Year: 2018

Yet another sloppy Rappler report launches needless brouhaha over frigate project

February 17, 2018February 17, 2018 benign0 3 Comments

A Senate probe into a stalled project involving the acquisition of two brand-new Philippine Navy warships is being mounted seemingly on the back of sensationalised news of dubious quality. A report published by Rappler created a huge brouhaha after it alleged that Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go “intervened” in a multibillion-peso agreement…

Government, Media

Why Killing Terrorists is A Much-Approved Policy

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 ChinoF 15 Comments

Duterte’s comment about shooting insurgent women “down there” really raised a storm, as expected from someone like him. It does after all reflect the culture of those parts, with sexism and rural crassness. I agree it didn’t need to be said that way. But even if Duterte simply said, “then shoot them,” that would still…

Civics, Crime, Culture

Trillanes is betraying not just the Filipino people, but also himself

February 16, 2018 Ilda 9 Comments

Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes is a traitor through and through. His time in jail after he was found guilty of rebellion after he led the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny against former President Gloria Arroyo did not help change him into a better person at all. Being granted amnesty by former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and…

Politics

The Philippine Opposition’s sad colonial mentality

February 16, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

It is sad, the way the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (referred to by many as the “Yellowtards”) has adopted a strategy of running to the West for validation and then using that validation to influence Filipinos. It demonstrates that they are a pale shadow of the political force they are desperately pitching…

Culture, Politics

Editors of the Wikipedia list of Philippine “fake news” sites are not experts on “fake news”

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 benign0 12 Comments

A certain Carlos Nazareno (who tweets as @object404) has been revealed to be the person behind a list of Filipino “fake news sites” posted on a controlled page in Wikipedia. The Philippine list rests on the dubious authority of several organisations that are actively campaigning against “fake news”, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines…

Media, Tech Talk

Are Filipinos REALLY offended by Duterte’s quip on how to shoot female NPA combatants?

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 benign0 22 Comments

At one level, the remark made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte about what part of the anatomy state forces should aim for whenever they get a female member of the New People’s Army (NPA) within their sights is deeply offensive. As the Inquirer Editor pointed out today, it is Not Funny. Mr. Editor also further…

Culture, Media, Society

Only an intellectual revolution will reduce the spread of disinformation in the Philippines #FightDisinfo

February 13, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

One thing that can be noted from the various camps in the Philippines’ sad “political debate” is that the starting point of assertions is always one’s political or personal loyalties. As such, the goal of most participants in this “debate” is to re-enforce beliefs rather than engage in an intellectually-honest search for the truth. Facebook…

Culture, Media

Leni Robredo’s claim to the Philippine vice presidency remains questionable to this day

February 12, 2018 benign0 29 Comments

The battle to extract the truth about electoral fraud that marred the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections drags on because presumptive “vice president” Leni Robredo continues to hinder progress in the investigation. Without going into the details of the case (all of which is publicly-available, save for the facts of those who argue that no fraud…

Crime, Culture, Media

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