Going around in circles
People come and go. Governments rise and fall. Disasters (natural or otherwise) happen and leave their effects. In this regard, the Philippines is not much different from other societies in …
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Philippine poverty is really a very simple problem. It really is.
Why are Filipinos poor? Simple. Because they entered into too many commitments they, as a people, are inherently incapable of honouring. That’s essentially the definition of poverty in my book. …
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Filipino liberals presume to know better than people who choose NOT to be “victims”
He is not the president of Europeans or Americans. He is the president of the Filipino people. As such, Filipinos get to decide what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in …
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Filipinos must put EDSA I and Yellowtardism where they belong
In the rubbish bin of history. By now it is pretty obvious that there is still a considerable group of Filipinos – many of them supposedly who are “educated” – …
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The Philippine Opposition is obsolete and needs to be replaced with one focused on nation building
What next? Again, this is the question Filipinos are left with following this year’s “EDSA People Power Revolution” anniversary. Specifically, the question of how exactly to build upon the experience …
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Baffling logic: Maria Ressa blames Facebook for the Philippines’ political dysfunction
There is something disturbingly familiar about the way Maria Ressa, CEO of “social news network” Rappler, blames social media giant Facebook for her troubles and even that of the Philippines’. …
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Jover Laurio, a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog: Don’t be fooled by the victim card she now plays
So now a certain Maria Josephina Vergina “Jover” Laurio has come out and revealed herself as the person behind the Yellowtard blog Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB). This is after a …
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Filipinos are using Gilas Pilipinas’s win over China to feel like they REALLY won against China
If Filipinos can’t win where it really counts, they will declare themselves winners where it does not count. That’s pretty much the sad space social media “influencers” from the Opposition …
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