Category: Crime

Crime does not pay in the Philippines – or so Filipinos would like to think

June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

With Senator Jinggoy Estrada now on his way to the slammer, it’s two down, one to go. That’s right, Filipinos are keeping score. With glee. They see the imprisonment of Estrada along with Senator Bong Revilla and soon, presumably, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile as vindication that, indeed, crime does not pay. The three Senators are…

Crime, Culture, Society

Does Philippine Senator Bong Revilla deserve to be treated harshly while in prison?

June 22, 2014June 23, 2014 benign0 33 Comments

The Philippines is abuzz over the latest misfortune porn craze, the surrender to the police and imprisonment of movie-star-turned-Philippine-Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. Over the last several days Netizens are posting and sharing updates on the minutiae of Revilla’s fall from grace since he and Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile were implicated in…

Crime, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

#Cybersecurity: next Big Thing or next Big Hype?

June 18, 2014 benign0 1 Comment

Remember the (year-two-thousand) Y2K “issue” of 1999? A big scam in retrospect. Big techos like Accenture were laughing all the way to the bank after the smoke cleared. Basically the “bug” that needed to be fixed, according to tech consultants, involved billions of lines in installed computer code worldwide that stored year data in only…

Crime, Tech Talk

Senator Bong Revilla might just become Philippine President in 2016

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 benign0 50 Comments

A lot of people are ‘shocked’ that embattled Philippine Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr is still planning to run for President in 2016. After all, he is one of three Senators being charged by the Department of Justice in relation to the pork barrel scam. But, really, the premise behind his bid for the Philipppines’…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Should President Noynoy Aquino drop the charges against Em Mijares?

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 benign0 15 Comments

Over the weekend, Filipino Netizens have been abuzz over the plight of Ateneo de Naga student Pio Emmanuel “Em” Mijares who had ‘heroically’ heckled Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III as he delivered his ‘Independence’ Day Speech in Naga City last week. Mijares was arrested by the police on the spot and charged with…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

3 core principles that should define a NATIONAL-SCALE Anti Pork Barrel Movement henceforth

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

Seems the decision to hold the official presidential Independence Day celebration in Naga City, Camarines Sur was shrewdly-timed considering that a big anti-Pork rally is scheduled to be mounted in Luneta Park that same afternoon. According to an ABS-CBN News report, Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III used the occasion mainly to slam critics…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Philippines and Papua New Guinea fish exports may be banned in Europe

June 11, 2014 benign0 1 Comment

Illegal fishing practices in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea may cost the economies of these two impoverished countries dearly. The European Union is reportedly threatening to ban fish imports from the two countries unless they curb illegal fishing practices. The warning, which was welcomed by environmental groups, puts the two countries on the EU’s…

Crime, Economy, Environment, Money Talks, Religion

Senator Bong Revilla’s privilege speech to end all privilege speeches!

June 9, 2014 benign0 24 Comments

Senator Bong Revilla’s delivered his privilege speech on the 9th June 2014 as charges related to his alleged involvement in the pork barrel “scam” were being laid against him by the Department of Justice. It opened with an appeal to Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to lend him an audience whilst he expressed…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

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