Category: Development

The #ASEAN2017 Summit proves that the Philippines is not a fascist state

November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

Funny how elements of the Philippine Opposition gleefully spread images of Leftist protesters infesting Manila’s streets as if to demonstrate that there is a “fight” for “freedom” currently raging against the oppressive “fascist” government of an “evil” strongman. There is even a dramatic image of one of these protesters in the act of delivering a…

Development, Politics, Society

Three ingredients essential for the Philippines to progress that ‘thought leaders’ fail to address

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 benign0 7 Comments

The trouble with the Philippines’ political discourse today is that it is hopelessly partisan. As a result, there is no energy channeled into mapping a way forward for the Philippines. Instead, much of the talk is around discrediting one other. Whilst there is a small niche within the social media chatter that appreciates and rewards…

Culture, Development, Economy

A New Marawi City that is SQUATTER-FREE is an absolutely worthwhile goal

October 20, 2017 benign0 10 Comments

There’s a lot of talk lately about “re-building” Marawi City. Jose Montelibano in his Inquirer column today offers thoughts on what needs to be considered to not just to do that but to do it right, as in build A New Marawi that, at the same time, puts it on a path towards becoming a…

Culture, Development, Government

Duterte’s policies are unpopular with people who want to maintain the status quo

October 19, 2017February 10, 2018 Ilda 13 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is unlike previous Presidents the country has ever had. It’s not just his swearing and his unabashed tirades that make him exceptional. We already know that he is the first President to hail from Mindanao, which in itself is already a standout feature of his. But what the Opposition fail to…

Culture, Development

HOPE lies in imagining a JEEPNEY-FREE Philippines

October 18, 2017June 26, 2022 benign0 14 Comments

As usual, the whole “debate” around the plight of the hundreds of thousands of jeepney drivers and the “threat” to their “livelihood” presented by the prospect of modernising public transport in the Philippine has taken a wrong turn. Highlighted by the usual “socially-aware” cliques of “activists” is the wellbeing of what is, essentially, a relatively…

Development, Lifestyle

Like squatters, jeepney drivers are national PARASITES

October 17, 2017 benign0 21 Comments

It’s crazy the way the Philippine government coddles these jeepney drivers. They are mere pawns in a vast decades-long campaign of emotional blackmail Filipino commies have subjected Filipinos to on a national scale. And yet, though these World War II era contraptions have been pitched across as a “public utility” that “serves” Filipino commuters, they…

Culture, Development, Society

Why the State should NOT be Pro-poor for the Philippines to Prosper

September 18, 2017 zaxx 41 Comments

Did you ever wonder why our government, constitution and laws are so pro-poor? Well, all you have to do is look at a Yellowtard LP rally, and you’ll find many nuns and clergy people holding placards. Catholicism indeed holds a tight grip on the country’s policies and it thrives on a pro-poor philosophy, always siding…

Development, Education, Government

Filipinos are only good at being afraid of Martial Law and not much else

September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

There are things worse than being under the sort of Martial Law former President Ferdinand Marcos oversaw in the 1970s — like being invaded by a foreign army, being struck by a killer earthquake or cyclone, being genetically mutated by years of exposure to diesel fumes, being stabbed to death by a drug-crazed loser, or…

Culture, Development, Society

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