November 11, 2008
Dear Bishops Lagdameo, Cruz, Villegas, Sorra & Baylon,
Peace be with you!
I wish to thank you for making the statement on corruption being a social and moral cancer of the country. Allow me to take liberty to quote one paragraph of the said statement,
“In response to the global economic crisis and the pitiful [...]
October 24, 2008
Dear Joc-Joc,
Allow me to call you Joc-Joc as you have been known in the media and by many Filipinos too. As of this morning of the 24th of October, 2008, news about your lawyer petitioning the Supreme Court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the implementation of the arrest warrant issued [...]
What can an ordinary citizen do to stop this abusive president?
Human Behavior in an Abusive Relationship
All literature about abusive relationship such as domestic violence in a home, bullying in a school or different forms of harassment in a workplace shows that the situation will only improve once the victims learn how to say no to [...]
Learned Helplessness
Why Are the Filipinos Letting GMA Abuses Go Unpunished
by
Jun Lozada
One of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century, Martin Seligman, observed a phenomenon called “Learned Helplessness“. He describes it as a psychological condition in which a human being or an animal has learned to act or behave helpless in a particular situation [...]
I am thankful to the people who took time out to put in their thoughts in the blog, particularly those who are sober and those who genuinely likes to voice out their sentiment about certain issues, some are light, some are dark, some are outright malicious. Under the law, the right of a person is [...]
Ang pagkapukaw ng mamamayang limot
Let me share with you the stories of ordinary Filipinos, street vendors, an old woman, a lady church goer and a young teenager, most of whom would remain nameless but whose encounters with me would give me the determination to keep on fighting on for what we believe is right. [...]
Thank you to all who visited the blog site, especially to those who visited out of their volition and voiced out legitimate issues that may be important to them, its important that we are able to discuss issues in a meaningful manner and expose those who are lying including those who are being paid to [...]
31 May 2008
During the recent months that I have been in the public eye, I had the opportunity to have meaningful discussions with the Filipino youth of different socio-economic, ideological, religious and regional profiles. In all of these forums there appear to be a common thread of thoughts that cut across the youth of the [...]
INTRODUCTION: DESTROYING THE PRESENT
“All profound human advancement destroys the society in which it was born.”
Herodotus said, “All things are born in war.” Notoriously anti-war, Herodotus obviously did not mean ‘war’ to mean bloodshed or armed conflict. Rather, he pointed to [...]
Claiming one’s place in the light of truth
A despairing, disunited People
It will be the 3rd month of my public life this month of May of 2008 and if there is one thing that I have come to realize during this difficult period of my life is that there so many good Filipinos, all sharing [...]