with a joke taken from the book Bad Medicine: The Prescription Drug Industry in the Third World by Silverman, Lydecker, and Lee. I changed it a …

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