Year: 2016

Mamasapano Hearing: President Noynoy Aquino broke chain of command with tragic results

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Ilda 10 Comments

If there is one thing the reopening of the investigation of the Mamasapano clash at the Senate highlighted, it is that Filipinos are being led by public servants and armed troops, which includes the members of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines, who are better at bickering and pointing fingers at…

Crime, Government, Politics

Enrile’s Senate #Mamasapano Hearing further highlighted Aquino’s inutile command structure

January 27, 2016 benign0 14 Comments

Apologists of the Aquino government are currently celebrating a false ‘achievement’ following today’s Mamasapano Senate hearing. They think that “proof” that Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III did not give a direct order to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stand down from providing support to the besieged Special Action Force (SAF)…

Crime, Government

Why democracy is not like a mango tree

January 27, 2016 benign0 9 Comments

Evidently, traditional democracy is failing Filipinos. This failure is in plain sight today in (1) the infantile ‘presidential’ candidates lined up before Filipino voters, (2) the no-substance “debates” surrounding them facilitated by the nation’s so-called ‘thought leaders’, and (3) the abject apathy with which the broader Filipino public regard the future of their country. Philippine-style…

Education, Media, Politics, Society

Never Forget! The Crimes of Mamasapano

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 10 Comments

It has been one year since the brutal encounter between government forces and rogue Muslims in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Elite commandos from the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force were ambushed by members of the terrorist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, along with members of another terrorist (and now ISIS-affiliated) organization Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. The firefight (called…

Crime, The South

The Fear of Foreign Domination In A Land Of Sell-Outs

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 P. Farol 9 Comments

I’ve been mulling about writing a long article on the subject of Senator Grace Poe’s case in the Supreme Court for some time now, but figured out that what I have to say about his very complicated and complex legal issue amounts to less than five hundred words. What do I really know about the…

Government, Politics, Society

The interesting timing of Pia Wurtzbach’s homecoming

January 26, 2016 benign0 17 Comments

All the big events seem to have come together on this day, the 25th January. It’s the birth anniversary of the late Corazon ‘Cory’ Aquino, mother of current President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. On this day also, exactly 12 months ago, 44 elite police officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Why Can’t We Be Our Own Heroes?

January 24, 2016 Grimwald 11 Comments

Tying in with my latest article, I have come to question just how typical Pinoys have come to view their own heroes. Our history books teach us that Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio are the heroes of our nation because they fought for the freedom of the Filipino people during times of oppression. The same…

Culture, Society

Why Do Pinoys Hate Complexity?

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 Grimwald 55 Comments

After reading some of the comments on the GRP FB page, I spotted a comment about the way a lot of Pinoys prefer what they perceive as “simple” over what is “complex”. Now truth be told, simple is better in some ways. I myself am nearly driven to madness by complex math for instance. However,…

Development, Education, Government, Society

Gabsboy
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"Tingala sa langit" "Tingala sa gobyerno" "Tingala sa Amerika" Learned
zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it