Category: Crime

Two years of Aquino presidency fails to curb human rights abuses in the Philippines

July 22, 2012August 23, 2016 benign0 3 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has so far failed to make good on his promise to supplant the Philippines’ culture of impunity by applying swift and consistent justice under his overarching “daang matuwid” (“straight-and-narrow”) campaign slogan. According to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, “The Aquino government has not successfully prosecuted a single…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Maria Ressa says ‘talk the walk’ yet fails to act on possible violations of bank secrecy laws by Rappler reporters

July 6, 2012May 31, 2013 benign0 29 Comments

In a speech delivered at the Integrity Initiative Forum co-organized by the Makati Business Club (MBC), the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (Amcham), Maria Ressa, CEO and “thought leader” of self-described ‘social news network’ Rappler.com emphasized the…

Crime, Media, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino shows he does not have empathy and compassion

June 25, 2012June 23, 2013 Ilda 267 Comments

They say it is easy to judge a person’s character by the way he treats animals, kids, the elderly and the sick. It’s not hard to agree with that statement since animals, kids, the elderly and sick people are the more vulnerable and weaker among us. In the same manner, it is easy to judge…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics

The folly of economic dependence on foreign employment

June 14, 2012 benign0 18 Comments

Which does more damage to a child during his/her formative years, the lack of cash or the non-presence of one or even both parents because he/she or they are working overseas? Every example of the humblest of Filipinos being able to extricate themselves from poverty by sheer hard work and discipline within our islands highlights…

Crime, Lifestyle, Money Talks, Society

Some Senators who found Corona guilty committed worse crimes than what he was accused of

June 6, 2012April 29, 2016 Ilda 274 Comments

Filipinos won’t be able to move on from the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona for a while. First, some are still on high alert keeping tabs on the petitioning of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III along with the rest of the public servants who haven’t done so to finally sign a…

Crime, Government, Politics

Was the Philippine Senate also a victim of Malacañang railroading?

June 4, 2012June 6, 2013 benign0 19 Comments

Is it me or is there some kind of a muted national coming-to-terms in the aftermath of a six-month long impeachment trial that was “won” by the Malacañang of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III? Think of how one might suffer a temporary psychosis while engrossed in an intense video game, consumed by an adrenaline-fuelled…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics

Next Pigs Will Fly: When Noynoy takes stock of his own agendas

June 2, 2012 Gogs 13 Comments

Did the editors at the Philippine Daily Inquirer overdose on Dormicum? The normally so yellow publication that you can call it Chiquita shocked at least me that Rigoberto Tiglao called out BS Aquino for what he really he did and put it in perspective with a time line. In it, he describes various ambitions in…

Crime, Government, Politics

Lessons from Renato Corona’s experience: Five tips on how to survive an impeachment trial

June 2, 2012April 29, 2016 Ilda 72 Comments

After 43 sessions within the span of 5 months, the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has finally ended with an overwhelming vote for a “guilty” verdict. So much has been said about how the prosecution cut corners and violated the most sacred parts of the Philippine Constitution just to demonize the…

Crime, Featured, Government, Politics