Category: Government

The Bangsamoro Basic Law is not the solution to the conflict in Mindanao

May 18, 2015October 15, 2022 Ilda 25 Comments

They say the best way to understand something complicated is to approach it the way a child would: ask simple questions. To understand the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, Filipinos should do the same – ask simple questions. Once people finally get down to the basics, they will soon realize how unrealistic, unnecessary and wasteful the…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

The Nature of Evil: Knowledge and Ignorance

May 16, 2015May 16, 2015 Grimwald 20 Comments

Before I begin, I want to ask our dear readers a simple question: What is evil? Or rather, what is your idea of evil? Of course, I am well aware that the word “evil” itself is subjective. Essentially, each and every one of us has a different idea on how to define “evil”. Considering that…

Crime, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Millions of pesos stolen in pork scam; now billions could be stolen under the BBL

May 13, 2015May 15, 2023 Ilda 28 Comments

The recently published report from the Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed what some of us have suspected all along: the current Philippine government’s policy to uplift the status of the poor could be a scam for government officials to pocket public funds. The report is also a good case against the proposed Bangsamoro Basic…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, The South

Renaming of the NLEX to Cory Aquino Expressway: Adding insult to national injury

May 11, 2015May 27, 2018 benign0 53 Comments

Yesterday’s world-changing breaking news was that Philippine Congress gave the green light to renaming the North Luzon Exrpessway (NLEX) the “President Corazon C. Aquino Expressway” (CAEX)… “If favorably passed into law, it will constantly remind us of the noble deeds of the late President especially for the poor, and inspire our people to emulate her…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

That Do Nothing @TRBSAFE Executive Director Edmundo Reyes

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 P. Farol 6 Comments

Is Reyes Another Do Nothing DoTC Ex-Politico Aquino Appointee? A friend tells me that thousands of people are still waiting for the E-Pass tags they applied for months ago and it seems that Toll Regulatory Board Executive Director Edmundo Reyes is ignoring this situation, which later could lead to monster traffic jams on the Southern Luzon…

Economy, Government, Politics

Ph media to blame for lack of awareness and division over issues like the Mary Jane Veloso case

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 Ilda 17 Comments

I’ve never heard of the name Mary Jane Veloso until a week before her scheduled execution on the 28th of April 2015. When her name started trending on social media just days before she was supposed to be killed by firing squad, I still had no idea what her ordeal was about. I have to…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Does Prasertsri Kosin (a.k.a. ‘Koko Narak’) deserve to be deported from the Philippines?

May 7, 2015 benign0 60 Comments

There is some basis in what Thai national Prasertsri Kosin says about Filipinos, specially the part about the Philippines being home to a “dangerous” society and Filipinos being “afraid of one another” as well as the way his own Filipino friends are “also mistreated” presumably by other Filipinos. These were among observations Kosin (who has…

Culture, Government, Society

Does the Philippines Need a Savior?

May 6, 2015 Grimwald 27 Comments

Okay ladies and gentlemen, here’s a big question for the Filipino people. Do we need a savior? Do we need an honest-to-God miracle to save us from our predicament? With the up and coming elections of 2016, it becomes a question of the utmost urgency because we know that the Philippines isn’t exactly in a…

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