Year: 2015

PNoy fails to condemn terrorist atrocity against the PNP-SAF in his speech

January 29, 2015April 24, 2022 Ilda 24 Comments

Three days after the tragic deaths of 44 members of Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) in the hands of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters in Mamasapano in Maguindanao, President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino finally addressed the nation. However, the people who have been speculating for days about how and why the…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Pinoy Big Problem: A History of Missing the Point

January 28, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

I offer my sincerest sympathies for the families of the men of the Philippine military who lost their lives in the recent troubles in Mindanao. While this is indeed a tragic turn of events, it is even more deplorable that there is really nothing new in this event compared to what has been going on…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society, The South

What is taking President Aquino so long to address the nation about the PNP-SAF police massacre??

January 28, 2015 benign0 39 Comments

Recall what happened on the 7th January 2015 in Paris, France. Shots were first reported coming from the Charlie Hebdo offices on Boulevard Richard Lenoir at 10:57am. By 11:31am, French President Francois Hollande was reported to be on his way to the scene of the crime. And by 11:54 a.m. Hollande was addressing the French…

Crime, Government, The South

Get Real Peaceniks: Trouble Down South

January 27, 2015 Grimwald 46 Comments

In the olden days, the idea of peace for any nation was, at best, temporary. Sooner or later, another nation or the nations own discontented citizens would cause some kind of trouble and it would be off to war for the menfolk (or even womenfolk as well in other societies) to put a stop to…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion, Science, The South

ABS-CBN’s Forevermore Teleserye Contributes to Benguet Watershed Destruction

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015 P. Farol 10 Comments

Here’s another thing that people have missed because of those fake environmentalists protesting the cutting of 60 trees in Luneta Hill, Baguio City… A VITAL watershed in Tuba, Benguet is being destroyed by development and the influx of thousands of tourists attracted by ABS-CBN’s Forevermore Teleserye that is being shot there. But before that, let me…

Culture, Development, Environment, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Uncategorized

Mindanao carnage: Will the brutal police massacre put an end to the misguided fantasy of #Bangsamoro autonomy?

January 27, 2015December 16, 2022 benign0 51 Comments

Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David called it a mere “wrinkle” in the “peace process”. “Disheartening” news that is a “cause for concern” is how she describes the massacre of 50 members of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) elite Special Action Force (SAF) allegedly by elements of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Moro Islamic…

Crime, Government, The South

The whole point of sex is reproduction, not the pleasure that comes with it

January 26, 2015 benign0 47 Comments

We need to clear up something in order for the ‘debate’ on the use of contraceptives to progress. In today’s modern societies, sex has been made out to be the be-all-end-all recreational activity to the point that Philippine Senator Pia Cayetano pushed hard to enshrine a woman’s “right” to “satisfying sex” in reproductive health legislation….

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Untold Stories And Forgotten Values

January 26, 2015 Grimwald 6 Comments

I was born in the 80’s and I grew up in the 90’s. When I was very young, my mother always told me stories before I went to sleep or before I ate lunch or dinner. Some of the stories I never forgot were the one about the Hare and the Tortoise, the Ant and…

Civics, Education, Lifestyle, Society, Technology