Filipino Culture

Share on FacebookDuring the 1968 anti-Vietnam War protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the protesters, faced with guns pointed at them and police goons ready to beat them to a pulp (many were, in fact, beaten) would point to the cameras and yell “THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!  THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!”  [...]

Share on FacebookMaguindanao Massacre reveals the lie behind the Philippine “nation-state” The Maguindanao Massacre forces Filipinos to question the very basic premise of the Philippines as a “nation-state.”  To apply that term to the Philippines, as it currently exists and operates, is to a disservice to the term as it is understood by and applied [...]