Category: Government

The death of old-school ‘journalism’ proves that democracy is ALIVE in the Philippines

April 29, 2017January 3, 2020 benign0 9 Comments

Roles have been reversed. Mainstream “journalists” are now the loud and noisy shills who cry bloody “persecution” and peddle unfounded conspiracies. It is hardly surprising that people nowadays now rely on alternative sources of information. Old school journalists are just too self-important to have decent discussions with. How does the news media industry old guard…

Government, Media

Oddball Moments of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

So in my previous post, I wondered what was eating Cebu City mayor Tomas “Tommy” Osmena and recounted how I had met him six or seven years ago. The portly local politician who feasted on endless rounds of Japanese barbecue with me and my friends certainly left an impression on me that night. His other stories,…

Government

What’s Eating Good Ol’ Tommy Osmeña?

April 24, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

Several weeks ago I came across several articles about Tommy Osmeña on my timeline. Some had to with accounts of how he was driving out business in Cebu City and other accounts linked him to a big time drug dealer who had been recently killed. First I wondered why the name struck me as familiar…

Government

Bringing back the “Holy Alliance of Throne and Altar” is deadly

April 22, 2017 Carlo de Leon 10 Comments

The background The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the European nations that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte to establish a new balance of power in Europe and prevent a resurgence of Napoleonic imperialism. The secondary reason was to prevent political revolutions such as the French revolution and the preservation of the status quo.1 Shortly…

Government, Politics, Religion

@TIME exaggerates De Lima’s “heroism”, paints the Philippines as lawless under Duterte

April 22, 2017 Ilda 22 Comments

As someone who still pays for a weekly subscription, I’m very disappointed at TIME Magazine editors. I just realised that after all these years reading about and admiring people featured on their annual 100 most influential list, it turns out that some on the list include people whose achievements were simply romanticised, exaggerated or completely…

Crime, Government, Politics

Banana Workers Should Thank Cathy Binag For TADECO’s Now Uncertain Future

April 10, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

According to the ANFLOCOR website, “the Tagum Agricultural Development Company (TADECO) is one of the highest yielding banana plantations in the world, is engaged in the production and export of fresh Cavendish bananas to Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Middle East, Russia, Malaysia and Singapore under the Del Monte Brand name. It is the flagship…

Crime, Government

The Crass Moralism of The Silent No More Facebook Page

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017 P. Farol 24 Comments

Silent No More is one of those Facebook pages that crosses my timeline now and then, largely because some of my friends belong to the yellow political spectrum or have business with some of its high priests. Among Silent No More’s recent posts, one that made me cringe a bit was one that shamed Elenita…

Government, Politics

I Will Make Like A Hockey Player And Get The Puck Out Of Here

April 1, 2017April 1, 2019 Gogs 18 Comments

This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I’ll never look into your eyes…again The Doors. I am so done with GRP . Today I am…

Government, Politics