Category: Politics

Filipinos need an Opposition focused on REAL issues and not on Mocha Uson

January 26, 2018 benign0 37 Comments

To be fair, once “Noted Blogger” Manuel L Quezon III stopped blogging (or at least desisted from politically-controversial writing) whilst he was an undersecretary during the administration of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. Much of what ails the communication machine of current President Rodrigo Duterte has to do with too many communication channels…

Government, Politics

“Press freedom” was killed by Filipino LAZINESS and not by the Philippine government

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 benign0 20 Comments

The so-called “Black Friday Defend Press Freedom” rally organised to re-package Rappler‘s corporate compliance issue into a “press freedom” issue turned out to be a mere fart in the wind. The rally, held at a Quezon City roundabout commemorating boy scouts who died in a plane crash, did not attract enough participants to fill even…

Media, Politics, Society

Jover Laurio and her former call centre employer may have violated Australian privacy laws

January 20, 2018July 6, 2018 benign0 11 Comments

According to the latest Western media feature, “popular” Filipino blogger Jover Laurio worked for an Australian call centre before her rise to “fame” as blogger and “thought leader” of the Philippine Opposition. This is particularly relevant to me as Laurio had some time ago used information she had somehow obtained about my private residence and…

Media, Politics

Duterte overthrown by a revolt led by Rappler CEO Maria Ressa: a scenario analysis

January 18, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

Though difficult to tell for sure, the Opposition led by the Liberal Party (the Yellowtards) gained some measure of success in spinning what was primarily a citation of lapses in corporate compliance on the part of “social news network” Rappler into an issue of “press freedom”. Led by its embattled CEO Maria Ressa, the Yellowtards…

Media, Politics

Bongbong Marcos need not run for senator because he is already Vice President of the Philippines

January 11, 2018 benign0 19 Comments

Why is Bongbong Marcos the Vice President of the Philippines? Simple. Because presumtive “vice president” Leni Robredo was originally disqualified from taking office. And it was not just Robredo who was disqualified. The entire Liberal Party lineup in the 2016 elections was effectively disqualified. Recall, following the conclusion of those elections, Robredo’s running mate and…

Crime, Politics

A meeting of liberal minds: Oprah Winfrey for US President, Jover Laurio for “Filipino of the Year”

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 benign0 18 Comments

This is not to say US Queen of Talk Oprah Winfrey is anything like “Filipino of the Year” Jover Laurio. Oprah is a pillar of the planet’s mightiest showbiz industry (amongst its most powerful people, by some accounts) who worked her way to the top the hard way. Laurio, on the other hand, is an…

Media, Politics, Society

Duterte tops approval and trust ratings again, Ph Opposition an even bigger laughingstock!

January 8, 2018 benign0 14 Comments

According to the report on Awareness and Trust Ratings of Top National Officials as of December 2017 released by Pulse Asia Research Inc., Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte still enjoys the approval and trust of Filipinos a year and a half into his term. 80 and 82 percent of Filipinos surveyed in the study said they…

Government, Media, Politics

The Inquirer outed itself as a Liberal Party backer when it named Jover Laurio “Filipino of the Year”

January 8, 2018 Ilda 13 Comments

Who holds a monopoly on the “truth”? According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, members of the Opposition do. The publication recently named their 2017 Filipinos of the Year and with the exception of members of the military and police officers who served in Marawi City, most of the people included in the list are those…

Media, Politics

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