Category: Government

How singer Jim Paredes proves that Showbiz reflects Philippine society!

July 15, 2014February 3, 2022 benign0 56 Comments

Indeed, as my colleague Ilda quipped the other day, Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III’s apologists are desperately defending the notorious Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). The Old Celebrity Guard have come out again in droves. Leading them is noted 1970’s-era singer Jim Paredes who shouted out on Twitter the Official Apologists’ Mantra… Can the…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media, Society

No to #DAP! Solid management and planning rather than shortcuts and excuses please

July 15, 2014 Virtual Vigilante 5 Comments

Given P-Noy’s “parking on a no-parking zone” analogy, I would rather he didn’t save the person in peril because it’s going to cost me (the taxpayer) 10 times more that it should to save that life. With the dismal track record of government in every respect of governance (most especially in the implementation—and highway robbery—of…

Crime, Government

According to PNoy: Supreme Court is wrong, #DAP is right

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 benign0 48 Comments

In essence, what Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III said in his address to the public today on the issue of the fiasco surrounding the now-illegal Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) consists of two key messages: (1) The DAP was used in good faith; and, (2) The Philippine Supreme Court was wrong to rule it…

Crime, Government

Why was PNoy DESPERATE to accelerate disbursment of public funds from 2011-2012?

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Indeed, it is too bad for the administration of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III that their brainchild, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), has been deemed unconstitutional by the Philippine Supreme Court. The DAP was conceived following a disastrous economic result in 2011 when the Philippine economy grew by only a little bit more…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Money Talks

PNoy and supporters get desperate in defending the DAP

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Ilda 57 Comments

Malacanang apologists were quiet for a while after the Supreme Court declared the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional. They were most likely too stumped to respond because for one, they could not get their heads around the technical details of the ruling and two; they were probably too shocked after the revelation that their idol,…

Crime, Government, Media

Financial Times Editor David Pilling confirms Philippine economy grew on back of Arroyo’s legacy

July 13, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

Where are we now? No one knows. We don’t know whether we are coming or going or how far we are in our journey to whatever was promised to the Filipino during President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III’s campaign. All we know for sure is that four years have passed since we elected ourselves a…

Development, Economy, Government, Media

PNoy apologists desperate to discredit SC ruling that DAP is unconstitutional

July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

Apologists of the now-criminalised Malacanang slush fund, the notorious Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are regrouping and striking back. The arguments they present are two-phased: (1) Proposing that the Supreme Court may have been “wrong” in their ruling the DAP unconstitutional; and, (2) Citing a certain Chapter 5, Section 49 of the Administrative Code of 1987…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

From Third World to First: Singapore Elder Statesman Lee Kuan Yew’s insights on Filipinos

July 12, 2014 benign0 39 Comments

We take it for granted that material and accounts that provide priceless outsiders’ perspectives on the Philippines are so readily available for all to learn from but forget (1) how books are prohibitively expensive to most Filipinos and (2) how most Filipinos lack any inclination to read books to begin with. So it is worth…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

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