Circumstantial Culture
Being away from home allows one an opportunity to look at his own people with a detached perspective. It is with that note that this blog is being written.
Because I am overseas, I only manage to get fresh news from home by watching the news in TFC. It is very refreshing to hear news of Filipinos achieving so much in the fields of boxing, entertainment/music, fashion and sometimes, even science, but it is quite disconcerting to hear news about the degenerating political and social climate in the Philippines. But I am not a political science expert nor am I an authority in social analysis. I speak of what is simply on my mind right now, as I also think of the future of the Filipino people.
LP senatoriable Alex Lacson: dapat gamitin ang VAT upang maibsan ang kahirapan
Lacson: VAT gamitin upang maibsan ang kahirapan
Sinabi ni Liberal Party senatorial bet Atty. Alex `Pinoy’ Lacson na ang pondo mula Value Added Tax (VAT) ay mas mabuting gamitin ng gobyerno para sa programa laban sa kahirapan tulad ng micro-financing upang isulong ang maliit na negosyong pangkabuhayan...
Source: NOYPIPOL: The Official Blog of Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino
Seeing through the poverty line
(This is an article written by Stanley Palisada of ABS-CBN. Your karikna was interviewed as one of six resource persons across the nation.)
MANY FILIPINOS are really sick and tired of being poor in pocket, in spirit and in association. Presidential aspirants spouting off promises to end poverty should...
Source: Riknakem
The Rondubic Code
If Christians have a Bible and Muslims have Qur’an. And if Plato has The Republic, Machiavelli has The Prince, I also have The Rondubic Code. I will live as a writer who keeps alive the music of the language, holds head and heart together in the words, and writes in hope and passion that one person will be better because he or she reads what I wrote.
Is it right to blame the government and kill your children?
“Hindi ko na kaya ang mga problema namin sa buhay at ang problema sa bansa. Sobrang hirap na natin (I could no longer bear the problems of our family and that of the country. We are so poor.),” said by a woman which could possibly be out of desperation threw her 2 kids in Pasig river [...]...
Source: Greenoys Blog
from the archives: Noynoy Aquino on the 3 most pressing issues in the country
From 2007 Inquirer.net interview:
Well, as an economist, it has something to do with the economy, and the idea
of so many people really being in a perpetual state of want. The idea that,
you know, the stereotype is a family in Metro Manila or any other urban
area, sharing one bowl of noodles as the daily...
Source: NOYPIPOL: The Official Blog of Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino
Gawad Kalinga Community: Solving Poverty in the Philippines
Gawad Kalinga is a massive organization that is gaining lots of momentum right now. This group’s vision started as simply providing decent and sustainable housing communities for the homeless. And it is succeeding at this vision which surprises a lot of people. However, its vision right now is even...
Source: Old Philippines
Eradicate Poverty? Correct the Victim Mindset First
***Something I wrote a long, long time ago. Just wanted to share this, considering that we’re in the “season of giving” nowadays.
Should I feel guilty because I bought and consumed this drink, which is worth P150, when I could have just given a part of that amount to the poor kid...
Source: Filipino Freethinkers
Kassandra
My real name is Kassandra. I am Kass in the morning and Sandra at night. I am going to tell you the story of how I came to know the industry of Escort Service. Welcome to my world of bright lights, struggles and carnal satisfactions.
READ ON…
Kassandra
My real name is Kassandra. I am Kass in the morning and Sandra at night. I am going to tell you the story of how I came to know the industry of Escort Service. Welcome to my world of bright lights, struggles and carnal satisfactions.
READ ON…
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Source: Pinoy Bloggers Updates
