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Category Archives: Featured
Reform by mob: does it always work?
Some recent events in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the whole trouble with street mobs supposedly calling for “reform” – that in a situation described more by anarchy than any sort of clear higher purpose, it becomes difficult to sort the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Media, Politics, Religion
Tagged egypt, people power, tunisia
19 Comments
What a big difference six months had wrought
The past events have shown just how unstable a country the Philippines is. With most unstable systems, even a slight relaxing of vital control functions results in a rapid unraveling or degeneration of its structure. In the last several months, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Development, Featured, Government
Tagged EDSA, Mindanao, noynoy aquino, Porsche, terrorism
38 Comments
PNoy and his Porsche: wishing for retirement?
When someone hasn’t lived a simple life, he wouldn’t have a clue what simple living means. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie tried living a simple life in front of the camera. The two rich gals had a ball making fun … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Featured, Government, Lifestyle
Tagged facebook, mark zuckerberg, noynoy aquino, Porsche
265 Comments
2011 is indeed a year of hope for the Filipino people!
According to the latest Social Weather Stations “survey”, 93 percent of a 1,200 person sample of Filipinos look forward to the Year 2011 with “hope”. This is supposedly an improvement over the 89 percent found to be hopeful in a … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Featured, Government, Lifestyle, Media
Tagged enteng romano, facebook, noynoy aquino, Social Networks
32 Comments
2010: The year of the rise of the Philippine idiocracy!
What a year it has been! 2010 is the year I and many other like-minded people will never forget. As a Filipino, I never thought it was still possible to learn many new things about the culture I was born … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Development, Elections, Featured, Government
Tagged morong 43, noynoy aquino, Rolando Mendoza, yellow army
74 Comments
The Philippines – a misfit among misfits
We should be careful about how we assure ourselves of the righteousness of the “side” we take in the world order. Today’s scoundrels may be tomorrow’s saints; today’s heroes, tomorrow’s goats; and today’s winners possibly tomorrow’s losers. Raul Pangalangan of … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Featured, Government, Media
Tagged china, Inquirer.net, Liu Xiaobo, nobel prize
33 Comments
The promises of "Globalisation" – all lies?
We give too much credit to China for the industrial-commercial challenge it now poses to America and the rest of the West. But if we step back to the bigger scheme of things, we’ll be able to trace back much … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economy, Featured, Lifestyle
Tagged china, global logistics, globalization, india
17 Comments
Nobel Prize Award: Why China's economic rise can help the Philippines
Who are your friends? “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.” If recent events are any indication, it seems that the Philippines has now shifted its alliance to the left. In a surprising move … Continue reading
P-Noy's popularity hides his lack of substance
Something really weird is happening in the Philippines. For one thing, the result of the latest approval rating conducted by Social Weather Station (SWS) revealed that the Aquino administration has reached a record high. According to presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Education, Featured, Government
Tagged lee kuan yew, noynoy aquino, singapore, william esposo
114 Comments
The incredible shrinking case for keeping Trillanes and Lim in jail
Malacanang and Congress seem to be singing off the same hymn book now that they’ve succeeded in re-framing the issue of Antonio Trillanes, Danilo Lim, and their band of bandits into a debate that fits the famously small minds that … Continue reading
