Category: Crime

What next after the August 26 million people march to Luneta versus the pork barrel?

August 26, 2013August 26, 2013 benign0 22 Comments

In a previous article, I harped on the fantasy world where it could be possible to hope to see senators and congresspersons found guilty of abusing the vast sums of discretionary funds made available to them out of the national budget being marched out of their homes or offices handcuffed. “This is my definition of…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Executives execute, legislators legislate: Scrap the pork barrel

August 25, 2013September 8, 2013 benign0 39 Comments

Again, following an eleventh-hour announcement from President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III that he is espousing abolition of the Congressional pork barrel, people continue to debate the wisdom of this move. The same lame arguments come up — “Who gets control of where the monies will be spent? How does this affect the various projects…

Crime, Development, Featured, Government, Politics

Long-overdue: President Noynoy Aquino grudgingly jumps on the Abolish Pork Barrel bandwagon

August 23, 2013 benign0 30 Comments

Evidently, a wait-and-see position taken by both the president and members of Congress on how the brewing outrage over pork barrel thievery in the Philippine government may play out did not work. The issue did not go away and the outrage has snowballed in the lead up to what may be a massive protest rally…

Crime, Politics

PNoy’s reason for keeping the PDAF is weak, pork barrel should be abolished

August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 Ilda 46 Comments

The number of Filipinos who are getting fed up with Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III is definitely growing. As Churchill would say, he has all the virtues they dislike and none of the vices they admire. Granted, there are still those who are in denial of the likelihood that BS Aquino personally benefits…

Crime, Government, Politics

PDAF and the jeepney: Why the pork barrel should be abolished

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 benign0 32 Comments

I think the pork barrel should be abolished. Some people think some people have benefited from pork barrel money and that abolishing it will be like throwing the baby out along with the bath water. Perhaps. But that is really the sort of Robin Hood mentality that has no place in a modern 21st Century…

Crime, Government, Politics

Wouldn’t it be great to see handcuffed senators walked out of their homes by NBI agents?

August 20, 2013August 20, 2013 benign0 12 Comments

As indignation-fuelled momentum mounts in the lead-up to the planned “million people march” to the Luneta Grandstand at 9 a.m. on the 26th August, Monday, the obvious question What happens next? comes to mind owing to the immense challenge of bringing erring senators and House representatives to justice. The scale of the outrage over the…

Crime, Politics

Questions that must be answered before the rally to abolish pork barrel

August 19, 2013 FallenAngel 29 Comments

I would have to say that the outrage being shown at the persisting pork barrel anomalies – at least in social media as far as I can see – is both unprecedented, and quite frankly, a bit astonishing. There are calls to assemble at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta on August 26, 2013, to call…

Civics, Crime, Government, Society

Pork Barrel Redux: DBM Secretary Abad Confirms “Douchebaggery” as Official Administration Policy

August 18, 2013 BenK 20 Comments

Lest anyone is tempted to buy the desperate attempt of the current occupant of Malacañang (to the extremely limited extent he has had anything at all to say about it) that abuse of the pork barrel is something that only happened when OTHER people were in charge, here’s a reminder from a little more than…

Crime, Politics

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