Category: Government

PNoy’s speech should be shut down the minute he attacks the Supreme Court #SONA2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

What further use to Filipinos is a president who had all but painted himself into a corner? That is essentially the way Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III will come across to the public today when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to joint sessions of Philippine Congress. Rather than see…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino’s 5th State of the Nation Address #SONA2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Ilda 23 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino will be giving his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) soon. Just like his previous SONAs, we can all expect him to start off with motherhood statements and then proceed to bash the people he thinks are getting in the way of his agenda. His previous SONAs have…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics

Will PNoy surprise us for a change in his 5th State of the Nation Address #SONA2014 speech?

July 28, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

One thing we can credit to Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is the consistency and predictability of his speeches. As such, most people can easily guess now what the President will be saying in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered to Congress on Monday July 28, 2014. There…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics

Letting PNoy get away with the #DAP sets a precedent for future presidents to violate the law

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 Ilda 34 Comments

Some members of the Philippine Senate have recently demonstrated how helpless the Filipino public is against the ruling oligarchy. The recently-held “question and answer” session about the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) turned into an opportunity for the senators allied with President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino to defend the administration’s unconstitutional use of public funds. No…

Crime, Development, Government

The Philippine Government may as well collapse. Today.

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 benign0 30 Comments

No official event, no party, and certainly not the very Office of the President itself is exempt from being used as a soapbox for Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to go on a rampage against his personal enemies. His most recent tirade was chucked during an address to the public on the occasion…

Crime, Government, The South

The failure of the Philippines is now a legacy of the Aquinos and no longer of the Marcoses

July 21, 2014July 23, 2014 benign0 50 Comments

Almost 54 percent of Filipinos are under the age of 24. They were all born after 1990 and some of them became voters after 1996. By 2016 a big chunk of this group (5-10 million of them) will turn 18 and be eligible to vote as well. This is a new generation calling the political…

Development, Education, Government, Politics, Society

Hail King Benigno S. Aquino II, Ruler of the Yellow Realm

July 21, 2014 P. Farol 25 Comments

I’ve been waiting for hundreds of thousands if not millions of people to start wearing yellow shirts and ribbons since the day an article stared floating around the internets saying King Benigno S. Aquino The Second called on his worshippers to don their kingdom’s color to show their support for his stand against the Supreme…

Culture, Government, Politics

‘Good faith’ was the farthest from the mind of BS Aquino when he came up with the #DAP!

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 benign0 12 Comments

On one hand, Aquino apologists like to distract public opinion away from the “legalese” surrounding the debate around the manner with which the President used the DAP in order to highlight the nebulous notion of ‘good faith’. But then there is another camp (albeit the more intellectually-diligent amongst them) that invoke aspects of the law…

Crime, Economy, Government