Category: Government

Leni Robredo’s statements are as pointless and dangerous as her position in government

April 11, 2019 Ilda 14 Comments

Current Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo has become the country’s laughingstock. Her statements turn into memes and get mocked for being pointless. Frankly, most members of the Liberal Party have become laughingstocks too, but since Robredo issues more statements compared to her party mates, she is the default spokesperson for the Opposition and therefore, their…

Government, Politics

Attention Filipinos: Only a strong military gives SUBSTANCE to REAL national pride

April 9, 2019 benign0 26 Comments

There is a good reason why countries all over the world spend billions developing and maintaining military capability. It is because military force has always been and continues to remain the only real way to defend national interests. Unfortunately for the Philippines, Filipinos beg to differ. It is quite evident that Filipinos have never seen…

Culture, Government

Filipino Bishops Exposed As INC Wannabees

March 31, 2019 Gogs 8 Comments

This PM came to me the morning of March 29 2019 A not insignificant group of some 130 lay Christian leaders heeded the call. They organized themselves and discerned together the best senatorial candidates to support among the 62 contestants. Since 2015 these Christian leaders from the Catholic, Evangelical and Protestant persuasions have come up…

Culture, Government, Religion

Opposition candidates should distance themselves from the International Criminal Court intervention in the Philippines

March 19, 2019November 22, 2021 benign0 23 Comments

If this year’s crop of candidates vying for seats in Congress know what is good for them, they should avoid the “issue” of the intervention in the Philippines being mounted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has indicated a resolve to continue to pursue an investigation into allegations that the government of Philippine…

Government, Society

Successful pullout of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court highlights the stupidity of the Philippine Opposition

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 benign0 16 Comments

Once again, the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) can only stand back and watch as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte leads his country down a different path. That they are left scratching their heads wondering What’s next? proves they never had a strategy to deal with this situation to begin with….

Government

“Open the bypass!” Are we talking about water flow or vehicle traffic?

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 benign0 9 Comments

It seems quite hilarious that the possibility that the water “crisis” gripping Metro Manila at the moment has an obvious solution. Reports of a certain Angel Salazar who claims to have been an employee of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) from 1982 to 2012 that a certain “bypass” only needs to be “opened”…

Crime, Development, Government

Dengvaxia is No Excuse to Fail in Preventing the Measles Outbreak

February 22, 2019 ChinoF 3 Comments

Recently, the party-list candidate group ANA Kalusugan staged a rally and press conference in Manila, holding the former in front of the Department of Health. They charged that the DOH was remiss in preventing the measles outbreak that recently claimed more than 180 lives. This outbreak may be blamed by some on the recent paranoia…

Civics, Government, Science

Is Former Congressman Bem Noel the Personification of Buraot?

February 18, 2019 P. Farol 2 Comments

To a friend reading news items about Bem Noel, who had once figured prominently during the start of Grace Poe’s presidential candidacy in 2016, it would seem like a fair question to ask. After all, former An Waray Partylist Congressman Bem Noel’s name cropped up along with others in Toby Tiangco’s expose on DAP beneficiaries…

Government