Category: Politics

Gloria Arroyo’s acquittal proves Noynoy Aquino is a failure

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 Ilda 73 Comments

The cornerstone of former President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s so-called fight against corruption — the jailing of his predecessor, former President Gloria Arroyo — just got shot down by the Supreme Court. The last remaining case against Arroyo, which was the plunder case over the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) funds, was finally…

Crime, Government, Politics

Inquirer…the rise of tabloid journalism

July 15, 2016 Carlo de Leon 30 Comments

Dear Inquirer, The title of your article, “Leni slams growing culture of vigilantism”, published on July 13, 2016, in your newspaper caught my attention. I was aghast after reading it.1 YOUR TITLE IS GROSSLY EXAGGERATED. You used the words, “Leni SLAMS growing culture of violence”. What a word to use, slam means to criticize harshly…

Crime, Government, Politics

Mga katanungan tungkol sa Philippines vs. China arbitration case

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016 Sass Rogando Sasot 21 Comments

1. ANO ANG SOVEREIGNTY? Ang ibig sabihin ng sovereignty ay full and absolute control and authority within a territory. Ang territory ng isang bansa ay nagtatapos sa kanyang territorial waters, 12 nautical miles mula sa kanyang baseline. Pati ang airspace, bed at subsoil ng territorial waters ay kasama rin sa territory ng isang bansa. Sa…

Government, Politics

Philippines ‘wins’ favourable ruling over South China Sea but Filipinos ask “What’s Next?” #CHexit

July 12, 2016 benign0 35 Comments

Filipinos, it seems, have a rather loose definition of “winning”. As I write this, there is jubilation in the Philippines over the “favourable” ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague on the matter of the disputed territories of the South China Sea. However, there is little indication that China will be…

Government, Politics

Are we just gonna leave the Opposition to the Yellowtards to run?

July 7, 2016June 26, 2017 Kate Natividad 21 Comments

I support the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Finally, the Philippines has a truly badass leader — not another one of those prayerful pa-pious effect bleeding-heart pa-liberal idiots who had, over the last couple of decades, turned the Philippines into an emotard society of whiney spoiled brats tapping out their tantrums on their iPads everyday….

Media, Politics

Leni Robredo has become a victim of her own over-confidence

July 6, 2016November 3, 2021 Ilda 59 Comments

Current Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo is proving that her detractors are right about her. Even before the recently-concluded Presidential Elections, a lot of people already thought that she is not fit to be Vice President. Her recent statements to the media is not doing much to reverse that impression. First of all, some people…

Government, Politics

Ferdinand E. Marcos deserves a burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani

July 3, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 129 Comments

In a few months, we will finally see the burial of President Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, 27 years after the late president’s death. This is one of the first major national policies of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. And in deciding to allow the Marcos burial in the Heroes’ Cemetery, President…

Civics, Politics, Society

The Gods And Demons Of The Lemming: A Fable About Idolatry

July 2, 2016 Grimwald No Comments

Like I said before, I know that a lot of you are probably tired of my constant ranting here on GRP so perhaps you’d be more willing to listen to another story instead in a similar vein to Bob Ong’s Alamat ng Gubat and George Orwell’s Animal Farm… *** Once upon a time, in an island where beasts…

Fiction, Politics, Religion, Society