Category: Crime

BBL review head Sen Bongbong Marcos maps way forward following SAF 44 massacre

February 2, 2015December 22, 2022 benign0 6 Comments

The proposed peace agreement between the Philippine government and the terrorist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) need not be declared dead. Amidst the din of chatter around what happens next following the horrific massacre of 44 Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) troopers by the MILF, Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr who heads…

Crime, Government, Religion, The South

Negotiating with terrorists: Apologists of Philippine President BS Aquino are wasting their time

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 benign0 26 Comments

The popular support that Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III has desperately clung to over the last five years is fast slippng through his fingers. The only argument his apologists could field as an argument against his critics revolves around giving the man a break — that he is “just a man” and that…

Crime, Government, Religion, Society, The South

The Philippines is in dire need of a statesman

January 31, 2015February 1, 2015 FallenAngel 6 Comments

What Filipinos need is a leader who will unite the people, critics and supporters alike. What they need are politicians who are always thinking of the greater good for the greatest number of people. What they need in government are those who are not reluctant to admit that they are wrong. What they need in…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics

PNoy fails to condemn terrorist atrocity against the PNP-SAF in his speech

January 29, 2015April 24, 2022 Ilda 24 Comments

Three days after the tragic deaths of 44 members of Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) in the hands of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters in Mamasapano in Maguindanao, President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino finally addressed the nation. However, the people who have been speculating for days about how and why the…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

What is taking President Aquino so long to address the nation about the PNP-SAF police massacre??

January 28, 2015 benign0 39 Comments

Recall what happened on the 7th January 2015 in Paris, France. Shots were first reported coming from the Charlie Hebdo offices on Boulevard Richard Lenoir at 10:57am. By 11:31am, French President Francois Hollande was reported to be on his way to the scene of the crime. And by 11:54 a.m. Hollande was addressing the French…

Crime, Government, The South

Mindanao carnage: Will the brutal police massacre put an end to the misguided fantasy of #Bangsamoro autonomy?

January 27, 2015December 16, 2022 benign0 51 Comments

Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David called it a mere “wrinkle” in the “peace process”. “Disheartening” news that is a “cause for concern” is how she describes the massacre of 50 members of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) elite Special Action Force (SAF) allegedly by elements of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Moro Islamic…

Crime, Government, The South

Corruption, incompetence and foolishness under President Aquino exposed!

January 25, 2015January 25, 2015 Ilda 25 Comments

Why does God allow the corrupt and incompetent public servants to stay in power in the Philippines? I wish I had the chance to ask Pope Francis that question in person. But it would have probably confused him because the incumbent Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino, in his welcome speech to the Pontiff, insisted…

Crime, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Operations to detain street children in the #Philippines before Pope Francis’s arrival reported!

January 15, 2015 benign0 25 Comments

A Daily Mail report is making waves asserting that the Philippines’ police have mounted an operation to “round up orphans and chain them in filth during pontiff’s visit to Philippines.” The report cites the testimony of a certain Catherine Scerri, deputy director of street children charity Bahay Tuluyan who says that all this is really…

Civics, Crime, Government, Religion, Society