Year: 2016

Leni Robredo finally wore out her welcome in Duterte’s administration

December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Ilda 24 Comments

Current Vice President Leni Robredo has tendered her resignation from her position as chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). She cited many reasons for relieving herself from her duties but it seems it simply boils down to irreconcilable differences between her and President Rodrigo Duterte. This parting of ways was inevitable…

Government, Politics

Leni Robredo “quits” after being booted out of President Duterte’s Cabinet meetings

December 5, 2016 benign0 11 Comments

Laban Leni! That familiar battle cry of the Yellowtards will once again ripple across social media in response to their leader, “vice president” Leni Robredo getting booted out of the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte. What exactly will this “laban” (“fight”) be about? Who knows? Despite the call to fight being a favourite tagline of…

Government, Politics

No More Nonsense Films For This Year’s MMFF: Why I Have Some Hope For The Media

December 4, 2016 Grimwald 6 Comments

Now, most of you have read enough of my work to know that I am often fiercely critical of the Philippine mainstream media. As a matter of fact, just about all of my articles involve bashing them in some way. However now, I begin to see a ray of hope for our local mainstream media…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

Why I Lose Hope For The Youth Of Today

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 Grimwald 28 Comments

Okay ladies and gentlemen, before I begin, let me get a few things out of the way. First off, if you really need to know, I am a Marcos supporter. Now, before you say anything, I’ll just say this: Yes, former President Marcos was not an angel. He wasn’t a perfect leader. He has done his share…

Culture, Education, Politics, Society

Aside from “Fnck you, Marcos!” do anti-Marcos “activists” have anything IMPORTANT to say?

December 2, 2016 benign0 23 Comments

Imperial Manila’s hipsters keep complaining that there was not enough effort to “educate” generations of Filipinos about the alleged “horrors” of “the Martial Law years”. Perhaps this is why it is seen to be an “in” thing amongst a small clique of shool kids to be seen on these anti-Marcos protest rallies of late. The…

Education, Society

At the People Power Monument: Anti-Marcos protesters have become a laughingstock

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 benign0 56 Comments

You gotta give credit to the anti-Marcos mob. They came back in their thousand-odd force, this time at the “People Power Monument” on EDSA at its intersection with Temple Drive outside Camp Aguinaldo today. Amongst those leading the charge (so they claim) are representatives of the “Big Three” elite Philippine schools, the University of the…

Politics, Society

The unresolved issues with the Marcoses are strong indictments of Filipino cultural dysfunction

November 30, 2016December 1, 2016 FallenAngel 8 Comments

It is tempting to think of the unresolved issues with the Marcos family – their alleged ill-gotten wealth, the lack of compensation for all those who supposedly suffered during the Martial Law era, and now the purportedly “undeserved” burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) – as political…

Civics, Culture, Politics, Society

Does the Anti-Marcos Movement have an end game?

November 28, 2016 benign0 78 Comments

Following the spectacular flop of last Friday’s anti-Marcos-burial rally at the Luneta, the leaders of a community of Filipino “activists” calling for the Marcos family to be taken to account for the alleged atrocities that happened during “the Martial Law years” continue to soldier on. There is another set of rallies planned over the coming…

Politics, Society

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