Category: Government

US government has no choice but to shut down; Philippine government needs to shut up

October 3, 2013 FallenAngel 25 Comments

For those following events in the United States, their federal government is in the midst of a shutdown. This follows a period of time wherein lawmakers in both the House and the Senate were unable to agree on the national budget. The main point of contention, it seems, is US president Barack Obama’s signature piece…

Development, Government, Politics

Resign Pnoy! (Para Na Sa Daang Matuwid)

October 3, 2013 P. Farol 47 Comments

If you didn’t get the point of my last post on President BS Aquino III daring his critics to impeach him, it is this: I think the Pnoy Administration should just save us the drama of another impeachment and just resign before the year ends. Moreover, President Pnoy should stop it with his patented paawa effect….

Crime, Government, Politics

Pnoy Dares Critics To Impeach Him

October 3, 2013 P. Farol 53 Comments

As of this writing, an article titled “PNoy challenges critics to impeach him” which appeared on the ABS-CBN News website can’t be opened and if you really want to bother with reading this latest Presidential brain-fart, you’d have to go to retrieve it from Google Cache. Given the run of things (a number of web-pages…

Government, Politics

It is time take Noynoy Aquino and his mob to task for their role in the pork barrel scam!

October 2, 2013October 2, 2013 benign0 13 Comments

Former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno today confirmed policy surrounding the way Malacanang can allocate discretionary “development” funds reportedly saying that; […] Malacañang cannot augment funding for new projects but can only add funds to existing programs. “The constitution is very clear that no law shall be passed authorizing any transfer of appropriation. They allow augmentation…

Crime, Government, Politics

Thievery in Philippine government: The many creative ways of naming pork

October 2, 2013 benign0 4 Comments

The acronyms may change, but the principles remain the same: Executives execute, and legislators legislate. Senators who were allegedly “rewarded” by President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III were supposedly given additional “appropriations” on top of their pork barrel allocations through a Malacañang appropriations mechanism called the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Why did legislators need to…

Crime, Government, Politics

Whether called a bribe or an incentive pork barrel funds MOTIVATE Filipino politicians

October 1, 2013 benign0 25 Comments

Bribe or incentive? Why does this question even matter? For many weeks now, Filipinos have been left to sift through mounds of information pouring out of traditional media and the Net to make sense of what’s going on as more “revelations”, “confessions”, and “testimonials” emerge about who got how much. Indeed, whether it is a…

Crime, Government, Politics

August 13, 1996 Ph Daily Inquirer headlines MNLF violence in Zamboanga and pork barrel thievery

September 29, 2013September 29, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

Further proof that Filipinos have a very flat learning curve. Congressional pork barrel thievery is nothing new. It’s been going on since its re-introduction into Philippine governance back in the late 1980s by former President Corazon Aquino, mother of current President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III. Even back in 1996, the Inquirer had already published…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

The Philippines cannot progress while public servants are distracted by personal vendetta

September 28, 2013November 14, 2014 Ilda 54 Comments

One major problem in Philippine society is not so much the flawed system like what some have claimed. It is actually the fact that most Filipinos don’t have foresight or are unable to see problems that might arise in the future as a result of their actions. It most likely has something to do with…

Crime, Government, Politics