Filipina Soul

Just days after Barak Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, and already Pinoy bloggers put in their two cents on issues pertaining to Filipinos.
Alexander Martin Remollino asks how an Obama presidency could affect Filipino migrants in the US, quoting Philippine Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero that this new administration may have a more relaxed (ie. favorable) policy towards immigrants, if only because his father is a non-American. That maybe so, and hopefully we’ll see some favorable immigration policies towards Filipinos. Remollino wants to take the issue further –
That, however, is just one part of the …read more

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Despite the financial crisis that has rocked the entire globe, “Filipino consumers remain upbeat” the latest Nielsen report revealed Thursday.
We are one in only seven countries, out of 51, that did not have a drop in consumer confidence this year. Filipinos continue to be optimistic about employment, finances and spending, the Nielsen consumer confidence index pointed out.
And yet, 67 percent of Filipinos believe that the country is in recession. And 43 percent say the Philippines will not weather this crisis.
What’s up with that? We think the Philippine economy is in trouble, and yet we continue to …read more

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Sometimes I wish I can turn a blind eye to what’s going on, but the Philippine economy is a harsh reality that Filipinos face everyday. And unfortunately, the Philippine situation will be felt decades from now.
A new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revealed a bleak picture of the Philippines in the year 2020:
If the government continues to pursue policies that favor the rich, many Filipinos will remain in poverty more than a decade from now.

And as dismal as this sounds, there is a big IF, and it’s a weighty message. The Philippine government must radically …read more

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Nah. She’s not stepping down from her Office. Sorry.
President Gloria Arroyo is just leaving for a 10-day “working trip” to the United States. In the aftermath of typhoon “Frank“, the President left this Saturday to meet with key Washington leaders, President Bush and the US presidential candidates.
Arroyo left orders to repair damaged structures and provide calamity funds to affected areas of the flood. The Presidential Airlift Wing was also instructed to fly mercy missions to disaster areas.
Here is a transcript of the President’s statements issued to the press before she left. It’s actually interesting, for those who …read more

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“AFTER appearing in an informative commercial of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), various organizations criticized and called for a boycott of all Judy Ann “Juday” Santos’s films and television projects.” – SunStar
Juday made a commercial explaining the controversial issue on systems loss charges that Meralco recently made. When non-government organizations saw the commercial, they immediately called for a boycott of Judy Ann’s films, saying that the information she said were lies.
I’m not privy to the details of Meralco’s latest charges on the electricity bills. But it is totally unfair to put the blame on the actress for being hired to …read more

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