A friend of mine told me how moved she was watching the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners. It was supposed to be her day off from work, but instead of hitting the mall as she usually does on her rest days she spent the day watching BBC’s coverage. My friend said she was reduced [...] Read more »
Who’s Being Unreasonable?
(This commentary written by Michael Aquino was originally published on Facebook.) Now Who’s Being Unreasonable?: Carlos Celdran, the Catholic Bishops, and the Failure of Reason. by Michael Aquino on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 4:19am I sympathize with the folk who find Carlos Celdran’s actions offensive and unreasonable. I can see where you’re coming from. [...] Read more »
Views of Grade 4, 5 and 6 students on Adding 2 Years to Elementary and High School in the Philippines
(This was written by Earl Victor Landicho Rosero on Facebook. I’m just reposting it here to spark some discussion on issue of education. Incidentally, the Aquino Administration slashed the budget for education.) The Aquino Administration’s policy of adding two years to basic education was the topic of the Editorial Writing Exercise I gave to 40 [...] Read more »
Push For Bus Rapid Transit Systems In The Philippines
As a follow up to my rant against the local public transportation sector’s boundary system, I am posting here some video of Bus Rapid Transit systems. Together with a bicycle system, BRT should be a good solution to our traffic problems. A recent report says a BRT is already being planned for Cebu City. Now [...] Read more »
Some Thoughts On The Asuncion Torture Video
Honestly, did we really need to see that torture video before we realize that this sort of thing has been going on since time immemorial? The PNP leadership may turn a blind eye but it can never deny that some police personnel routinely engage in such acts. One time I chanced upon a police mobile [...] Read more »
Some Recommendations For The President-Elect
I was trying to come up with a list of things I would like to recommend to President-Elect Noynoy Aquino. It’s a list that I hope will give him a sense of what many Filipinos would like his administration to be. I had wanted it to be as comprehensive as possible but after much thought [...] Read more »
The Wasted Ones
I have come to the conclusion that there are three types of Noynoy supporters. The first one is the typical fan who got into this yellow fever thing because of the bandwagon effect. These supporters include those who fall for anything considered in fashion. It won’t be surprising to know that most of them were [...] Read more »
Recklessness On The Road: Sobra Na, Tama Na!
Someone ought to file a class action suit against all government agencies in charge of all land transportation concerns here in the Philippines. The way I see it real punitive action must be taken against these agencies for failing to correct the very obvious fact that many Filipino drivers especially those in the public transport [...] Read more »
Possible Solutions To Traffic
I haven’t been updating this blog for some time now. I thought I’d be rid of writer’s block by now but it seems it might take me a while before I can get back to my old routine. Fortunately, a reader by the name of dvopilgrim left a comment that I thought deserves its own [...] Read more »
Adding More Substance To Political Ads
I have a theory. The election campaigns of our presidential candidates are all run by one and the same group of people. I say this because political advertisements being aired and published now are all basically saying the same things. There’s really not much difference among them. In my observation, here are some of the [...] Read more »
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