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Banning of DreamWorks movie ‘Abominable’ makes the Philippines no better than China

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

The Philippines joined other authoritarian nations in southeast Asia to ban the film Abominable, a joint production by DreamWorks and China’s Pearl Studio. The animated film about a Chinese teenager helping a yeti return to his home shows a chart featuring the “nine-dash” line which sets out Beijing’s expansive claims to the flashpoint waters. By…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics

The Best Metro Traffic Solutions: Rail Network Expansion and Decentralization

October 13, 2019 zaxx 11 Comments

After Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo’s cute little crisis-downplaying publicity stunt on taking the challenge to commute to work, the conclusion is: There is NO mass transport crisis plaguing Filipino commuters, since he was still eventually able to get from point A to B (except that it took him 4 hours from his home in Marikina…

Development

Filipinos don’t owe Carlos Celdran ANYTHING

October 12, 2019 benign0 2 Comments

Nobody owes Carlos Celdran anything. He made a name for himself going up against the mighty Roman Catholic Church. But this is something many Filipinos have already been doing in manners that do not get them in trouble with the law. In this context one’s gotta take with a bit of bemusement what “thought leader”…

Culture, Religion, Society

Circuses and publicity stunts won’t solve the Philippines’ public transport crisis

October 10, 2019 benign0 12 Comments

Government officials like Salvador Panelo, egged on by Opposition “activists” and “influencers”, are stepping up to “challenges” to personally experience taking public transport. Quite quaint — except that it trivialises the plight of millions of real Filipino commuters. For most ordinary Filipinos, taking public transport is a daily reality. While these latest circuses make for…

Government, Politics

How Carlos Celdran will be remembered

October 8, 2019October 10, 2019 benign0 8 Comments

Just the other day, Carlos Celdran was telling Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to die. Today we get the news that he has died. No, not Duterte, Carlos. Carlos Celdran is dead. When some people die, specially at such a young age, people are at a loss for words. Celdran died but there remains a lot…

Lifestyle

Resistance to Jeepney Modernization symbolizes Filipino Primitivism

October 6, 2019April 6, 2025 ChinoF 23 Comments

Our webmaster Benign0 and other bloggers have all mentioned how the jeepney is a symbol of the Philippines’ backwardness. Recently, efforts to improve it, or replace it with a better vehicle, met resistance from the likes of “transport groups” like PISTON and Manibela. What’s funny is how even celebrities and middle-class commenters insert themselves and…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle

Philippine Opposition relying on foreigners for help to free De Lima and bring Duterte down

October 3, 2019 Ilda 17 Comments

Members of the Philippine Opposition especially those from the Liberal Party are still clinging to whatever glimmer of hope they see of a chance of bringing the current government down. Some of them have expressed support for the proposed bill by two US lawmakers to ban from entering the US Philippine government officials who are…

Government, Politics

We can Talk About Environmental Issues Without Climate Change

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 ChinoF 10 Comments

Some people are so defensive of Greta Thunberg because they think her tantrum was necessary to alert people on environmental issues. I however believe her speech is based on a myth: when you talk of saving the environment, it must include climate change. Either you’re with Thunberg or you’re an enemy of environmentalism. Not for…

Culture, Environment

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