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There’s just nobody left in the Philippines to turn to for solutions to the pork barrel crisis

Posted on October 21, 2013 By benign0 41 Comments on There’s just nobody left in the Philippines to turn to for solutions to the pork barrel crisis
There’s just nobody left in the Philippines to turn to for solutions to the pork barrel crisis

Back in the days when former President Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines, they said there was a lot of corruption. Perhaps back then there was. But the old-timers say that this corruption was limited to Marcos’s small inner circle of cronies. At least back then, say these old timers, out of, say, 100 million pesos…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Instead of ending corruption, Noynoy Aquino encourages it

Posted on October 21, 2013 By Ilda 32 Comments on Instead of ending corruption, Noynoy Aquino encourages it
Instead of ending corruption, Noynoy Aquino encourages it

There is something about Filipino public servants and Philippine society in general that could make one lose faith in humanity. It could be the fact that a lot of public servants do not have any qualms about lying to and stealing from the Filipino public. Or it could be the fact that the majority of…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Filipinos need to develop a sense of shame or guilt

Posted on October 17, 2013February 14, 2014 By Ilda 113 Comments on Filipinos need to develop a sense of shame or guilt
Filipinos need to develop a sense of shame or guilt

Japanese prime ministers resign every now and then, some of them for as little as the shame of breaking an election promise. One I remember from a couple years back won in a landslide victory but was forced to resign because of mounting criticism for his flip-flopping on the issues he promised to solve during…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

We need a new generation of innovative activists to fight pork barrel popularity using new approaches

Posted on October 16, 2013October 17, 2013 By benign0 11 Comments on We need a new generation of innovative activists to fight pork barrel popularity using new approaches
We need a new generation of innovative activists to fight pork barrel popularity using new approaches

The trouble with democracy is that it is premised on the assumption that people know what is good for them — a sad reality that people like current Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III owe their victory at the polls to. In a democracy, majority rules as they say. As far as fundamentalist democracy…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

The DAP is a product of PNoy’s flawed understanding of the government’s financial position in 2010

Posted on October 14, 2013 By benign0 6 Comments on The DAP is a product of PNoy’s flawed understanding of the government’s financial position in 2010
The DAP is a product of PNoy’s flawed understanding of the government’s financial position in 2010

The thing with trying to pitch purported good intentions is that once the resources and the means to deliver those intentions have been tainted in the public eye, there is little hope for redemption. MalacaƱang, true to form always five steps behind when it comes to justifying its position on many matters of national consequence,…

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Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics

Discretionary power over public funds: How much pork does a Philippine president really need?

Posted on October 12, 2013 By benign0 10 Comments on Discretionary power over public funds: How much pork does a Philippine president really need?
Discretionary power over public funds: How much pork does a Philippine president really need?

The raging controversy surrounding pork barrel thievery in Congress and MalacaƱang highlights just how weak a state the Philippines is. It is weak because its people rely on “strong leadership” as a proxy to what should be a grassroots bottom-up approach to applying what, by now, should be a deeply-ingrained sense of civic duty. Instead…

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Crime, Government, Society

Those who rally against Noynoy Aquino’s government’s abuse of power are heroes

Posted on October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 By Ilda 63 Comments on Those who rally against Noynoy Aquino’s government’s abuse of power are heroes
Those who rally against Noynoy Aquino’s government’s abuse of power are heroes

Would you go to a protest rally because someone told you to do so or because you feel passionate enough about an issue that compels you to go? If your answer is the former, then you should just stay home because you will most likely end up complaining about how your efforts were useless if…

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Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Filipinos have to WANT a better Philippines badly enough to abolish the pork barrel

Posted on October 7, 2013 By benign0 15 Comments on Filipinos have to WANT a better Philippines badly enough to abolish the pork barrel
Filipinos have to WANT a better Philippines badly enough to abolish the pork barrel

I realise now after having read an amusing article recently published by one of the staunch apologists of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III that there is a fundamental assumption that needs to be questioned — the notion that Filipinos actually want a “better country”. Indeed; Can Filipinos be considered to be a people who…

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