Culture
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Honestly, What Have We Done?
Since the Quirino Grandstand hostage standoff, most Filipinos have cried out declaring to the international community how one nation can never be punished for the sin of supposedly one man. Rolando Mendoza, according to certain people, acted upon reasons only described to be selfish and nothing more. Names have been called out while fingers have also been pointed in all directions as government officials try to take each other out in their own battle. What ...68 comments
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Cut The Shyness, Not The Line
A couple of years ago I was in line waiting for my turn to pay my tuition fee. There were no more than four counters open for transactions in my university which was a dumb idea. You see, those counters are supposed to serve the entire university, not just one college, for the remainder of the enrollment period. Imagine the distance of that line. The way that queue was organized is that it's a first ...27 comments
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The Failure of Filipino “Pride”
One of the worst reactions that Filipinos have on the hostage crisis is, “We are still proud to be Filipinos in spite of what happened! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!” It's very wrong. To the world, it looks like we're proud of foreigners being killed in our territory. 141 comments
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Mendoza’s hostage drama and P-Noy’s culture of distrust
Most of us knew it was just a matter of time. As predicted in my previous blog, President Noynoy Aquino's high popularity rating at the beginning of his term only had one way to go and that was down. What I never expected was for P.Noy's fall from grace to be as quick and catastrophic as this one, and to be witnessed by the rest of the international community....77 comments
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Government
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Hostage crisis fallout: P-Noy’s supporters should admit their mistake to support unity among Filipinos
There are many ways to try and talk with President Noynoy Aquino's supporters. Unfortunately, none of them works. They are so caught up with their own narrow view of what is good and evil that they cannot see beyond their flawed reasoning. While most of us already knew from the beginning that it was just a matter of time before the true extent of ...110 comments
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Mendoza’s hostage drama and P-Noy’s culture of distrust
Most of us knew it was just a matter of time. As predicted in my previous blog, President Noynoy Aquino's high popularity rating at the beginning of his term only had one way to go and that was down. What I never expected was for P.Noy's fall from grace to be as quick and catastrophic as this one, and to be witnessed by the rest of the international community....77 comments
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Mendoza siege: P-Noy’s, the PNP’s and the Media’s incompetence shown to the world
The recent Manila bus siege gave President Noynoy Aquino another opportunity to exhibit one of the two things he does best, which is to do nothing. As the tragedy of the hostage situation was unfolding, shocked and curious Filipinos were wondering where P.Noy was and what he was doing the entire time. Until now, I have never seen his Facebook fan page inundated with hate messages, like "WHERE ARE YOU P.NOY? DUWAG ...229 comments
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Hostage-Taking: From ASG to PNP, One Big SNAFU
For a country that has bore the brunt of natural disasters and man-made disasters, economic malaise, a chronic insurgency, migration of professionals, dysfunctional government, human rights violations, sex scandals, botox for teens - the recent hostage taking was supposed to be just another day in these darn crazy islands. However - it isn't. With foreign citizens - tourists and China involved - Aquino better sit up and take notice. Pinoys still put up with ...20 comments
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