Category: Politics

President Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration speech: change has already started!

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 FallenAngel 50 Comments

Noon, the 30th of June, 2016: the term of the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines officially starts. According to the program, the newly-inaugurated president would give a speech, a few choice remarks. Before we get to the speech itself, let’s mention one standout thing observers noted in a photograph of President Duterte…

Development, Government, Politics

By flushing down ALL inauguration traditions down the toilet, Duterte makes the presidency REAL!

June 29, 2016 benign0 14 Comments

It is all really just tradition and sentimentality that fuels “debate” surrounding the controversial inauguration ceremony of soon-to-be President Rodrigo Duterte. But of course the President and the Vice President should be inaugurated in the same ceremony held at the same place. It is of paramount imperative that the out-going president walk up to the…

Government, Politics

A Final Talk Between Mothers

June 28, 2016 Grimwald 3 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, I knew this took quite a while, but this is the final part of my “Talk Between Mothers” trilogy. We’ve heard Mother Russia speak her mind in broken English and then there was Mother South Korea’s story. Now it’s time to listen to the story of another mother making her way in…

Culture, Politics, Society

President Duterte should NEVER forget Leni Robredo’s vicious campaign against him

June 28, 2016 benign0 13 Comments

At the centre of all the chatter surrounding the ascent of Leni Robredo to the office of the Vice President of the Philippines lies the question: What will be her role in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte? The future does not look too bright for the presumptive “vice president”. Putting aside the allegations of…

Government, Politics

#BREXIT shows that social and economic collectivism is a pipe dream

June 27, 2016 Hector Gamboa 13 Comments

The recent vote by the people of the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) has rocked the world. Many of my friends living in London, England have expressed their disappointment over the result of their referendum. There are lots of uncertainties and this has rocked the UK market as well as the…

Economy, Politics, Society

Overseas Election Results Prove that Bongbong Marcos was Cheated Massively

June 23, 2016July 16, 2016 zaxx 53 Comments

Who you see scheduled to take the throne of the second most powerful office of the land is more likely than not a Robber. My sensors tell me that Overseas Absentee Votes cast by our heroic OFWs were mostly untouched (least manipulated) by the LP-COMELEC-Smartmatic triumvirate of electoral sabotage. Common sense dictates that the Liberal…

Crime, Featured, Government, Politics

Wait… Why blame Duterte? He’s not yet the President!

June 22, 2016 Carlo de Leon 16 Comments

Are you crazy or just plain stupid? According to educator and philosopher, Paul J. Glenn (1933), some of the notable errors in thinking are “the careless acceptance of common and uncriticized opinions; prejudice; and inordinate predominance of personal preference”.1 This happens when a false is judged to be true and the true is judged to…

Crime, Government, Politics

The RIGHT thing to do: Exclude ‘vice president’ Leni Robredo from the inauguration ceremony

June 21, 2016 benign0 29 Comments

So what if Rodrigo Duterte wishes to be sworn in as the 16th President of the Philippines in a separate ceremony from that of the Vice President’s? For that matter, who would want to share such an event with an alleged election cheat and a breaker of election rules? Liberal Party (LP) candidate Leni Robredo’s…

Government, Politics