Category: Government

Leni Robredo finally wore out her welcome in Duterte’s administration

December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Ilda 24 Comments

Current Vice President Leni Robredo has tendered her resignation from her position as chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). She cited many reasons for relieving herself from her duties but it seems it simply boils down to irreconcilable differences between her and President Rodrigo Duterte. This parting of ways was inevitable…

Government, Politics

Leni Robredo “quits” after being booted out of President Duterte’s Cabinet meetings

December 5, 2016 benign0 11 Comments

Laban Leni! That familiar battle cry of the Yellowtards will once again ripple across social media in response to their leader, “vice president” Leni Robredo getting booted out of the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte. What exactly will this “laban” (“fight”) be about? Who knows? Despite the call to fight being a favourite tagline of…

Government, Politics

Only fools expect the TRUTH to emerge from a Philippine ‘Congressional Inquiry’

November 25, 2016 benign0 7 Comments

Indeed, as the Inquirer editor laments today; Whom to believe?. As I mentioned in a previous article, for me, the biggest shocker in the developing story around the arrest of Ronnie Dayan and Kerwin Espinosa is that they will be going straight into yet another “Congressional probe”. The Inquirer editor, therefore, shouldn’t act so baffled…

Crime, Government, Media

Ronnie Dayan’s comedic presentation to the media a prelude to a farcical Congressional hearing

November 22, 2016 benign0 24 Comments

After a massive manhunt, Ronnie Dayan, the elusive former driver-cum-lover (pardon the pun) of Senator Leila de Lima, finally falls. Seeing him live on TV for the first time gives us a better sense of who Dayan is. Suffice to say, he does not come across as one of the brighter bulbs in the room….

Crime, Government, Media

If Anything, We Can Only Blame Noynoy And The LP For The Burial Of Marcos In LNMB

November 22, 2016 Grimwald 20 Comments

Okay, let’s get some things squared away first. Unlike Charles Englund, I’m not a martial law baby, I was born a little later and yes, I’ll accept the criticism that I am indeed probably too young or ignorant to be aware of the Marcos regime’s atrocities and cruelties. I am also not a Manilenyo even though…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Anti-Marcos advocates are incompetent, lack foresight and leadership skills

November 20, 2016November 22, 2016 Ilda 84 Comments

If you want proof that members of the Philippine political opposition are incompetent, lack foresight and leadership skills, just look at the way they handled their opposition to block the burial of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB), otherwise known as the cemetery reserved for the country’s heroes,…

Government, Politics

Leni Robredo is clueless and it could be the reason Duterte doesn’t respect her

November 15, 2016 Ilda 20 Comments

I don’t like tasteless jokes. So I agree with current Vice President Leni Robredo when she said “tasteless jokes have no place in society”. The problem is, who are we to judge how tasteless a joke is? None of us have a monopoly on authority to determine what constitutes a tasteless joke. People’s tastes are…

Culture, Government, Society

On The Left and Going Forward: Making sense of the Donald Trump win

November 13, 2016 Frank 12 Comments

I have been paying attention to GRP since before the BSA3 administration. It was here that I began to truly understand what drove Filipino culture – as well as how it derived from the showbiz culture inherited from the Americans. It was highly understandable to me why Filipinos would swarm to Duterte in droves. Like…

Civics, Culture, Government, Politics, The South

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