Posts under ‘Philippine Society’

Because of the positive response to President Noynoy Aquino, the peso is gaining strength the past few days. When I did a withdrawal in Paypal two days ago, the US Dollar-Peso exchange rate was US$1 : Php43.6870. Before that, peso was in the 44-something range. A strong peso is bad for bloggers like me who [...]

Electricity, water, dial tone, cellphone signal, cable tv, and internet connection? Apart from water which I can’t live without, I realized that I can but it’s hard and life is just plain boring! You can talk to every one at home but when you feel like shutting up, you don’t have anything else to do [...]

I have a suggestion to P-Noy. Why not after the Wang-Wang campaign, go after those who are violating traffic laws? Beating the red light, driving under the influence of alcohol or prohibited drugs, driving without plate numbers, driving without driver’s license, counterflowing, swerving, etc. Don’t focus on the superficial alone. There are so many other [...]

Last year, when we started hearing, reading and digesting the recession happening in neighboring countries, we were still confident that we were somehow “safe” from it. I mean, considering there are small businesses in this country and there are so many call center companies even hiring last quarter of 2008. But a few days ago, [...]

People here in the Philippines are debating whether to allow schools to teach sex education to really young kids. A council was even created to spearhead this endeavor by the Department of Education. The modules that educators would adhere to contains the following: Pre-marital sex, commercial sex, abortion and homosexuality.