Category: Politics

Schadenfreude of the Elites: People who want Duterte to fail

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Carlo de Leon 19 Comments

Schadenfreude: Substantiv, feminin – boshafte Freude über das Missgeschick, Unglück eines andern. (Translation: Noun, feminine – malicious pleasure over the misfortune, mishap of someone else.)* An elite class that is free to operate without limits – whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior…

Economy, Government, Politics

De Lima’s investigation on EJKs has become a demolition job against Duterte

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 Ilda 153 Comments

Senate hearings reveal a lot about Philippine society. They reveal the ugly side of Filipinos. Watching the exchanges between senators make you realise that some senators, especially the ones allied with the Liberal Party, are motivated by their lust for power and not by their desire to see a better Philippines. Take the case of…

Crime, Politics

Sick and tired of hypocrites attacking Duterte

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 36 Comments

Not even two months into the Rodrigo Duterte administration, we have already had several events which were truly newsworthy, and the war on drugs led by no less than the President and his Chief PNP General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa. The said war on drugs has led to over half a million voluntary surrenders from…

Crime, Politics

DLSU Prof. Antonio Contreras exposes anti-Marcos crowd’s hypocrisy

September 14, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 89 Comments

I was just scrolling through my Facebook feed earlier tonight when I saw two posts from DLSU Political Science Professor Antonio P. Contreras who I follow on Facebook (I recommend you follow him as well). In those two posts, Professor Contreras exposed the hypocrisy of the anti-Marcos crowd. Take a look. Here is the first…

Politics

Out of Touch: Over-reaction to the Official Gazette post on Marcos’s birthday

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 34 Comments

Once again, the issue of burying former President Ferdinand E. Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani has divided the nation. People on both sides of the issue have thrown tirades against each other. The anti-Marcos camp has been more aggressive, citing the so-called Marcos loot and human rights violations under the martial law era….

Media, Politics, Society

Will Filipinos be better off letting go of America?

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 zaxx 110 Comments

The recent bungled-journalism-ignited conflagration that almost led to a complete souring (if not severing) of ties between two close long-standing Pacific allies has brought up another piece of the mosaic that makes up the vision of radical change that President Duterte has in mind for his country. It was as if in one fell swoop, President…

Culture, Politics

Duterte wants Filipinos to eliminate their colonial mentality

September 10, 2016September 11, 2016 Ilda 107 Comments

There is a lot of wailing and weeping in the Philippines lately. Most of the noise is coming from critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. His critics appear to be disappointed that there was hardly any fallout after his tirade against U.S. President Barack Obama before he left for the ASEAN summit in Laos. They…

Crime, Politics

Should we really be worried about President Duterte’s conduct at international gatherings?

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 FallenAngel 178 Comments

One could reasonably expect Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to cause an uproar even before he gets on a plane. And he did; the issue, however, should be framed less around what he said about the United States and its president Barack Obama, as the source of uproar, and more around the people interpreting what he…

Media, Politics

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