Learning from SB19do

Posted by Irineo B. R. Salazar on November 2, 2023 · 133 Comments 

by Irineo Salazar Prof. Xiao Chua recently posted that he could see Pablo, the leader of SB19, as a potential future President of the Philippines. I do see as well how Pablo sees things strategically and how he thinks out of the box. Prof. Xiao sees Pablo’s drive to make Filipino music worldclass but based … Continue reading →

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Is Filipino Music Going International?

Posted by Irineo B. R. Salazar on July 17, 2023 · 170 Comments 

Bing Image Creator: golden musical notes, stars and a huge suspension bridge against a blue sky at dawn in 2010s record cover style Filipinos have performed as musicians internationally at least since the 19th century. Soledad’s Sister, the novel, has the KTV bar singer Rory hoping to perform in Saipan. There are by now regular … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Entertainment

PBBM, join the SCO already!

Posted by JoeAm on October 3, 2022 · 141 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By LCX The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is ascendant! And the Philippines has a big role to play in it. The Philippines can seize all the opportunities which were never opened to it by the West. The West will be jealous and worried and will entice it with more opportunities. So by the … Continue reading →

Category China, Culture and Arts, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Education, Entertainment, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet, USA/Americans

Trese and today’s haunted Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on June 19, 2021 · 158 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Irineo B. R. Salazar Forget all I wrote about the Philippines in this blog. Watch Trese to get what haunts the country. While my writings touch the auditory aspect of our beings and I have looked at things with logic, Trese goes deeper by touching our feelings, showing us pictures and telling a compelling story. LOOKING DEEPER … Continue reading →

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

Filipism is what ails the Philippines

Posted by chemrock on January 7, 2019 · 119 Comments 

By Chemrock Filipism is a belief system that the path to law and order is found by slaughtering drug dealers, users and innocents and totally subverting the criminal justice system, that defeatism and proffering economic opportunities to a strong intruder is the best foreign policy, that sexism and profanity are nouveau virtues, that ethical and moral … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Entertainment, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, Religion