Category: Crime

President Rodrigo Duterte is Leila de Lima’s and the Liberal Party’s worst nightmare

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President Rodrigo Duterte is Leila de Lima’s and the Liberal Party’s worst nightmare

There’s a slugfest going on in the Philippines between President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Leila De Lima. After Duterte exposed De Lima’s alleged affair with her personal driver, De Lima went on to counter it by saying the President is engaging in character assassination. Her supporters were equally shocked and outraged that Duterte would resort…

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Crime, Politics

Filipinos should junk the 1986 People Power narrative in order to TRULY progress

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Filipinos should junk the 1986 People Power narrative in order to TRULY progress

It’s time Filipinos pause, step back, take stock, and ask: What is really going on here? If one would attempt to answer that question using the common frame of mind with which Filipinos have coocooned themselves within, the responses would be unsurprising, quite trite, and peppered with certain key words prevalent in mainstream discourse today:…

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Crime, Culture, Development, Economy

Manila’s gated communities should be opened to public access to alleviate traffic

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Manila’s gated communities should be opened to public access to alleviate traffic

Gated communities, like jeepneys, are stopgap measures that became institutionalised and so ingrained in the national psyche that, as we see in the general tone of the debate surrounding this issue, people simply find it next to impossible to comprehend the cancerous nature of their existence. They are legacies of a succession of weak and…

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Civics, Crime, Society

Tough love will work better for Filipinos in the War on Drugs

Posted on By Hector Gamboa 22 Comments on Tough love will work better for Filipinos in the War on Drugs
Tough love will work better for Filipinos in the War on Drugs

In my last article, I presented an argument against the folly of subscribing to a silver bullet idea that promises to wipe out our country’s drug problem. There have been ideas floated that either or both decriminalization and legalization will solve the drug menace since these have been shown to work in featured western countries…

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Crime, Culture, Government

Is winning Duterte’s War on Drugs mission impossible?

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Is winning Duterte’s War on Drugs mission impossible?

Everyone loves the Mission Impossible franchise. That’s because the best stories are about people who’ve hurdled the seemingly impossible, stared down the intractable, and succeeded against all odds. It is the reason that Star Wars fans find that over-used battle ending where proton torpedoes are used to hit a target that is “only two meters…

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Crime, Culture, Society

Forcing a western style liberal approach in solving the Philippine drug menace may not work for us

Posted on By Hector Gamboa 38 Comments on Forcing a western style liberal approach in solving the Philippine drug menace may not work for us
Forcing a western style liberal approach in solving the Philippine drug menace may not work for us

The on-going war on drugs in the Philippines is a hot topic nowadays. Supporters of the country’s new President (Rodrigo Duterte) have hailed the energized efforts of the government to put a stop to this drug menace plaguing the country while detractors of the President have cried foul over the bloodbath that has resulted and…

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Crime, Culture, Government

Raising the flag of righteous indignation

Posted on By Carlo de Leon 12 Comments on Raising the flag of righteous indignation
Raising the flag of righteous indignation

It really irks me no end to see and hear people judge others and label them as evil or bad, at the very least not good. So-called righteous people who parade themselves as holier than thou are, in reality, hypocrites.  Like the minions of the yellow army who until now keep on harping that President…

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Crime, Government, Politics, Religion

Why Duterte’s Shoot-to-kill Order Makes Sense in a Land Overrun by Zombies

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Why Duterte’s Shoot-to-kill Order Makes Sense in a Land Overrun by Zombies

A war is being waged in the Philippines now: a war on drugs. Blood is spilling in the streets, and many bleeding-heart “freedom-loving” citizens and observers are shocked. But have you ever heard of a war where no one is allowed to kill or expected to die? Doesn’t it seem strange if you see the opponent…

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Crime, Politics