Category: Politics

CJ Sereno may have a point but Binay lawyers are still Correct!

April 28, 2015 Hector Gamboa 19 Comments

Last week, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno scolded Makati Mayor Junjun Binay’s lawyers for basing their case on a “wrong doctrine”. The doctrine in question, is the Aguinaldo doctrine, which the Philippine Supreme Court itself has established and implemented since 1959. Justices Antonio Carpio and Estela Perlas-Bernabe held a much more level-headed view of raising…

Government, Politics

Would you vote Dingdong Dantes into the Philippine Senate in 2016?

April 27, 2015 Kate Natividad 24 Comments

The Inquirer reports that Dantes joins celebrity politicians Quezon City Mayor Herbert ‘Bistek’ Bautista and Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno in the Liberal Party’s senatorial lineup for the coming elections when 12 of 24 Senate seats will be up for grabs. So what has Dingdong done? Well, for one, he married actress Marian Rivera in…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society

Sugar Addiction of Common Pinoys

April 27, 2015 Grimwald 15 Comments

I regularly browse the information found on Tvtropes.org as I like to find something interesting to use in my own works. What makes me sad is that many members of Pinoy mainstream media probably haven’t even heard of Tvtropes, let alone know of its contents. From what rsurtida has said so far, it’s not likely that the…

Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

On Bitterness: A Monologue

April 25, 2015 Grimwald 18 Comments

Okay I’m sure a lot of you have heard about the article that praises the Philippines with a lot of “I love the Philippines…” because of its allegedly “good” traits. This is going to be very similar to that. After reading some of the comments on my latest articles, I can’t help but notice the…

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Idolatry and Idiocy: The True Pinoy Legacy

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 Grimwald 28 Comments

Okay, due to the recent reactions and comments of my previous article about Manny Pacquiao, I feel a need to elaborate further. While I laud those who took the time to read the whole article and analyzed it with both their hearts and minds (I don’t mind whether or not you agree with me as…

Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Why I’m Not Excited About Manny Pacquiao’s Upcoming Fight

April 23, 2015 Grimwald 71 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, Pacquiao’s up and coming fight with Mayweather is only just a few weeks away from now. Already, I hear people everywhere clamoring for a chance to be heard on how much they support Pacquiao and how much they hate Mayweather. Already, I notice that so many Filipinos are filling Facebook with encouragements…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society, The South

Cosmic Horror And The Philippines: Are They Incompatible?

April 22, 2015 Grimwald 13 Comments

I am a big lover of horror stories. Even as a young boy, I was always fascinated by stories of ghouls and goblins. During the Halloween season, I was both excited and fearful when the evening news featured some interesting horror stories. However, while I was, still am and probably always will be a fan…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Improving the use of social media to elevate the quality of debate in Philippine politics

April 21, 2015August 15, 2022 benign0 8 Comments

It’s been more than half a decade now since social media first started emerging as (supposedly) a potent platform for political “debate”. And before that era there already was a thriving Philippine blogosphere of the late 1990s and early 2000’s, when notable opinion-shapers like Manuel L Quezon III, the writers of the Philippine Center for…

Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society