Year: 2015

Filipinos deserve a Duterte presidency because Philippine society is inherently unjust

November 30, 2015 benign0 21 Comments

Former Akbayan House Representative Walden Bello was, of course, right when he said that “The burden of proof, in short, is on us to prove Duterte wrong.” He was referring to those who take issue with former Davao City mayor and now presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte’s defiant stand if he is elected president to continue…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Truthful Messaging Is Always The Right Messaging

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 P. Farol 6 Comments

The big names in public relations whom I have met personally nod and smile when I say that public relations should be founded on revealing truth. Sure, it sounds naive. Especially when I know it is true that the biggest clients in PR, at least here in the Philippines, present themselves to agencies as clients…

Culture, Society

Rodrigo Duterte And The Pinoy Obsession With Messiah Figures

November 30, 2015 Grimwald 10 Comments

“There are no tyrants where there are no slaves.” ~Jose Rizal “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Are We Filipinos?

November 29, 2015 Batangenyo 13 Comments

Ever wonder how we came into being and how this knowledge will affect our daily living? I guess for some people, they just prefer to watch and ride on the trends the corporate media is feeding us. They tell us to pay, and then yeah, no problem, we pay. They tell us to not think,…

Piss Be With You A Photo Essay

November 29, 2015November 29, 2015 Gogs 6 Comments

Warning this essay includes graphic descriptions of bodily fluids discharged in public places. Reader discretion is advised. I use public toilets and I piss on the seat, I walk around in the summertime saying “How about this heat?” I’m an a$$hole (He’s an a**hole, what an a**hole) I’m an a**hole (He’s the…

Culture, Society

Will Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s brand of ‘justice’ work on a national scale?

November 28, 2015November 28, 2015 Ilda 52 Comments

Former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales thinks Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, a Presidential candidate for the 2016 Presidential elections, has the makings of a dictator. She is basing her opinion on Duterte’s “alleged vigilante-style approach against suspected criminals in his city”. Here are some of the things she had to say…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Rodgrigo Duterte is wrong: There is a lot of room to be ‘iron fisted’ legally!

November 27, 2015 benign0 45 Comments

I make no secret of my own preference for iron-fisted rule. In the Philippines, there is a lot of room to implement that within the framework of the law simply by consistently applying said law. Take that quintessential Filipino icon, the jeepney. By itself the jeepney single-handedly epitomises the Philippines’ culture of criminality. The state…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Battle of The Filipino Clans

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Jelen 8 Comments

New Year is just around the corner. To most this could be a new hope, new dreams & a new beginning. For the Philippines, 2016 marks the year to vote for a new leader who they see fit to run the country. Will 2016 be the year Philippines can finally break free from it’s corrupt…

Culture, Government, Politics