Category: Crime

Five things the Philippines needs to develop to become a great nation

June 8, 2014June 8, 2014 benign0 31 Comments

The following are the five key pillars that form the foundation of what could make Filipinos’ aspirations to build not just a better Philippines but a great Philippines a reality. No amount of nebulous campaign slogans and promises delivered in flowery speeches will replace the need for solid foundations for development and progress. Here is…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Society

How idiopreneurship can stem the flow of talented people abandoning the Philippines

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 benign0 24 Comments

Much has been said about how the appalling work conditions, low pay, and stifling congestion in the Philippines is driving away its most talented workers. But what seems to be the biggest put-off for the greatest Filipino minds is the intellectual bankruptcy that prevails in Philippine society. Much has also been said about technology being…

Crime, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society, Technology

Slender Man: A fearsome product of memetic evolution in its purest form

June 4, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

The case of the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl by two of her friends in Wisconsin has gripped America over the last couple days. The crime is made particularly resonant not only by the age of the victim and perpetrators but by the source of the motive — a demon-like creature called Slender Man that…

Crime, Culture, Media, Society, Tech Talk

6.12.14 Scrap Pork Coalition: If you just have to protest, make sure you protest the RIGHT thing

June 3, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

I had asserted earlier in a previous article that the investigation on the pork barrel scam should build a case from the ground up without having to be coloured by media and publicity stunts and the noise around these drummed up by the country’s vacuous “activist” mobs. This echoes what Senator Aquilino Pimentel III points…

Crime, Government

The Philippine government suffers from a bad case of Abad infestation

June 3, 2014 benign0 27 Comments

The Philippine government infestation by the Abad dynasty headed by current Department of Budget Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad is being bathed under an increasingly harsh spotlight. The full extent of this infestation was described in detail by United Nationalist Alliance secretary general and Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco… […] Tiangco said there are 11…

Crime, Government, Politics

The Anatomy of Guilt: Masters of the Philippines’ Big Lie

June 2, 2014 Virtual Vigilante 3 Comments

“The truth lies in the early actuations of the guilty.” — The Author The Case of Angelo Reyes Remember the initial response of former Defense chief Angelo Reyes when he was questioned by the Senate about the “pabaon” that Lt. Col. George Rabusa, a former military budget officer, accused him of receiving when he retired…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Grassroots Participatory Budget Process (GPBP): Malacanang’s new Pork Barrel distribution machine?

May 28, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Now that Department of Budget Management Secretary Butch Abad is in hot water over allegations surrounding (among others) his being lead architect of the gazillion-peso presidential slush fund — the ‘Disbursement Acceleration Program’ (DAP) — purportedly used to fund efforts to motivate Philippine Senators to deliver a favourable verdict in the 2012 impeachment of former…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics

‘Where there is no corruption, there will be no poverty.’ – President Noynoy Aquino, #WEF Manila 2014

May 23, 2014May 23, 2014 benign0 33 Comments

Quotable quotes from Philippine President Noynoy Aquino addressing the World Economic Forum delegates in Manila yesterday… * * * “Where there is no corruption, there will be no poverty.” * * * “The Philippines reworked the formula for success in business – from one that required connections with influential people, to one that gives value…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle

Delacruzy
on People who work 18 hours a day are stupid
Sounds very empty that "money is everything-"value" yammer-inherited from the
Delacruzy
on People who work 18 hours a day are stupid
Americans-USA-ers work much longer hours than Japanese. And look at
Tony Basconne
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
What an arrogant clown--"proud" in capitals....More like brainwashed and progandised
Mon
on According to “international law” attacking Iran is only justified if they posed an “instant” and “overwhelming” threat
So you can justify preemptive action without addressing the root
Tres
on According to “international law” attacking Iran is only justified if they posed an “instant” and “overwhelming” threat
In what sense is a nation strong when frontmen like
Send in the US clowns
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
Mr Liston, please stop peddling your website and spewing endless
Spivey Adobo
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
What are proud of? Youre just another USian. You got
low -intensity-conflict
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
While the Proud American Mr. Liston thinks he was rightly