Category: Politics

Ill-mannered UPLB student cops online abuse from balasubas Durterte supporters!

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 benign0 25 Comments

Again another outrage fad is erupting and this time it centres around a student of the University of the Philippines Los Banos campus (UPLB) confronting presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte with some pointed questions recently. The media drama which climaxed with a spate of online bullying this student copped from furious Duterte supporters and the spectacular…

Culture, Education, Media, Politics, Society, The South

Sereno Court judgment adds reason why Grace probably won’t be a good President

March 13, 2016 Hector Gamboa 34 Comments

The recent ruling of the Sereno Court, validating Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares’ (GPL) claim that she is a natural born Filipino, has underscored the need for the voters to pick someone who has a competent understanding and appreciation of the supremacy of the Constitution and not the Supreme Court itself. The Supreme Court, afterall, was…

Charter Change, Government, Politics

There is no longer any point defending the Constitution

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 Hector Gamboa 87 Comments

So Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares (GPL) has been cleared to run for the presidency of the Philippines by the Philippine Supreme Court. We may not agree with the decision but I think it is time to move on. The majority of the gods of Padre Faura have spoken. Who cares if the clear text of…

Government, Politics

5 Big Reasons Why President Aquino Will Never Be Able To Vilify Senator Marcos

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 Grimwald 135 Comments

It certainly seems that President Aquino is really worried about Senator Bongbong Marcos’s ever growing popularity. Indeed, according to some, Senator Marcos’ vice presidency is assured this coming election. Now, truth be told, it’s quite obvious that President Aquino is still stuck in the past and still eyes the Marcoses warily, thinking them responsible for…

Media, Politics

Dynasty activism: Anti-Marcos ‘activists’ disqualify politicians on the basis of their bloodlines!

March 8, 2016 benign0 63 Comments

Look no further than the venerable Fidel Ramos — former Philippine president and Army general extraordinaire. Today, nobody seems to remember him as one of the key implementors of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos’s allegedly atrocious Martial Law regime. Why have people chosen to overlook Ramos’s past as a Martial Law chieftain? Simple. Because after…

Education, Politics

Noynoy, Jojo, Bongbong: Presidents with Clown-like Names are Getting Trendy

March 8, 2016 zaxx 17 Comments

For the first time in Philippine history, we have the strong likelihood of having three presidents in a row (Noynoy Aquino, Jojo Binay, and Bongbong Marcos) that bear something similar. They all have repetitive nicknames that sound more like those of clowns than the stuff of legendary statesmen. Many foreign visitors are actually surprised to…

Culture, Politics, Society

Martial Law Fixation Distracts us from the Real Issues

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 ChinoF 39 Comments

Recently, Martial Law became the topic because of my alma mater, Ateneo, coming out with a statement claiming that vice-presidentiable Bongbong Marcos is revising history. My question is, what historical revisionism is being done? All Marcos said in effect is, let people decide for themselves what they want to believe. There’s no revisionism in that….

Culture, Politics

An Interview With A Prince: Of Heroes And Monsters Of History

March 5, 2016 Grimwald 6 Comments

This interview is more or less a late response to Charles Englund’s interview with Heneral Luna last year… Good evening ladies and gentlemen, it’s your favorite high-functioning internet troll Thaddeus Grimwald here in the province of Transylvania, Romania in Bran Castle to interview Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia! And without further ado, here comes the…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society