Category: Politics

This year’s CBCP Halloween stunt: ‘A Night of Horror during Duterte’s Time’

October 24, 2017 benign0 12 Comments

It is quite laughable the way Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David in her opinion piece today trumpets the role of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in “leading” yet another political stunt (disguised as a religious “mourning” ritual) in the lead up to the Day of the Dead this November. She writes referring to…

Culture, Politics, Religion

Filipinos will gain more self-respect by eliminating their dependency on First World dole-outs

October 19, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

For all of Filipinos’ kayabangan (bluster), there does seem to be sufficient level of actual achievement to match. This observation is best encapsulated in the Tagalog phrase “Wala naman palang ibubuga.” Filipinos rely almost entirely on capital that trickles down from the First World into their gaping mouths — so much so that even the…

Culture, Politics

Duterte, The Pacifist, and The Just War Tradition

October 16, 2017 Carlo de Leon 3 Comments

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.” — John Stuart Mill President Duterte has been accused of using unnecessary violence, killings, and other atrocities to fight the war against drugs,…

Government, Politics, Religion, Society

Jover Laurio, a.k.a. @PinoyAkoBlog: Don’t be fooled by the victim card she now plays

October 13, 2017July 6, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

So now a certain Maria Josephina Vergina “Jover” Laurio has come out and revealed herself as the person behind the Yellowtard blog Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB). This is after a series of exposés published by blogger RJ Nieto (a.k.a. “Thinking Pinoy”) on the inner workings behind a vast network of anti-government blogs and fake news…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Inquirer and Akbayan are ruining Philippine international relations

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 Ilda 8 Comments

If there is one thing I hate about President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent tirade in which he threatened to cut ties with the European Union and the United Nations is he didn’t include cursing members of Philippine mainstream media and those from the Opposition who invited the so-called foreign delegates to visit the country. It has…

Media, Politics

So what if the Philippines is removed from the UN Human Rights Council?

October 10, 2017October 12, 2017 FallenAngel 8 Comments

Suffice to say, the Yellowtard and Liberal Party-led opposition resorted to “pressure” from international entities early on, in the hope of weaning local support away from president Rodrigo Duterte. Among the entities that have “expressed concern” for the Duterte administration’s alleged extrajudicial killings and alleged no-basis detainment of political enemies (Leila de Lima, anyone) include:…

Government, Politics

The middleground between Dutertard and Yellowtard ‘bloggers’ needs to be filled by REAL pundits

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 benign0 7 Comments

Many see the Philippines today as hopelessly polarised with the “die-hard Duterte supporters” (DDS, a.k.a. the “Dutertartds”) on one side and the old “Yellow” cliques loyal to the cult of personality of the Liberal Party (LP, a.k.a. the “Yellowtards”) on the other. The Yellowtards were, since their colossal loss in the 2016 elections, easily-characterised as…

Media, Politics, Society

You can’t ban ‘fake news’ unless you also ban Eat Bulaga and Catholicism

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 benign0 10 Comments

The Philippines is a paradise for con men and carpetbaggers. Because Filipinos lack a substantial foundation of principles to stabilise their journey through life, it is easy to use modern technology and basic persuasion techniques to herd them in different directions. It is a nation of 100 million people just asking to be milked of…

Media, Politics, Religion