Category: Government

Metro Rail Transit crisis gripping Manila a result of long-term failure in thinking

April 11, 2014March 24, 2022 benign0 16 Comments

The “increase in population” that has been made the excuse du jour of Malacanang to wash its hands off the appalling mass transport crisis paralysing Metro Manila today is something that the government cannot absolve itself of any responsibility for. Facing mounting calls for the head of Al Vitangcol General Manager of the Metro Rail…

Crime, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Legal experts say President Noynoy Aquino’s Bangsamoro deal is illegal

April 4, 2014April 13, 2015 Ilda 51 Comments

If we are to believe Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will “finally seal genuine, lasting peace in Mindanao”. In fact, one can be forgiven for wishing that the President’s statement is true especially since, for too…

Charter Change, Crime, Government, The South

Philippine military under the command of a schizophrenic nymphomanic civilian government!

April 3, 2014 benign0 18 Comments

Sometimes one wonders what the Philippine military is thinking — and how much more patient it will remain. It is under a lot of pressure to defend the civilian national ego — using rusty unreliable equipment funded by the shifting winds of that ego. This is like being in a relationship with a schizophrenic nymphomaniac….

Government, Politics, The South

P17.5 Billion Mactan Cebu International Aiport Upgrades Doomed By Dysfunctional Pinoy Competition Culture

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 P. Farol 8 Comments

Or The Thirds’ Word War If there is one key take away from one of Sen. Sergio Osmeña the Third’s hearing on the President Benigno Aquino the Third’s Administration’s failure to get any of the Private Public Partnership (PPP) projects on the ground and running, it’s that there’s a pretty good chance that some if…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Indeed, the REAL issue is not the Philippines — it is Filipinos

April 2, 2014 benign0 60 Comments

Indeed, the Philippines is a wild trail that needs to be negotiated. And as experienced trackers and wilderness negotiators will point out, navigating a wild trail is not for the faint-hearted and dimwitted. You need brains, you need stamina, you need guts. Do Filipinos have any of those virtues? Well now, don’t get us started….

Civics, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Pressure mounts as DOJ and BIR turn the screws on Cedric Lee!

April 1, 2014 benign0 2 Comments

Things continue to look grim for the embattled group of characters accused of being involved one way or another in the mauling of top ABS-CBN celebrity Vhong Navarro. The list of characters has so far been getting longer… (1) Deniece Cornejo, siblings Cedric and Bernice Lee, along with a group of alleged thugs (including Ferdinand…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media

The Philippines needs some kryptonite to battle China over the Spratly Islands

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 Ilda 26 Comments

Lex Luthor: Miss Teschmacher, when I was six years old my father said to me… Miss Teschmacher: “Get out.” Lex Luthor: Ha ha. Before that. He said, “Son, stocks may rise and fall, utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good, but they will always need land and they’ll pay through the…

Government, Politics, Uncategorized

The Philippines’ Han Solo moment: Why the Ayungin drama made Filipinos ‘proud’

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 benign0 16 Comments

It’s all so interesting to note. One moment, Filipinos would giddily cheer the successful resupply of Philippine military personnel camped in the derelict BRP Sierra Madre which was purposely run aground in Ayungin Shoal in 1999 to seal the Philippines’ territorial claim there. Then on another, they’d give each other high-fives over what is essentially…

Civics, Development, Government