Year: 2014

Legal experts say President Noynoy Aquino’s Bangsamoro deal is illegal

April 4, 2014April 13, 2015 Ilda 51 Comments

If we are to believe Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will “finally seal genuine, lasting peace in Mindanao”. In fact, one can be forgiven for wishing that the President’s statement is true especially since, for too…

Charter Change, Crime, Government, The South

A collective outcome rather than the majority will: Why Filipinos fail at common decency

April 4, 2014 benign0 10 Comments

At the coffee shop where I routinely get my morning fix, customers mill around the counter in a way that often makes it difficult to distinguish those who are (a) in the process of ordering and paying, or (2) waiting for a concluded order to be served. So it is a normal and routine courtesy…

Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Did Kris Aquino ditch Bistek for Derek Ramsay?

April 3, 2014 Kate Natividad 11 Comments

So now it’s Kris Aquino and Derek Ramsay?! What a gal! Kawawa naman si Bistek. The reports are sketchy, as usual… The speculations started when Kris posted a quote about having a second chance in love on her official Instagram account on Tuesday and thanking Derek Ramsay for always being there for her. “For every…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Philippine military under the command of a schizophrenic nymphomanic civilian government!

April 3, 2014 benign0 18 Comments

Sometimes one wonders what the Philippine military is thinking — and how much more patient it will remain. It is under a lot of pressure to defend the civilian national ego — using rusty unreliable equipment funded by the shifting winds of that ego. This is like being in a relationship with a schizophrenic nymphomaniac….

Government, Politics, The South

Skyway roadkill: Cats seemingly dropping from the sky onto Manila elevated highway

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 benign0 6 Comments

Motorists who use the Philippines’ Skyway, an elevated express tollway linking Manila’s southern suburbs to the central business district of Makati City have for some time observed flattened carcasses of cats littering the pavement. The baffling roadkill has raised the question of how the animals had somehow made their way onto the elevated structure. A…

Civics, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

How a PISO defined a child…

April 2, 2014 Ms. Mike Portes 5 Comments

The breezy morning at the inner gnarled streets of Baclaran yielded not only bags of fresh Caimito and Singkamas but the opportunity to commute with this boy. He is Allen Nuñez, a Grade 5 student of Baclaran Central Elementary School. He was seated on the lap of a teenage-looking boy in civilian clothes, when I…

Culture, Politics, Society

Sam Concepcion ‘not classy enough’ according to Anne Curtis!

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 Kate Natividad 7 Comments

Seriously? Anne Curtis thinks Sam Concepcion is not “classy” enough to be in Vice Ganda’s party at the Century City Mall? Well, fair enough. Anne was, reportedly, drunk after all. Again. On top of that, bystanders recounted in that same report how Anne proceeded to “bash Sam’s car, saying that his car was no match…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

P17.5 Billion Mactan Cebu International Aiport Upgrades Doomed By Dysfunctional Pinoy Competition Culture

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 P. Farol 8 Comments

Or The Thirds’ Word War If there is one key take away from one of Sen. Sergio Osmeña the Third’s hearing on the President Benigno Aquino the Third’s Administration’s failure to get any of the Private Public Partnership (PPP) projects on the ground and running, it’s that there’s a pretty good chance that some if…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

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zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
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