Category: Politics

Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani turns EDSA People Power into a joke!

Posted on By Ilda 62 Comments on Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani turns EDSA People Power into a joke!
Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani turns EDSA People Power into a joke!

It’s in the bag. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made good his campaign promise and has ordered the Philippine military to prepare the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani. This means not only is the family’s 27-year-old request going to be granted, Marcos Sr will be buried with full…

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Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos can only keep romanticizing about what Singapore has succeeded at DOING

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Filipinos can only keep romanticizing about what Singapore has succeeded at DOING

The year 2015 was both a significant marker in the history of our Southeast Asian neighbor Singapore. It was the year of both the fiftieth anniversary of its founding as a nation (August 9), and the year Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), widely considered its founding father, died (March 23). Therefore, starting this year, 2016, Singapore…

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Culture, Development, Economy, Politics, Society

Raising the flag of righteous indignation

Posted on By Carlo de Leon 12 Comments on Raising the flag of righteous indignation
Raising the flag of righteous indignation

It really irks me no end to see and hear people judge others and label them as evil or bad, at the very least not good. So-called righteous people who parade themselves as holier than thou are, in reality, hypocrites.  Like the minions of the yellow army who until now keep on harping that President…

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Crime, Government, Politics, Religion

Why Duterte’s Shoot-to-kill Order Makes Sense in a Land Overrun by Zombies

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Why Duterte’s Shoot-to-kill Order Makes Sense in a Land Overrun by Zombies

A war is being waged in the Philippines now: a war on drugs. Blood is spilling in the streets, and many bleeding-heart “freedom-loving” citizens and observers are shocked. But have you ever heard of a war where no one is allowed to kill or expected to die? Doesn’t it seem strange if you see the opponent…

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Crime, Politics

Leni Robredo tries to appeal to emotion instead of responding to BBM’s electoral protest

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Leni Robredo tries to appeal to emotion instead of responding to BBM’s electoral protest

The more I listen to current Vice President Leni Robredo speak, the more I am convinced that she is not fit for higher office. Take her recent press conference for instance, held a day after Supreme Court summoned her to answer former Senator Bongbong Marcos’s electoral protest. She told reporters that she is not worried…

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Crime, Politics

Does President Rodrigo Duterte command an ‘Internet army’?

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Does President Rodrigo Duterte command an ‘Internet army’?

According to some pundits, President Rodrigo Duterte is waging not just a “war on drugs” in the streets of major Philippine cities. He is, they insist, also waging a war on social media, commanding an “Internet army” that disseminates content supposedly meant to discredit his enemies. Are these assertions based on fact? For one thing,…

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Media, Politics

Leila’s Dilemma: To Lie or To Hide

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Leila’s Dilemma: To Lie or To Hide

Bilibid or not! The national penitentiary (the “New” Bilibid Prison) at the heart of Imperial Manila, the supposedly most secure (i.e., MAXIMUM security) facility on the face of the republic for incarcerating the worst criminals in this corner of the planet and thereby ensuring the public these scumbags CAN NEVER EVER cause any more trouble in Philippine…

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Crime, Politics

Friends, Filipinos, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Posted on By Charles Englund 13 Comments on Friends, Filipinos, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears
Friends, Filipinos, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Those of us who were expecting flaming oratory during President Duterte’s first major speech were a bit disappointed for sure. For me, it was the disappointment of what might have been. Especially since there was no absence of moving lines and quotable quotes in the text of the speech. For example, “And the Filipino, disciplined,…

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Media, Politics