Category: Crime

Military hardware – not digital whining – makes it right

June 24, 2011June 24, 2011 benign0 14 Comments

One degeneration after another. The emo-style with which Filipinos think they could initiate reform — Edsa “revolutions”, “unity” walks, “interfaith” rallies, and then online “petitions” and now blog “action” days, Twitter barrages, and Facebook “meme” spreading — yields flaccid one-time results at best. Perhaps there were small wins (Heritage of Smallness, remember?) — a missing…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Technology

Should the US share photos of a dead Osama Bin Laden with the public?

May 5, 2011May 5, 2011 benign0 12 Comments

On the 11th September 2001 Americans lost 5,000 of their civilian compatriots and saw symbols of their way of life come crashing down. The need to hold up (at best) evidence of or (at worst) a trophy signifying triumph over an enemy that they’ve been hunting down for almost ten years is not only understandable….

Civics, Crime, Government, Religion, Society

Obama got Osama

May 3, 2011May 3, 2011 Ilda 100 Comments

My grandmother always told me to take it easy on too much unnecessary celebrations. She said that misery always follows excessive feelings of euphoria – kind of like the down after being on a high. I found out exactly what she was talking about when I got my first hangover. Her advise is behind the…

The corrupt rich: Why people who are better off leaving stick around

April 19, 2011 benign0 5 Comments

Considering that even Panfilo Lacson, a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, felt that he was better off running than subjecting himself to the whimsical world of the “justice” system of the Philippines, I wonder how dumb Jose Barredo needed to be to think he could play whistle-blower and come out a winner? Barredo,…

Civics, Crime, Politics, Religion

The Big Con: The triumphant return of Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson

March 29, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

In Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale Jr (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) manages to cash more than $2.5 million in bogus cheques while eluding law enforcement authorities who pursued him all over the world. Abagnale was eventually caught and his expertise as a forger and counterfeiter was put to good…

Crime, Culture, Media

Somebody please tell Noynoy he is President of the Philippines!

March 25, 2011 benign0 7 Comments

Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino speaking as a ‘private citizen’? I’m no expert on protocol but in my book, when one assumes the office of head of state and government, one lives and breathes the role for the entire length of the term. So as far as Noynoy is concerned, I believe there is no…

Crime, Government, Politics

Filipinos and happiness: why we need to be serious about it

March 23, 2011 Ilda 60 Comments

There is enough evidence to suggest that Filipinos in general are preoccupied with the desire to be on a permanent state of euphoria or at least with being perceived to be a “happy-go-lucky” society no matter what circumstances they are in. Unfortunately, this national obsession with being “happy” or having a good time instead actually…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Drug mules: a new nickname for OFWs?

February 17, 2011February 7, 2017 Ilda 53 Comments

During former President Gloria Arroyo’s (GMA) term, we referred to Overseas Foreign Workers (OFW) as our “Bagong Bayani” or “Our new heroes.” Earlier in the year, some economists gave OFWs credit for boosting growth in the economy due to their “higher remittances” the country received from the millions of Filipinos working abroad. The question is,…

Crime, Featured, Politics

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