Category: Politics

The resignation of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte proves he has “delicadeza”

December 26, 2017 benign0 14 Comments

Back in the time of former President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, no amount of calls to resign even following astounding displays of incompetence — often resulting in fatal outcomes — could move any government official to relinquish their posts for the sake of delicadeza. Despite mind-boggling pork barrel thievery with money trails leading back…

Civics, Politics

Isabelle Duterte’s photoshoot in Malacanang is a problem for people with fragile egos

December 18, 2017 Ilda 3 Comments

Members of the Opposition are seething with anger after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s granddaughter did a pre-debut photoshoot inside the Malacanang Palace supposedly for her 18th birthday celebration. Isabelle Duterte has been the talk of the town in social media and her critics are not ready to let go of the issue just yet insisting…

Lifestyle, Politics

UP “activists” are wrong — the Lantern Parade is NOT an occasion for political activism

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 benign0 2 Comments

Indeed, one’s gotta agree that “everything is political” as far as students of the University of the Philippines’ (UP) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) are concerned. So political, in fact, that they’d politicise everything — including the Lantern Parade. As expected, mainstream media picked up their float (above all else) which merited a…

Education, Politics

Here is how INTELLIGENT Opposition to the Duterte administration is done…

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 benign0 4 Comments

The Philippine Opposition continues to suffer from a crisis of relevance and, as of late, a crisis of lack of vision. This bankruptcy of vision has become glaringly evident along two fronts: (1) an inability to frame an alternative strategic pathway to serve as a viable challenge the vastly more popular one being executed by…

Development, Politics

Filipinos are poor because their “activists” teach them to be obsessed with the rich

December 17, 2017April 16, 2021 benign0 33 Comments

Most Filipinos would like to believe that the outrage they feel (or are encouraged to feel by their “activists”) about excessive displays of wealth comes from a deep need to see social justice delivered. Thus, the typical screeching lament we hear when such “social justice warriors” (SJWs) are confronted with displays of wealth goes like…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Why did Isabelle Duterte have a photoshoot in Malacanang Palace? Because she can.

December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

Isabelle Duterte, granddaughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has been receiving a lot flak lately for a photoshoot she had in Malacanang. Why, key “thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition ask, should Duterte’s granddaughter be allowed to use Malacanang as the setting for her pictorial? Simple. Because she can. Circuses like these are the reason…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics

Noynoy Aquino lauded for merely showing up at Congress inquiry on Dengvaxia

December 15, 2017 benign0 6 Comments

So former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III gets a medal for mere effort after having shown up at the Senate inquiry into the Dengvaxia debacle. Seeing BS Aquino’s face on TV again is quite the blast from the past. It reminds Filipinos of the culture of mediocrity that prevailed over the six years of…

Culture, Politics

Noynoy Aquino contradicts experts’ claim that Dengvaxia procurement did not follow standard procedure

December 15, 2017 Ilda 7 Comments

Former Philippine President BS Aquino received praises from his supporters for showing up at the Senate investigation being conducted on the purchase of dengue vaccine Dengvaxia from French Pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur. It was akin to a child receiving an award just for showing up in class. It’s as if Aquino had a choice whether…

Crime, Government, Politics

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