Category: Politics

Mar Roxas is wrong: Politics WAS behind the SAF44 massacre in Mamasapano

August 4, 2015 benign0 4 Comments

In his so-called “True State of the Nation Address” (TSONA) delivered at the Cavite State University yesterday, Vice President Jejomar Binay dedicated a significant part of the speech to the memories of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers who were killed in a botched operation in Mamasapano, Mindanao. Department of Interior and…

Crime, Politics, The South

Revisiting Jim Paredes’s “giving up” on the Philippines and moving to Australia in 2006

August 3, 2015August 4, 2015 benign0 22 Comments

Following that whole kerfuffle between singer and die-hard Aquinoist Jim Paredes and Manila Times columnist Rigoberto ‘Bobi’ Tiglao over the question of Paredes’s citizenship, people are now curious about what is it exactly that makes Jim Paredes such a seemingly confused individual. After all, Paredes back in the 1980s already had a United States Green…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics

4 reasons why Mar Roxas will not win the 2016 Philippine presidential elections

August 3, 2015August 4, 2015 Ilda 421 Comments

Current Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas is the Liberal Party’s official candidate for the 2016 Presidential Elections. That has always been the plan or promise made to Roxas by his party-mates so he would agree to step aside and postpone his own plans to run for the Presidency back in…

Crime, Politics

Jim Paredes bets 10 million pesos on Australian citizenship row with Bobi Tiglao

August 2, 2015 benign0 9 Comments

Jim Paredes, Filipino entertainer and die-hard fan of President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, is on the warpath. On a Facebook post today, he lashed out at veteran Manila Times columnist Rigoberto ‘Bobi’ Tiglao accusing him of making false statements about his citizenship. Paredes was reacting to a blog post on Politics.com.ph (Politiko) titled Tiglao…

Lifestyle, Media, Politics

Mar Roxas And People Like Him: Why I Think They Make Poor Leaders

August 2, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

Okay, I think something needs to be said now, considering what’s happening on a national scale. The thing is, I still believe in the idea of freedom and people have a right to choose what leaders they want. However, what I do not agree with is the way the media seems to cover up everything…

Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Is “Nice” Necessarily “Good”? My Question To Common Pinoys

August 1, 2015August 19, 2015 Grimwald 11 Comments

During my teenage days, I took a liking for superheroes for a slightly darker bend. I never really liked Superman since I can’t really bring myself to find anything interesting in the life of a “perfect” person and I lost interest in Spider-Man when he became the posterboy for good-looking pretty boys at least here…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Gimmick Nation: Is the Philippines a society of con artists?

August 1, 2015 Add 14 Comments

Part 1. A Look at How a Simple Word Impacted Our Culture Gimmick is an interesting word in its use in Tag-lish and Eng-saya — and baffling in how it is used. It is a local showbiz lingo, a jargon among the personalities of said industry. Just listen to a familiar sound bite on TV:…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

A Decent Choice for President in the 2016 Philippine Elections…

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 P. Farol 16 Comments

You know what? I’d really like to call myself a political pundit or political analyst, but I know I am not. I’d like to kid myself now and then just because I think it’s funny as well as harmless anyway. We all play games with ourselves and being aware that one is yanking his or…

Politics

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