Category: Development

Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary

Posted on By benign0 4 Comments on Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary

Sad to say, Philippine “activism” hasn’t progressed much over the last several decades. The “movements” may have moved from the streets onto social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, but the quality of the discourse has remained pathetically dismal. The venerable former blogger Dean Jorge Bocobo (DJB, a.k.a. @SagadaSun on Twitter), for example, has taken…

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Culture, Development, Politics, Society, Tech Talk

Not even the Donald can Trump Filipino hypersensitivity!

Posted on By FallenAngel 40 Comments on Not even the Donald can Trump Filipino hypersensitivity!

Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for President of the United States (POTUS), caught the ire of the Filipino community recently, when he mentioned Filipinos in a speech as one among a bunch of “terrorist nations”. The Donald did get something partially right: dealing with Filipinos is like dealing with a bunch of animals. I haven’t…

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Development, Government, Politics

Filipinos can only keep romanticizing about what Singapore has succeeded at DOING

Posted on By FallenAngel 24 Comments on Filipinos can only keep romanticizing about what Singapore has succeeded at DOING

The year 2015 was both a significant marker in the history of our Southeast Asian neighbor Singapore. It was the year of both the fiftieth anniversary of its founding as a nation (August 9), and the year Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), widely considered its founding father, died (March 23). Therefore, starting this year, 2016, Singapore…

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Culture, Development, Economy, Politics, Society

Common Sense for Pinoys: Practical Options for Resolving the Spratlys Dispute with China

Posted on By zaxx 36 Comments on Common Sense for Pinoys: Practical Options for Resolving the Spratlys Dispute with China

After looking into the grave consequences of Filipino stupidity, let’s dive into a closely related topic: common sense for Pinoys. You really don’t have to be a holder of any college degree to apply basic common sense. Consider this awkward scenario: If you were suddenly caught naked in public, would you cover your private parts or cover…

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Culture, Development, Government

Our Problems With China Are Simply The Result Of Our Own Stupidity

Posted on By Grimwald 36 Comments on Our Problems With China Are Simply The Result Of Our Own Stupidity

Ah, so here we are ladies and gentlemen. It seems that the UN and majority of its constituents are favoring the Philippines when it comes to the dispute over the islands in the West Philippine Sea. However, while it shows that much of the world is supporting the Philippines in our efforts to secure our territories,…

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Culture, Development, Government, The South

Essence of Duterte’s inaugural speech: A shift from arbitrary to CONSISTENT government!

Posted on By benign0 57 Comments on Essence of Duterte’s inaugural speech: A shift from arbitrary to CONSISTENT government!

You can metamorphosize from being a tough, street-talking maton into a tough, statesman-like maton. Newly-minted President Rodrigo Duterte proved that yesterday in his inaugural speech — one that caused a lot of keen observers to both hold their breath and let out sighs of relief at the beginnings and ends of every sentence the new…

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Development, Society

President Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration speech: change has already started!

Posted on By FallenAngel 50 Comments on President Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration speech: change has already started!

Noon, the 30th of June, 2016: the term of the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines officially starts. According to the program, the newly-inaugurated president would give a speech, a few choice remarks. Before we get to the speech itself, let’s mention one standout thing observers noted in a photograph of President Duterte…

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Development, Government, Politics

COMELEC SOCE Debacle: ‘Sovereign will of the people’ is NOT a valid argument @commrguanzon!

Posted on By benign0 26 Comments on COMELEC SOCE Debacle: ‘Sovereign will of the people’ is NOT a valid argument @commrguanzon!

There is something fundamentally wrong about Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon’s defense of the decision of the COMELEC en banc to bend election rules to accomodate the Liberal Party’s late submission of its Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). According to COMELEC rules, all candidates and their nominating parties had until the 8th…

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Development, Government, Politics