Category: Government

Andres Bautista’s unexplained wealth is the issue, not his wife’s character

August 8, 2017 benign0 19 Comments

The most baffling thing about this latest circus surrounding revelations that Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista may have amassed a fortune through “unexplained” means is the muted — and, in some cases, even defensive — response of certain camps in the Opposition. The way the Opposition has rallied around Bautista is not without…

Crime, Government

COMELEC Chairman Bautista’s alleged “unexplained wealth” key to exposing 2016 electoral fraud

August 8, 2017May 8, 2022 Ilda 13 Comments

A key to uncovering the alleged election fraud during the Philippine 2016 Presidential Elections is now in the hands of the National Bureau of Investigations (NBI). Patricia Bautista, the estranged wife of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections Andres Bautista, has submitted an affidavit disclosing evidence against the COMELEC chief that he has a…

Crime, Government

From First World to Third: The Philippine Story

August 6, 2017 zaxx 10 Comments

The Philippine case of reverse-transformation from a former colony of first-world USA that was only 2nd to Japan and burgeoning with potential in the middle of the last century into the foremost basket case among emerging tigers serves as a prima facie model example in the world’s handbook on “How NOT to run a country”. As…

Culture, Development, Government

Sustaining change is more important than sustaining Duterte’s popularity

August 3, 2017 benign0 31 Comments

As many Philippine History teachers and Rizalistas will attest to, the 19th Century writings of “national hero” Jose Rizal still resonate strongly today in the 21st Century. If true that in more than a century, the Philippines has hardly changed, then, indeed, the confronting question is raised: How much change could any one president actually…

Crime, Government, Politics

The fuzzy math of Rodrigo Duterte’s critics

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 FallenAngel 14 Comments

Coming from a Mathematics intensive background, I always try to know as much as I can about, and contribute if possible, the local state of science education. Mathematics is a science too, you know. And mathematics and logic often go together. Back then in the lead up to the 2016 elections, I did call out…

Education, Government, Politics, Science

Duterte reminded Filipinos who they REALLY are during his #SONA2017 address

July 27, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

Self-anointed disente Filipinos were aghast with what they described as the balasubas (uncouth) behaviour of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as he delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. The alluring Senator Risa Hontiveros, one of Duterte’s chief critics in the Senate sported her hottest resting bitch face (RBF) which she kept…

Culture, Government

The Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights is a waste of space and should be abolished

July 26, 2017 benign0 54 Comments

Put in the form of a more confronting question, the debate around the point (if any) of having a “Commission on Human Rights” (CHR) becomes a bit more clear… If the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights were to disappear tomorrow, would there be any significant consequences to the average Filipino? I posed the question several…

Crime, Government

Filipinos fully behind Duterte after his first year as Philippine president

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 benign0 8 Comments

The overwhelming thumbs-up given by Philippine Congress to the extension of Martial Law demonstrates the immense political capital enjoyed by the administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. And, once again, the ineptness applied by the Opposition in its efforts to counteract the trajectory Duterte has thus far put the country in was glaringly evident. In…

Government, Politics