Category: Government

PNoy government is also to blame for Philippine media’s gossip mongering style

April 27, 2012October 2, 2013 Ilda 45 Comments

Philippine President Noynoy Aquino recently criticized the Philippine media because he thinks that the industry as a whole is not painting a nice picture of the country and his government in particular. Well, well, well. What can I say? Considering that a lot of people have been criticizing the Philippine media for so long and…

Development, Government, Media, Politics

Manufacturing can be a key to Filipinos enjoying a free and healthy life

April 25, 2012September 1, 2014 Ilda 42 Comments

Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan defined a developed country as: “… one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment”. In theory, his statement is simple enough to understand but quite complicated to put into practice. Annan wasn’t specific about which country or…

Development, Economy, Government, Lifestyle

Ph Supreme Court rules on Hacienda Luisita – values vast plantation at a measly P200 million

April 24, 2012 benign0 31 Comments

It’s final. To the plea of Hacienda Luisita Inc (HLI) that its vast plantation in Tarlac is worth P5 billion, the Philippine Supreme Courte voted 8 to 6 for a final valuation just short of P200 million. This is based on an assessment of P40,000 per hectare made in 1989 when the Department of Agrarian…

Economy, Government, Politics

The 27th Law: Playing on People’s Need to Believe

April 24, 2012April 24, 2012 a 81 Comments

Back in the Dark and Middle Ages, the Church was practically the State. It maintained a firm and oppressive grip on the lives of the people, bending them to its allegedly holy will. People suffered and were persecuted, and all of these were done in the guise of Godâ€™s divine providence. Faith became the sharp…

Government, Politics, Religion, Society

Filipinos: like a ship lost at sea searching for a beacon

April 21, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 46 Comments

Introduction When I visited Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia last year, I saw a banner run across the two Petronas towers with the following words in Malay on it: Daulat Tuanku As soon as I could, I searched on Google what this phrase means. It is more or less the Malay equivalent of the English expression…

Culture, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

The Philippines: a country governed by people who reflect the society that elected them

April 19, 2012October 12, 2013 benign0 44 Comments

Does the solution to the multitude of ills that plague the Philippines reside in politics? Is it really the quality of government that is behind the chronic failure that is the Philippine nation? Think again. [Photo courtesy Today in History.] Perhaps there was a time when there were lots of scapegoats that Filipinos can count…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics

The flaccid tantrum of the League of Filipino Students against the US Embassy in Manila

April 17, 2012April 30, 2014 benign0 38 Comments

What did League of Filipino Students (LFS) “activists” hope to accomplish by burning the American flag and defacing the United States embassy facade today (the 16th April)? Did they actually think that they could send whatever noble “message” they imagine their quaint movement to possess to the powers-that-be of what is still the planet’s mightiest…

Culture, Development, Government, Society

PNoy government approved the uprooting of pine trees in Baguio City

April 14, 2012February 1, 2014 Ilda 76 Comments

So I heard there was a 125-strong flash mob assembled at six locations to “occupy” SM Megamall last week. There could be more organized protests to come in the following days until the whole issue fizzles out and goes back into the Filipino people’s unconsciousness. I noticed that not only is rallying in vogue in…

Development, Environment, Government, Politics