Posts by: Felicity
Here is my un-FB/Twitter-ized view on the slogan. It’s brilliant. Who cares if Switzerland used it 60 years ago? The delivery and the message is spot-on.
Continue Reading →It’s been 36 years since diplomatic ties were established between the Philippines and China, and to celebrate, the lovely folks at the Pinoy Embassy here in Beijing teamed up with Chefs Gene and Gino Gonzalez of the Asian Centre for Culinary Studies to bring regional cuisine to the capital.
Continue Reading →we’ve entered the age of the Anthropocene, whereby human beings — not climate, seismic or geological factors — determine the how the world is quite figuratively shaped.
Continue Reading →As a follow-up to the backlash against the government for boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony last week, ABS-CBN news reports the following explanation from the palace: Boycott in exchange for (the hope for? this is unclear) clemency of 5 Filipinos on China’s death row:
MANILA, Philippines – [...]
Continue Reading →So, the Philippines is boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Big international news, but primarily because of the China connection. Perhaps the most extensive report on this is provided by Reuters, but even they can’t seem to find an exact reason for why so many [...]
Continue Reading →A must-read in humility, accountability and love for country. I had the opportunity to work with Usec Romano during the Aquino presidential campaign. I can personally vouch for the sincerity of every word in his resignation letter. While I was among those who did not approve of the [...]
Continue Reading →Filipina filmmaker Monster Jimenez’s documentary debut “Kano: An American and his Harem” premiered to the world last Saturday in Amsterdam, and is one of the 16 finalists in the First Appearance Category of the International Documentary Film Fest Amsterdam(IDFA), the largest non-fiction film festival in [...]
Continue Reading →The mysterious Mr Jones does it again.
Mr Jones’ latest entry seems in part to have been triggered by a recent column by columnist Conrado de Quiros, referring to the Carandang-Coloma schism and the P200 million budgeted by DBM Sec. Abad to Carandang’s office. [...]
Continue Reading →Human Rights Watch’s deputy director for Asia Elaine Pearson said this today about extrjudicial abuses and the justice promises of the Aquino adminsitration:
President Aquino came into office with a mandate to abolish abusive forces and pursue justice for serious abuses. He made impassioned promises, but [...]
Continue Reading →It’s only been 100 days and already airwaves, newsprint and digital print have been awash in condoms and zealots, drunkards and cavorters, tarts, vicars, national heroes back from the grave and into the gaol, pointing fingers, lazy fingers, the list goes on. It’s become a cornucopic [...]
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- Metro Cebu – December 18, 2011
- Metro Davao – December 18, 2011
- Metro Manila – December 18, 2011
- The Thai experience
The Thai experience (or why P-Noy …
The Philippines it seems is engulfed in all things Hollywood at the moment. With the filming of the Bourne Legacy taking place in Manila filling the nightly news with human…
- Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
Reality checks are always needed by over-confident governments.
Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology uncovered a pattern of behavior that he believes is responsible for greater resilience and happiness among…
- P-Noy strokes the Nation's 'Pleasure Zones'
P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
