February 2012
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Inherently Corrupt
When taxi drivers used to incessantly complain they were not making enough from the PHP30 flagdown rate and PHP2.50 increment from their taxi metre, the government heeded their plight and decided to raise the rates to PHP40 and PHP3.50, respectively. We all hoped this would finally dispel them from being choosy with passengers and/or destinations; and deter them from demanding “additional” or tips...
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Building houses with Habitat for Humanity →
The Philippine Blog Awards partnered with Habitat for Humanity Philippines, pledging to help build one of the houses in the NGO’s 8.8 hectare project site in Navotas. This house, dubbed the Bahay Blogger (Blogger House), will benefit the residents of Navotas, who lost their houses during the onslaught of Typhoon Pedring. The site is already under construction, but on May 12, 2012, Habitat for...
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“The church’s decades-old campaign against modern contraception has led to an...”
– When a Country Cracks Down on Contraception: Grim Lessons from the Philippines, Emily Rauhala, TIME World
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“The most homophobic people I know are closet homosexuals themselves. Loudly they proclaim order, an adherence to what is natural (however they construct the notion of “natural”), the true and straight path. When your TV host, government official or even religious leader (especially of the Fundamentalist variety) begins babbling against homosexuality, watch out. He just wants to throw stones...
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January 2012
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