Posted by nethan on April 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I used to think it takes a lot to make something out of someone. As a child, I was taught to study hard so that I may be somebody someday. When I started working, my bosses would drill how hard work and dedication play a big part in promotions. These things were ingrained so much that just recently I...
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Posted by Marcing Pin on February 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Today is 24th anniversary (February 25) of the fourth and final day of the so-called “People Power Revolution”. Though, in my opinion, the four-day revolution is no revolution at all but rather an uprising since it never change the Philippine society and it remain as it was before 1972 or during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
About two years ago, I took a Political Science paper about Nationalism and Democracy in Southeast Asia. One of the requirements was to write a research paper about a political event in a country of my choice. Of course, as a Filipino, I choose the Philippines and picked the “People Power Uprising”.
Here is the question I came up with: How did the success of the people’s power uprising help change Philippine society? Did the uprising help return the political power to the traditional elites?…
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Posted by Marcing Pin on February 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A Questionable Survey: “The Most Beloved Filipino Leader”
By Marcing Pin
Today is the 24th Anniversary of the mutiny that lead to the “People Power Uprising” of February 1986. The uprising against the dictator succeeded because of the combine efforts of both the military and the civil society. Today, many Filipinos would not even care to remember the event that helps restore the freedom they enjoyed today. Is it because of lack of patriotism (love of country) and more of individualism (self-love) amongst present-day Filipinos? Or are we just plain dumb?
Just recently, the Philippine media from the newspapers to television networks reported (and plagiarizing each other) a supposedly nationwide survey about “Who is the most beloved Filipino politician or leader?”. The survey includes the Who’s Who of the past and present Philippines: including two martyrs that inspired revolutions (José Rizal and Ninoy Aquino), a thieving dictator (Ferdinand Marcos), a convicted plunderer (Joseph Estrada), war heroes (Ramon Magsaysay and Fidel Ramos), a housewife (Cory Aquino), the incumbent President (Gloria Arroyo) and Vice President (Noli de Castro), and of course, the current presidentiables. Surprisingly, great leaders (Former President Manuel Quezon) and true heroes (Andres Bonifacio, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Datu Lapu-Lapu, and other Filipinos who gave their lives for the Philippines in the War of Independence and the Second World War) were intentionally left out or forgotten and ignored….
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Posted by ikogsakanding on February 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Celebrating People Power Revolution EDSA Revolution – As a Filipino, I’m very proud, in part, of the People Power Revolution or the EDSA (Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue) Revolution of 1986 (Feb. 22-25) because of its peaceful nature and the decline of the 20-year authoritarian power of the...
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Posted by Marcing Pin on January 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looking Back: “The Year That Was…”
(by Marcing Pin)
Happy New Year to all of you readers… as we look forward to the next 12 months, lets review that Year 2009 anno domini or should I say, the 9th year of the 21st century of the years of our Lord.
Obama: First Year
2009 marks the first year of the Barack Obama presidency.
Obama started the year full of praise and adulation not just from his own people but people from around the world. After becoming the first ever African-American to be elected president of the most powerful country in the world. He even emulate the march to the White House that of the man who help freed his people from slavery, the late President Abraham Lincoln… he began the year with his liberal policies to please the Democrats and then lately with a sort of conservative-leaning policies to please the Republicans… he ended the year simply hated by both Republican and Democrat elites simply because of his pro-people policies… a lot of people would say he has done nothing… some actually regretted of criticizing George W. Bush… the conservatives accuse him as socialist, a Marxist, a fascist, a Nazi while at the same time the liberal elites are over-hyping his every move…. at the end of the day, the only bad things he did were for undeservingly winning the Nobel Peace Prize and his pro-gay policies that pretty much open the door to an immoral liberal society that slowly turning American society into…
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Posted by BakitWhy on December 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The year 2009 was an eventful year at BakitWhy.com as well as our global Pilipino community. Remarkable milestones occured from the most entertaining of things to the most devastating disasters; It truly was a year to remember. We've compliled the Top 9 of 2009 on BakitWhy.com with posts that really...
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