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Phychiatric test para sa OFW: sagot nga ba sa totoong isyu ng mga OFW?

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Psychiatric test, ito ang panibagong requirement ng DFA para sa mga taong nagnanais maging domestic helper sa ibang bansa. “Domestic helpers should be assessed if they are able to respond to this type of stress” ito ang paliwanag ni Undersecretary Esteban Conejos ng Department of Foreign Affairs, ayon sa kanya dito masusukat ang kakayahan ng [...]


Filed Under Advocacy, Society.

Of sincerity and leadership

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Sincerity is generally understood to be truth in word and act, of truthfully about one’s feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions. One who means what he says is a sincere person. One who does not mean what he says is not a sincere man, and is perhaps even a hypocrite.
For those who occupy positions of leadership and [...]


Filed Under Politics, Society.

A “crisis of modernity”

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I read with interest hawaiianguy’s comment in MLQ3’s blog entry Numerology and politics.
MLQ3 cited Randy David’s view that the real issue is the “crisis of modernity” gripping our society; observing how Pinoy politicians now increasingly resort to voodoo and prayer as a means to ameliorate our society’s fortunes.
Mr. hawaiianguy provides a bit more clarity in [...]


Filed Under Science & Technology, Society.

Full personal disclosure

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I was quite inspired by Marck’s full disclosure article X-List: Five Things I Do to Contribute to the Decay of Filipino Society. In it, he preempts his foray into political commentary by first publishing a list of personal practices of his that are, shall we say, “un-Filipino”. The thinking there is that it is better [...]


Filed Under Lifestyle, Society.

Make our justice system work

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Everyone’s angry about what had happened to those bank personnel who were mercilessly killed by obviously evil people. Who wouldn’t, when the crime was committed in cold blood; and what could be more worst than deliberate murder?


Filed Under National News, Society.

Can Filipinos Learn Something from Icelanders?

Monday, May 19th, 2008

UK’s Guardian has an article by John Carlin on why Iceland has the happiest People on Earth. According to Carlin, the United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index ranks Iceland— society and economy (in terms of health and education) on top of the world. The irony is that Iceland, now the best country in the [...]


Filed Under Politics.

Money talks louder than politics

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Cocoy is once again spot on. The reason politics occupies the limelight that it does is that economic activity in Pinoy society is so atrophied and impotent as to not provide enough clout to overshadow politics in people’s psyches.
Interesting too, is what he said here: “the most basic thing is that anyone with resources can [...]


Filed Under Business & Economy, Politics.

Music to my Ears, A Joy to Read

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Overseas Filipinos are forming a national political party in preparation for the 2010 elections and beyond, it was revealed at the Global Filipino Nation (GFN) conference Friday.

Francisco “Jun” Aguilar, interim chairman of the Partido ng Pandaigdigang Pilipino (PPP or Party of the Global Filipino), said the party is in the process of complying with the requirements of the Commission on Elections.


Filed Under Politics, Society.

Lean on me

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Is there a connection between Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s “Goddam America” sermon and U.P. (University of the Philippines) journalism professor Luis Teodoro’s Freudian slip-ups (he has counseled fellow journalists to blog to rub off their “virtues” on bloggers) or Australian-based “heckler” BenignO’s raves on Filipinos’ penchant for hollow symbolisms?


Filed Under Politics.

Filipinos: Time to become the Big Bad Wolf!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Time and again, this view is validated — that it is the people who beg to differ to your views that inspire far more epiphanies than people who agree with you (that said, I am still eternally appreciative of the small handful of people who actually like me).
I’m referring to this gem of a comment [...]


Filed Under Business & Economy, Society.

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    • Filed Under Current Events, Politics.
  • Why we don’t need a Fil-Am friendship day but a Republic Day Why we don’t need a Fil-Am friendship day but a Republic Day

    Ambeth Ocampo writes something of interest in today’s PDI about Gov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison. Harrison today is known to us through 1) Harrison street in Pasay and 2) Harrison Plaza, the first of a series of mega malls in Manila. However I learned about FB Harrison from required readings in my freshie class in [...]

    • Filed Under Society.
  • Unlikely scenarios…I hope Unlikely scenarios…I hope

    I have a slight problem following scenarios like Gloria will run for Pampanga’s second district so she can become Prime Minister or that she will declare martial law with the help of her PMA “mistahs.”
    Too many things have to fall into place, for the premiership scenario…
    1. She wins the congressional race
    2. She becomes Speaker
    3. The [...]

    • Filed Under Politics.
  • What Is Ailing The President? (UPDATED) What Is Ailing The President? (UPDATED)

    Is Pres. Gloria sick?
    I ask this question as prayerful Filipinos are now  ‘storming Heaven’s Gates’ with healing prayers for President Cory Aquino as close relatives and friends continue their healing Novena while she remains at the Makati Medical Center.
    Though described as being “in stable condition” the family has stopped all medical interventions for her and [...]

    • Filed Under Current Events.
  • The Hungry and The Foolish On the Road to 2010 The Hungry and The Foolish On the Road to 2010

    Over a hundred years ago, a Republic was born. It was born amidst a era of nationalism. It wasn’t a unique idea. It was borrowed from Western thought. And a people, like many across the world wanted to self-govern. That Republic was short-lived and it became a Commonwealth of the Americans. But the dream never [...]

    • Filed Under Politics.

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