Filipino GAPI mentality and Efren Penaflorida
Filed under Filipino culture with No Comments, November 24th, 2009 by Kabayan
Almost like clockwork, the moment Efren Penaflorida was declared CNN’s Hero of the Year, fellow filipinos scrambled to try and topple him from the peak of Filipino media acclaim. Critics focused on the fact that the online voting was somehow skewed because of the perceived rampant vote mobilization in the Philippines. Others attributed his success [...]
Who is the real hero? Efren Penaflorida or Manny Pacquiao
Filed under race with No Comments, November 23rd, 2009 by Kabayan
Efren Penaflorida recently won CNN’s “Hero of the Year” award for his work with street children. We deeply admire and respect his efforts at bringing education and assistance to street children. Manny Pacquiao is often derided as not being a real hero because he “fights for money.” Depending on how you define “hero”, both these [...]