Category: Government

Dear PNoy: Your promise to throw yourself and Jun Abaya under a train is now due!

July 28, 2015December 13, 2015 benign0 20 Comments

Back in 2013, President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III made a promise before a huge crowd of yellow-shirted supporters. President BS Aquino promised that the LRT (Light Rail Transit) Line 1 project (Baclaran to Bacoor) would be completed in two years. Best of all, it’s all captured on video! As usual, President BS Aquino made…

Development, Government

PNoy showed what a sore loser he is in his 6th and last SONA

July 28, 2015July 29, 2015 Ilda 107 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino’s last state of the nation address (SONA) was pathetic. The captive audience had to sit through a series of blame-games, videos of individual testimonies mostly praising the current administration and, just when you thought it was over, the President enumerated all the people he wanted to thank for supporting…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

#SONA2015: What to expect from #PNoy’s last and least State of the Nation Address

July 27, 2015 benign0 9 Comments

According to Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma in a response to the Inquirer, the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered by President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to joint sessions of Congress is a “story of governance”. On an 11-th hour “platform” consisting of promises revolving mainly around “anti-corruption”, “inclusive” development,…

Crime, Government, Politics

The Sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Noynoy Aquino – July 27, 2015

July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 Ilda 84 Comments

President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino will be delivering his last state of the nation address (SONA) soon. Filipinos can breathe a sigh of relief now that his reign is almost over. The day he finally steps down from office cannot come soon enough for those who did not vote for him and those who did…

Government, Lifestyle, Politics

The Hype of the Upcoming 2015 SONA and What It Says About Us

July 23, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, we all know that President Aquino’s SONA or State of the Nation Address will not be long now. However, as I sit typing here, I cannot help but wonder if we even know what it’s supposed to be about. See, I have always believed that a State of the Nation Address is more…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Pinoys Really Need to Learn the Meaning of Respect

July 22, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

Once, while sitting down with a young friend, I was asked why other nationalities have so little respect for Filipinos. He went on to note how sad he was that the Philippines has become a laughing stock of the international community. Foreigners only see Filipinos as either thieves or whores and won’t accept a person’s…

Culture, Development, Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Why ‘sincerity and competence’ is an either-or proposition to Filipinos

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 FallenAngel 10 Comments

“Sincerity trumps competence.” This is an argument I was hoping not to hear anymore after the last presidential election in 2010, which Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino III won with 40% of the vote. Unfortunately, Senator Grace Poe – who is as yet rather coy about saying outright that she is running for the presidency in…

Government, Media, Politics

Kulturang Pinoy: Makalumang Pag-iisip Sa Modernong Mundo

July 19, 2015 Grimwald 8 Comments

2015 na at ilang buwan na lang ay darating na 2016 na siyang inaasahan ng nakararami na magdadala ng mabuting pagbabago sa ating bansa. Ganoon pa man, pasensya na kung hindi ako gaanong umaasa na darating ang pagbabago na inaasam ng ating mga kababayan dahil sa palagay ko, iilan lang naman talaga ang gustong magbago para…

Culture, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Religion, Society