Category: Government

Tip of the iceberg: Manny Villar’s and JV Ejercito’s alleged secret offshore accounts

April 5, 2013April 5, 2013 benign0 37 Comments

The recent brouhaha over the linking of Senator Manny Villar and House Representative JV Ejercito to shady offshore corporations based in the British Virgin Islands is timely. The brouhaha surrounds a recent report published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) of revelations following a thorough international investigation conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based International…

Civics, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Education Freebies for the Poor? What the Fudge?!

April 2, 2013December 17, 2016 Hector Gamboa 86 Comments

First of all I would like to request my readers to look at this funny video below from the show Bubble Gang. Funny, huh? But let’s think about a certain angle for a moment. Suppose that you are a student in a public school and you (or your parents) saved enough money to pay for…

Education, Government

Tall police officers matter in a nation of people short in substance

April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 benign0 28 Comments

Short cops policing a short people, corrupt politicians governing a corrupt people. Like Coffeemate in coffee, it all makes sense to me. So then what’s the big deal about Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III’s “veto” of a bill proposing a removal of minimum height requirements for Filipino police personnel? Funny thing, the way…

Government, Lifestyle, Society

Hallelujah I Have Seen The Light!

April 1, 2013October 31, 2016 Gogs 27 Comments

Your perceptions will not change reality, but simply color it. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (2002) I just had what alcoholics call a moment of clarity. To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality… to see those who dwell behind. I was once a…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics

No Ability = Winnability

March 28, 2013March 18, 2019 Gogs 37 Comments

Einstein is often credited with the saying Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Einstein also said we can not solve our problems with the same thinking that created them. Both quotes play in nicely to my topic today boys and girls. Ever notice every single…

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Culture, Government

Nancy With The Laughing Face

March 21, 2013 Gogs 18 Comments

“I swear to goodness, you can’t resist her Sorry for you, she has no sister No angel could replace Nancy with the laughing face” A song recorded by Francis Albert Sinatra This is second time in a week that one tweet inspires a whole blog post. Full disclosure but…

Culture, Government, Media

The INC Mafia and The P8.3 Billion LTO IT Bid

March 20, 2013August 29, 2015 P. Farol 66 Comments

L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, was claimed to have said “You don’t get rich by writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.” I’m not into religion bashing, really. I believe that everyone will ultimately account for their own world view and their actions in their own way. Some…

Government, Politics, Religion

One Night at a Liberal Party Fundraiser: What Team P-Noy Can Learn from Baguio’s Local Liberals

March 20, 2013 MidwayHaven 6 Comments

Photo courtesy of Time.com I couldn’t help but smirk when I found out that Team P-Noy’s election rally was a dud here in Baguio last Sunday (17 March 2013). Melvin Jones field, with a capacity of 5,000 people, managed to gather less than 1,500 attendees, even under fair weather. Though their pet media outlets would…

Economy, Environment, Government, Media, Politics, Society