Category: Government

PNP Chief Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa should just stop performing for the cameras

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

Honeymoon’s definitely over for Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa. Half a year of heady PR, show-and-tell, and media circus came crashing down as the reality of the persistent rot at the core of the Philippine police came to the fore in recent months. Revelations of corruption and institutionalised racketeering and extortion…

Crime, Government

Americans need to come to terms with their new reality under President Donald Trump

January 24, 2017 benign0 25 Comments

The trouble with Liberals is that they are too open-minded. They are, they themselves insist, “pro-choice”. And this is why liberalism is incompatible with the human condition — becuase human beings suck at coping with an abundance of choice. This is where conservatism resonates — it offers a straight path (in the real sense of…

Civics, Government, Politics

Is it about time Filipinos stop making throwbacks to Noynoy Aquino’s administration?

January 24, 2017 FallenAngel 8 Comments

At the start of every new administration, inescapably, someone always harks back to the previous one. The reasons for doing so usually fall into these common categories: 1) The predecessor is blamed for an inherited problem; 2) Credit is taken for something started in the previous term; 3) The successor wants to express gratitude for…

Civics, Development, Government, Politics

PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa has suddenly become the rockiest component of Duterte’s anti-crime drive

January 22, 2017 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is perhaps in his most precarious position to date. News recently came out that a Korean businessman, Jee Ick Joo, was found dead within Camp Crame, after being kidnapped from his home. Talk about this being a lucky break for President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics, in particular,…

Crime, Government

PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa should resign to save his honour and protect the Duterte government

January 22, 2017 Ilda 12 Comments

Can Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronaldo ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa control the men under his watch? There is enough evidence to say that he cannot. There were already signs earlier even before his first six months on the job was up that the burden of weeding out the bad from the good cops was too…

Crime, Government

The Aquinos are traitors: Time to remove their faces from the 500 peso bill

January 21, 2017 zaxx 51 Comments

As the call to change the name of our premier international gateway back to “Manila International Airport” gains steam with another high-profile movement, some other steps still await implementation in our mopping-up operations to clear our system of putrid phlegm-colored Yellow-LP crap. The yellow-colored 500 peso bill still needs cleaning up. Congress should pass a…

Government, Politics

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is right not to trust current VP Leni Robredo

January 14, 2017 Ilda 46 Comments

Current Vice President Leni Robredo has been constantly under fire from the public ever since she was declared the “winner” of the second highest position in Philippine government in the 2016 Presidential Elections. She has never earned the respect of the voters who believe that her “win” was the result of electoral fraud and that…

Government, Politics

Proposed articles of impeachment against “vice president” Leni Robredo #LeniLeaks

January 10, 2017 benign0 29 Comments

Assuming for argument’s sake that Leni Robredo actually is the duly-elected vice president of the Philippines, there are possible grounds for lodging an impeachment complaint against her just six months into the new administration. * * * Article 1.0: Conspiring to disrupt public order by way of tacit tolerance of agents mounting efforts to incite…

Crime, Government