Category: Crime

Ph gov’t hopelessly inutile when it comes to prosecuting homicidal bus companies

December 17, 2013 benign0 41 Comments

It is baffling how Filipinos continue to be “surprised” or even “shocked” by the deadly toll resulting from the animal-like driving behaviour of Filipino bus drivers. The account of a motorist who witnessed the most recent “accident” involving a Don Mariano Transit bus that killed 18 people is a familiar one… Irene Sisperes, a motorist…

Crime, Culture, Government, Lifestyle

PNoy and Mar Roxas caught looking like fools on video again at SM North ‘Martilyo Gang’ heist

December 16, 2013 benign0 47 Comments

The Philippines’ dynamic duo, President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas are at it again. This time the scene of the most recent “national crisis” is a heist allegedly perpetrated by the notorious “Martilyo Gang” at the SM North Mall Sunday night. According to SM…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Is Oriental Mindoro Representative Rey Umali desperate for pork?

December 10, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

Funny how Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rey Umali is now reportedly leading a House bid to raise an impeachment complaint against the Philippine Supreme Court (SC). According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Secretary-General Renato Reyes, this impeachment bid “could be an attempt to stop the High Court from declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as unconstitutional.”…

Crime, Government, Politics

The Philippines’ feudal politics: How ‘different political backgrounds’ proved fatal to Typhoon Haiyan’s victims

December 10, 2013March 30, 2016 benign0 20 Comments

Accounts of how the Philippines’ renowned brand of feudal politics came into play in the virtual paralysis of relief efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda) are emerging. Tacloban City mayor Alfred Romualdez testifying before Congress reported how red tape and stonewalling from Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas…

Crime, Development, Government

December 6 1989

December 6, 2013December 8, 2013 Gogs 14 Comments

Gonna get inside you Gonna get inside your bitter mind – Pete Townshend Rough Boys. Montreal is a beautiful city. Canada’s second largest city is known for hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Olympics that made Bruce Jenner Kardashian and Comaneci household names. It just dawned on me that the significance of those…

Pot calling the kettle black: Noynoy Aquino warns Manny Pacquiao against using the media to fight the Tax Man

November 29, 2013 benign0 47 Comments

Ironic that Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III would warn boxing champ Manny Pacquiao about using the media to gain public sympathy for his tax woes. “If [Pacquiao] did right, then I’m sure he will be able to prove that he did right, and therefore there is no issue,” Aquino said. “So the way…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media

Why Lucio Tan gets to keep his loot while Manny Pacquiao’s all remain frozen

November 28, 2013 benign0 107 Comments

On one hand, the issue surrounding the tax evasion case the Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is raising against boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is pretty straightforward. The BIR had given Pacquiao two years to submit the documents required of him specific among them are original tax returns from the United States’s Internal Revenue Service…

Crime, Government

President Noynoy Aquino cannot take credit for the abolition of pork barrel funds

November 20, 2013November 22, 2013 Ilda 95 Comments

Now that the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel funds has been declared illegal or unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, we are seeing a lot of politicians who are doing an about-face. Some members of Congress are now saying that they are happy with the decision because they have been for its abolition…

Crime, Government, Politics