Month: August 2017

#JusticeForKian campaign outed as a sham after Duterte meeting with Kian’s parents

August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 benign0 27 Comments

Suffice to say, news that that the parents of the late Kian delos Santos, Saldy and Lorenza, met with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacanang knocked the wind right out of the sails of an Opposition campaign to demonise the Philippine leader. A tweet fielded by a certain JR Castillo encapsulates the collective dismay of a…

Crime, Government, Politics

Critics who call for Duterte’s ouster should be charged with inciting rebellion

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Ilda 3 Comments

Critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are frustrated. They are showing signs of desperation in their bid to get rid of him. An article recently published by blogsite Rappler advocated the ousting of Duterte — a duly-elected President who won without a shadow of a doubt. The author, Herbert Docena, also claims to be advocating…

Politics

No celebrated Filipino national hero died fighting

August 28, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

It’s been more than a year into the presidency of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the Opposition remains a ragtag clique of whiney self-described “temperamental brats” who agree on only one thing: What the Philippines should not be. To be more precise, the Opposition are united around a conveniently-simplified notion that the Philippines should not…

Culture, Society

Risa Hontiveros could be guilty of illegal detention and witholding evidence from the police!

August 25, 2017October 10, 2020 benign0 5 Comments

According to this Inquirer report, Senator Risa Hontiveros, “with the help of an institution”, took custody of the family of Kian Delos Santos who was allegedly killed by police officers in a botched anti-drug operation. According to the same report, “witnesses” to this killing were also taken by Hontiveros’s office. It seems Hontiveros, in so…

Crime

Lessons Duterte could learn from the past admin to contain the Kian Loyd Delos Santos issue

August 21, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

The way things are looking, seventeen year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos, who was killed in a police operation last week, could become the latest rallying artifact of the Philippine Opposition. The key principle that underlies this latching onto Delos Santos are the ideas that (1) he was killed in a police anti-drug operation (2) amidst…

Crime, Society

Freedom from Democracy: Is it Time for Duterte to Abolish Congress?

August 19, 2017 zaxx 73 Comments

Democracy stands for freedom. So essentially, “freedom from democracy” entails liberation from the clutches of freedom. Now why has freedom become fetters that keep the Philippines a struggling third-rate dirt-poor country amidst economic tigers in the region? Well democracy is actually a double-edged sword. While it gives us the benefit of that cool ecstatic feeling…

Development, Government, Politics

Members of Congress represent what is wrong with Philippine society

August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 Ilda 7 Comments

Most Filipinos are accustomed to receiving bad news. It’s like a part of life to live with sad endings and also tragedies. Perhaps it has something to do with the Catholic mantra “if someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also” or perhaps some people are simply not the master of their…

Culture, Politics

Filipinos shrieking #JusticeForKian are turning Kian Loyd Delos Santos into a sad political agenda

August 19, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

The tragedy that befell 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos allegedly in the hands of Philippine police officers is truly an outrage. No kid deserves to die that way. And so it is, like in any society that aspires to be a truly just and modern one, imperative that justice be sought for the wrongful death…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

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