Leni’s Bayanihan

Posted by The Society of Honor on November 22, 2020 · 85 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar A recent Rappler article by Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon is titled “Leni is not our savior”. So many things are so very wrong about it: The Saint Stereotype. The picture to the article caricatures VP Leni as a kind of saintly figure. That picture is now used by DDS trolls to ridicule her. I remember vividly … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

What is home?

Posted by The Society of Honor on November 9, 2020 · 204 Comments 

Analysis and opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar Tiwi, Albay was terribly hit by Typhoon Rolly. My folks onmy father’s side are from that town. But noticing I don’t know anyone still in that town made me even sadder. The old folks we once visited there in the times we were in the province are … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children

Getting the Philippines to What it Can Be

Posted by The Society of Honor on November 4, 2020 · 175 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar and Karl Garcia Karl said our country has had many mistakes, if every mistake is considered wisdom, we are now a wise nation, but we are none the wiser. He also mentions that the Hindus, Buddhists and the Arabs influenced Southeast Asia before the Europeans. If Spain … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Filipino Identity Revisited

Posted by The Society of Honor on October 28, 2020 · 135 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar June 8, 2008: Germany vs. Poland soccer game, 2:0. I watched how the two Polish-German strikers/forwards Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski seemed hesitant for long in the game against their old country. Finally, young Podolski scored a goal against Poland, which had once refused him on their … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Uncategorized

Getting to innovation in the Philippines

Posted by The Society of Honor on October 19, 2020 · 259 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar Benny Antiporda vs. UP scientists shows the how little recognition (applied) knowledge in the Philippines often has. Power often still seems to believe it is endowed with wisdom of its own. Appointing incompetents to high positions shows a cavalier attitude toward the functional specialization that is a … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government