Science By the Wayside: DepEd’s Wrong Choice on Feb 5, 2012 in Metro Manila South Chapter Personal Science Society The DepEd decided to remove Science subjects in Grades 1 and 2. This was reported in the January 24, 2012 Manila Bulletin article entitled, “DepEd drops ‘Science’ for pupils”. Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC explained the rationale...
February 5 (Sunday) Starbucks Anson’s Ortigas Meetup on Jan 31, 2012 in Meetup Hi folks! This meetup marks three years since the first ever FF meetup on February 1, 2009! Thanks for being with us in all the meetups, our filmfest, our parties and forums! Come join us in our first meetup of our fourth year on February!
Filipino Freethinkers Turns Three on Jan 31, 2012 in Announcements Meetup Organization 3 years ago, 26 freethinkers met for the first time in Shangri-la Starbucks to talk about reason, science, and secularism. Since then, we've been pretty busy…...
DepEd “Drops” Science? What Science? on Jan 26, 2012 in Politics Science Society Armin Luistro Department of Education DepEd Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Pia Cayetano Raul Roco New curriculum or not, as long as science is treated by our society as a body of knowledge to memorize and a set of equations that barf out dissertations, and not as a way of going about the world, it wouldn’t matter if we started teaching science...
January 29 (Sunday) Metro Manila South Meetup on Jan 25, 2012 in Meetup Metro Manila South Location: Don Henrico’s, Festival Mall – Alabang, Muntinlupa Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012 Time: 4pm – 7pm RSVP on Facebook Proposed Topics: -DepEd curriculum which introduces Science as a subject only by Grade 3 -Secular Camp: A propo...
Why I Do Not Have School Spirit on Jan 22, 2012 in Personal Society bias Bigotry discrimination education prejudice schools School stereotypes may seem quite petty compared to other stereotypes, but it is still very much part of the problem. It is still very much a sign of our tendency to close our minds and insist that we shouldn't bother getting along with certain peopl...
January 22 (Sunday) Taft Meetup on Jan 17, 2012 in Meetup Location: Holly’s Coffee, One Archer’s Place, Taft Avenue (Google map) Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Time: 2:30pm – 5:30pm RSVP on Facebook Hi folks! We’re heading to Taft this meetup! We’d like to invite people from around...
Freethinking: More Fun in the Philippines on Jan 14, 2012 in Entertainment Humor Pictures #itsmorefuninthephilippines Department of Tourism DOT freethinking secularism tourism Thanks to the Department of Tourism's new campaign, people all over the world now know how much fun everything is in the Philippines. But beyond the wonderful marine life, historical sites, food and parades, our country has also become a shining beac...
A New Genetic Code? on Jan 11, 2012 in Science Crick DNA molecular biology Watson The finding, as the article later explains, is that there are two new modifications discovered of the canonical nucleotide cytosine and not that there are somehow new forms of genes that code for alien proteins.
Dear Princess Celestia… on Jan 9, 2012 in Humor Personal Friendship is Magic hypocrisy Lauren Faust Princess Celestia Princess Molestia Roman Catholic Church Despite its exceedingly cute appearance and tone, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic garnered a large following far beyond its target audience thanks to its animation quality, pop culture references (The Big Lebowski, anyone?), song numbers, charact...
