The Poor, The Taxpayers and The Thieves

All our lives, we were made to believe that our country is poor because Filipinos are lazy. “Kaya mahirap ang Pilipinas, dahil tamad ang Pilipino.” We were made to think that we are poor because of our own doing. We, The Filipino people believed all that.     Then, The Commission on Audit released a special report […]

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Pilipinas, Speak Up!

It is time we speak our minds. Nobody will champion for us. If not for few journalists like Maria Ressa, CEO of rappler.com or newspapers like, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, we will never find out about the scandalously large amount of money taken from our country. And to start with, I would like to share […]

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Gilas: The Heart of the Matter

(Just remembering last year’s blog post, in recognition of the heart, blood, sweat and tears that Team Gilas has put into EVERY game, making the rest of the world ask, ” Who are these guys?” – The Soapbox Filipina) The recently concluded FIBA Asian Games and the team standing, of the Philippine basketball team, is […]

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Si Sir Chief (Mate)

    The life of a sea farer is never easy. He may be earning more, than what a regular Filipino worker in the Philippines would make. He may be contributing greatly to the country’s economy. However, he is faced with one of the toughest impediment known to the human psyche. And it is not […]

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