Category: Politics

Here’s the real reason Donald Trump is now the 45th #POTUS following 2016 #ElectionDay

November 9, 2016 benign0 38 Comments

It’s easy to make a fearless election forecast when the stats are already showing a “>95%” lean towards a particular candidate. As of this writing a kick-ass New York Times up-to-the-second election results monitoring board is showing a needle that has gone squarely into the “very likely” field in a speedometer-type widget labelled “Chances of…

Media, Politics

SC approval of Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani proves the Aquinos are no heroes

November 9, 2016November 15, 2016 Ilda 116 Comments

The Philippine Supreme Court has finally issued its decision against the petition to block former President Ferdinand Marcos’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) and the result was 9-5 in favour of allowing the burial. As predicted, there are people weeping and gnashing their teeth in frustration. Anti-Marcos rallies are being held as of this…

Politics, Society

Marcos burial at the Libingan: Anti-Marcos activists have no one to blame but themselves

November 8, 2016 benign0 23 Comments

The Philippine Supreme Court (SC) has ruled on the issue of the burial of former Philippine President Ferdinand E Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). Nine SC justices (Arturo Brion, Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Perez, Teresita de Castro, Jose Mendoza, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe) voted in favour…

Politics, Society

Clickbait: Duterte Admin…a good time to kill

November 7, 2016 Carlo de Leon 20 Comments

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…

Crime, Government, Politics

To Trillanes: You did not complain when BS Aquino broke his promises

November 5, 2016 Ilda 34 Comments

Convicted mutineer and now Senator Antonio Trillanes is appealing to the public not to turn a blind eye to current President Rodrigo Duterte’s habit of breaking his promises. According to Trillanes “there’s something wrong with the Filipino people when support for the President remains strong despite his frequent turnarounds from official pronouncements.” He cited Duterte’s…

Government, Politics

Fidel Ramos is the reason Filipinos suffer from ‘human rights’ fatigue

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 benign0 19 Comments

Are “human rights” advocates pangit (“ugly”) as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asserts? It’s an interesting question considering that the “human rights” advocacy was once unanimously lauded as a beautiful initiative in Philippine society. This was back in the days when “fighting for human rights” was fashionable in the Philippiens — long long ago in 1986…

Crime, Politics

Mambo Duterte or Huling El Bimbo?

October 31, 2016 Charles Englund 31 Comments

It does not help that you think I’m a blind follower, an apologist, a rude and crude supporter of a bloodthirsty maniac. You think I am a troll. Worse, you suspect I am a paid troll, or even, a bot. For how can anyone in their right mind support such a foul-mouthed monster? On the…

Government, Politics

Filipinos should be happy that God told Duterte to stop swearing

October 29, 2016 benign0 44 Comments

So did God speak to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? Maybe he did, and maybe he didn’t. What is the point in being fixated on a personal matter between a man and his god? Filipinos, after all, like to think they maintain a “personal” relationship with one god or another. Is Duterte any different from the…

Politics, Religion