Category: Politics

Duterte a dictator? Just because his critics say so doesn’t mean he is one

July 23, 2017November 16, 2021 Ilda 16 Comments

Why do some people, particularly members of the Philippine Liberal Party, call President Rodrigo Duterte a dictator? I have been trying to find people who can substantiate that accusation, but none of his critics could provide anything to back their claim. Liberal Party Senators like Leila De Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes keep warning…

Government, Politics

The TRUTH about St Scholastica kids being recruited into “activist” campaigns

July 21, 2017August 15, 2022 benign0 27 Comments

Once again, young students of exclusive Catholic school St Scholastica’s College were seen and photographed gathering in a rally seemingly to protest the “dictatorship” of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. It raises again the question of whether or not it is right to be conscripting minors into “activist” campaigns. The particularly important question organisers of these…

Education, Politics

Duterte’s State of the Nation Address July 24, 2017 — what needs to be said

July 17, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

Duterte will be coming to the podium to address a joint session of Philippine Congress riding on the crest of high approval ratings after one year of service. As such, he possesses the immense political capital that is required to push through an agenda that, as has been evident, is unpopular not with the ordinary…

Government, Politics

The Philippine Opposition can REFORM and MODERNISE by purging itself of the Yellowtards

July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 benign0 10 Comments

The persistent popularity of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues to baffle the “experts”. No less than Mahar Mangahas, resident popularity survey “expert” of the Inquirer.net issued an evidently painfully convoluted “clarification” of the most recent poll which showed Duterte at a par with the likes of the presidential greats of the last 20 years (notably,…

Culture, Politics, Religion

Being ‘bakla’ is NOT the same as being gay

July 12, 2017November 10, 2022 benign0 7 Comments

The Filipino word “bakla” used to be synonymous with male homosexual. That was back in the day when the stereotypical homosexual male was effeminate and silly-looking. Philippine cinema in the 1960s and 1970s (and even as recent as the 1980s and 1990s) almost always characterised male homosexuals that way. To be fair, even today, they…

Culture, Politics, Society

So what if Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was “not invited” to the 2017 G20 Summit?

July 11, 2017 benign0 21 Comments

So now the Yellowtards (that clique of self-styled “leaders” of the Philippine Opposition) have moved on and latched on to another one of those news snippets that they hope will give them their next validation fix. It’s now about the purported “snubbing” of President Rodrigo Duterte by the host of this year’s G20 summit. According…

Development, Politics

Philippine Opposition hopelessly fragmented due to lack of an intelligent leader

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

Some the the Philippines’ most influential social media “thought leaders” — mostly from the current Opposition camp — are clucking about all the wrong things about three of the biggest issues confronting Filipinos today. Because of a lack of modern and intelligent thinking applied to their chatter, they contribute neither clarity nor value to the…

Politics, Society

Leni Robredo made out to be a ‘victim’ by Inquirer columnist Rina Jimenez-David

July 7, 2017 benign0 3 Comments

Fact Number 1: There are allegations of electoral fraud committed during the 2016 presidential elections. Fact Number 2: As a result of these allegations, a dispute on the results of the vice presidential vote count is being raised with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Fact Number 3: The top two presidential candidates at the time…

Media, Politics