Category: Politics

Is a Leni Robredo vice presidency a curse or a blessing to the Filipino people?

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016 Ilda 80 Comments

The Philippine Liberal Party has a reason to celebrate three weeks after suffering a big loss with their Presidential candidate Mar Roxas losing to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Congress sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) rushed to finalise the tallying of votes for the Presidency and Vice Presidency just in time to…

Politics, Society

Leni Robredo proclaimed ‘vice president’! Altogether now: ‘Ang bayan kong Pilipiiiinaaassz…’

May 28, 2016 benign0 20 Comments

Congratulations are in order for “vice president” Leni Robredo. At least the billions Uncle Peping spent yielded a bit of return-on-investment (ROI). The real question is a bit more confronting, however: Do Filipinos deserve the same congratulations for Robredo’s “win”? Think about it. Filipinos elected a prayerful widow to a top executive office. Again. What…

Culture, Politics

The Pinoy Addiction To Drama And Why It Isn’t Helping The Country

May 26, 2016 Grimwald 41 Comments

Bimbo #1: “Why are you here? Don’t you know that this house doesn’t belong to you?” Bimbo #2: “I’m the real heir to your family’s fortune! We were switched at birth, don’t you know? Now, I’m here to take it all back, including my husband!” Bimbo #1: “No, you can’t have him! I paid so much to…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

3 Big Reasons Former President Ferdinand Marcos Should Be Buried Among Heroes

May 24, 2016May 25, 2016 Grimwald 66 Comments

There’s been a lot of talk since soon-to-be president Mayor Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would finally allow former president Ferdinand Marcos to be buried among heroes. Indeed, hardcore Marcos supporters see this as a chance to vindicate their dear leader in the annals of history and show that there was indeed some good that…

Government, Politics, Society

The Rodrigo Duterte presidency could be besieged by a hostile Congress and power-hungry Leni Robredo!

May 20, 2016 benign0 26 Comments

President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte won by a landslide in this year’s elections. Most remarkable of all, he won it being true to and consistent with his nature. What we saw in him as mayor of Davao City is what we got during the campaign. Will what we get out of him as president be consistent with…

Crime, Government, Politics

Leni Robredo should prioritize honest elections over her own interests

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 Ilda 43 Comments

Philippine Congresswoman Leni Robredo’s true character is starting to show. This is evident in how quickly she dismissed calls for a systems audit to determine if the election results were affected by the script change done to the server by Smartmatic technicians in the middle of canvassing of votes on Election Day. From a reluctant…

Government, Politics

Should Congress Give in to Duterte’s Demand to Reinstate the Death Penalty?

May 20, 2016 zaxx 34 Comments

The Philippines is the Menudo melting pot where religion and politics mix together to come up with a colorful and interestingly flavored concoction unique to this mixed-breed people that conspicuously keep appearing in headlines with all the noise they generate from their small corner of the globe. Again we are talk of the town all…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion, Society

Why coal-minded Duterte is on the wrong side of history

May 19, 2016 Roy Joseph Roberto 15 Comments

In about 4 billion years from now, the Sun will leave the main sequence and will evolve into a Red Giant. While this stellar evolution is a spectacular cosmic phenomenon, it marks as well the complete annihilation of life on Earth. But long before that, in only about half a billion years, “the Sun gets…

Development, Economy, Environment, Government, Politics, Science, Technology

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