Category: Government

The hypocrisy in Filipinos’ anger towards US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 benign0 139 Comments

Within the mounting virtually national initiative to demonise not just United States Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton but the entire US military over the murder of Filipino transgender Jeffrey Laude, it is difficult to find any semlance of credibility among the noisiest of Filipino ‘activists’. The Philippines is home to one of the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Apparently Accusing The President Of Corrupting Congress Is Not Newsworthy

October 16, 2014 Gogs 16 Comments

“Here is the news Coming to you every hour on the hour” Electric Light Orchestra Last I looked the Philippines is a Catholic country. Pinoys are flawed in many things and by my reckoning many of them go through the motions in terms of being Catholic. What I can not argue is that…

Government, Media

Was the murder of Jeffrey Laude in Olongapo a case of the ‘Crying Game’ syndrome?

October 14, 2014 benign0 49 Comments

Whether the victim was gay or straight, looks like a girl and is a girl, or looks like a girl but is really a man is really a non-issue, isn’t it? The case of Jeffrey Laude, a Filipino transgender found murdered in a hotel room in Olongapo city is really just that — a murder…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Why Voters Should Not Vote for the ‘Right’ Candidates

October 11, 2014 Hector Gamboa 17 Comments

There is a saying that goes: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result”. Of course if we think about it, it’s not entirely true. Tom Chivers, assistant comment editor of The Telegraph in the United Kingdom, correctly points out the flaw of the cliché. He points out…

Government, Politics

‘Disaster preparedness’ has become an oxymoron in the #Philippines

October 8, 2014December 21, 2021 benign0 14 Comments

It has been becoming increasingly apparent that “natural” disasters are now a routine occurrence all over the Philippines. The idea that Filipinos ought to be more “prepared” for such calamities — whilst something one would think ought to have been an obvious national priority — is only now resonating across the broader public. To the…

Civics, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos need to stop inserting themselves into Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

October 7, 2014October 8, 2014 FallenAngel 15 Comments

Or any other country’s democracy-oriented drive, for that matter. Admittedly, watching the unfolding of the Hong Kong protests – dubbed the Umbrella Revolution – gets one’s curiosity easily piqued. Given that the protesters have been issued an ultimatum to clear the streets, outside observers are hoping that things don’t end tragically. When the world recalls…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress

October 6, 2014November 9, 2021 Ilda 117 Comments

Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989 but seeing the way people are talking about him lately, it’s as if he is still alive today. This is evident in the way some members of mainstream media keep reliving the “horrors” of the Marcos years. There are quite a number of articles highlighting the…

Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Why Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution is unlikely to move Beijing

October 2, 2014 benign0 19 Comments

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has taken its all-too-familiar stand on the issue of unrest in Hong Kong remaining consistent with its standard approach to managing and negotiating issues of sovereignity over its territories. “I’d like to reiterate that Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of China, and Hong Kong affairs fall…

Economy, Government, Politics

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