Category: Government

Arroyo mugshots – visual opiates for a politics-crazed society

November 22, 2011 benign0 20 Comments

In my book, I recounted the words of University of the Philippines sociology professor and occasional Inquirer.net columnist Michael Tan who was cited in Diana Mendoza’s article “Between Sensationalism and Censure” published on the Philippine Journalism Review (April 2002). The article was a commentary on the bizarreness of Filipinos’ regard for sexuality as it is…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

The Noynoy Aquino government is turning the Philippines into a vindictive society

November 20, 2011September 20, 2013 Ilda 270 Comments

There is a list of the alleged crimes of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (GMA) making its rounds on social networking sites like some kind of chain letter. The list comes with a photo of GMA in a wheelchair wearing her neck brace and facemask looking gaunt and distressed. The photo is obviously not a…

Crime, Culture, Economy, Government, Politics, Society

Moving to the next circus act: COMELEC finally filing charges against Arroyo

November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 benign0 18 Comments

It gets interesting for us who chronicle Pinoy dysfunction now that the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) have approved the filing of electoral fraud charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). After many years of hearsay reporting from the Philippine Media and haka haka “debate” among the chattering classes of the self-described Philippine “civil society”,…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Society

Inquirer’s Neal Cruz likens living under Aquino Government to life in prison

November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 benign0 10 Comments

Let’s not get too caught up in analogies so much lest we come across looking like an idiot. Take this moronism from Inquirer.net columnist Neal Cruz… If you were the warden of a prison and you suspect that some prisoners are planning to escape, wonâ€™t you take precautions? Will you give the prisoners passes to…

Civics, Government, Society

PNoy and his staff: Is ignoring the law their prerogative?

November 16, 2011October 2, 2013 Ilda 137 Comments

Another Aquino it seems is turning out to be the worst President in the history of the Philippines. No other President has so completely polarised the nation, blatantly violated human rights, and consistently disrespected the Supreme Court as much as President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) had so far. Worse, no other President has ignored what is…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media

Gloria Arroyo travel ban: The commies should be worried

November 10, 2011November 10, 2011 benign0 39 Comments

The whole issue about the request of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) to seek medical treatment abroad and the denial of that request by the Department of Justice under Secretary Leila de Lima is really a non-issue. The Constitution of the Philippines guarantees freedom to travel in and out of the country to all…

Government, Politics

The degeneration of Internet activism in the Philippines under the Aquino government

November 8, 2011 benign0 23 Comments

It’s time we recall with some bemusement the words of “columnist” Jose Ma. Montelibano in a 28th October 2011 article on the Inquirer.net… That is why Noynoy Aquino is now president. What he is simply by character, a son of two heroes who were not stained by corruption or swallowed by power, and himself eager…

Government, Politics, Tech Talk

PNoy and the Philippine Armed Forces both stunned by the MILF

October 28, 2011October 31, 2011 Ilda 41 Comments

Someone from a public forum was disappointed that I did not have an opinion readily available for him about the situation in Mindanao. He wrote to me: Hi Ilda. It’s rather odd that you did not have the time for this issue that’s been in the news for over a week, and in fact, this…

Government, Media, The South