A blogger friend called my attention to a banner going around Facebook. It is this one: It’s a nice graphic if I may say so myself. However, I’m not at all impressed with the message it imparts. My apologies to Mark Gosingtian, the artist responsible for this artwork. I’m certain Mark got his inspiration for [...] Read more »
Ninoy Aquino’s Speech In Los Angeles
Video courtesy of NinoyAquinoTV. For a transcription of Ninoy’s speech go to Real Encounters. And, here’s a YouTube video about his assassination. Read more »
WWCAD?
I’m amused by calls for former President Corazon Aquino’s canonnization. I just feel that it’s a bit of a stretch. Calling her a hero may already be enough (although that too gives me goosebumps). But, a saint? Missus Aquino herself may be turning in her grave. There’s no doubt about it even though she was [...] Read more »
Public Servants To Stand Motionless For Better Public Service
Standing still for close to nine hours straight is no mean feat. What more if you’re standing on the flatbed of a moving truck and without anything to hold on to. That’s exactly what four Honor Guards from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police did yesterday during the funeral procession [...] Read more »
Indignant Over Hypocritical Show Of Selective Indignation
Do you know what makes Philippine politics one big joke? It’s the hypocrisy. I’m really beginning to think there is no more hope for this country of ours. How can we expect to realize a better Philippines when we can not even mount a decent and genuine indignation rally. Heck, we can’t even decide exactly [...] Read more »
The Strange Case of Mabuhay
Isn’t it strange that in advertisements promoting Philippine tourism the word ‘mabuhay” is standard but in normal conversations it is never used. That being the case, why then do we use it at all when addressing a foreign audience? “Come visit the Philippines. Mabuhay!” Don’t we have any other conversational words that we can use in lieu of [...] Read more »
We Can Stop Being Seen As A Nation of Servants
Now that the hullabaloo over the article written by HK Magazine columnist Chip Tsao has subsided we could hopefully devote the same time and energy to look at the other issues that his piece brought up to the surface. Foremost of these, I think, is the reality that many Filipinos do go abroad to work as household helpers. [...] Read more »
