Category: Politics

In these challenging times, it really helps that the Philippines is like a cockroach

July 3, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

How can the Philippines continue to function over the remaining two years until President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III steps down after the completion of his term in 2016? In the last two years, Congress has limped along under the weight of overwhelming public distrust. And now that a presidential slush fund that is the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

PNoy Can Only Be Fined But Not Impeached for the DAP Fiasco

July 3, 2014 Hector Gamboa 8 Comments

So now that the Supreme Court of the Philippines has declared the administration’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional, many sectors are calling for President Noynoy Aquino’s (PNoy) impeachment and criminal prosecution. The argument goes that the DAP authorized by PNoy qualifies as a criminal act of (technical) malversation of public funds and thus constitutes betrayal…

Crime, Politics

And Now It Begins… Philippine Politics Without DAP and PDAF

July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 P. Farol 15 Comments

I felt like celebrating yesterday afternoon when I found out that the Supreme Court had ruled that the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) was UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It’s like the knock out punch in a one-two combination, the first punch being the Supreme Court decision declaring the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel fund unconstitutional. Let’s…

Government, Politics

Filipinos need new innovative ways to nail #DAP crooks to the wall!

July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

Following the milestone ruling by the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) yesterday deeming the controversial presidential slush fund known as the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) illegal on most counts, the reckoning has started. Several courses of action are being considered which may be undertaken in any number of combinations. The three standout items include: (1) Impeaching…

Crime, Politics, Society

SC rules DAP unconstitutional: Time for PNoy to walk down the straight path to justice!

July 1, 2014 benign0 47 Comments

So the highest court in the Philippines has now ruled, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is deemed unconstitutional. It now needs to be dismantled, funds appropriated and disbursed within its framework accounted for, and its facilitators, brokers, and creators taken to task. It won’t be surprising if, out of all this, all eyes will once…

Crime, Government, Politics

VP Binay Criticizes Noynoy for DAP, But Gets P11 Billion of DAP

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 P. Farol 14 Comments

Vice President Jejomar Binay seems to be like President Benigno Aquino’s frenemy as far as the Disbursement Acceleration Program is concerned. Essentially, Binay’s position on DAP is that it is illegal and unconstitutional and ONLY President Aquino should be held liable for it, despite the fact that he himself P11 Billion in DAP. I think…

Government, Politics

6 facts of life according to Game of Thrones

June 27, 2014June 28, 2014 Ilda 23 Comments

If you haven’t seen any episode of the international hit television series Game of Thrones which is based on the best-selling novels, well I suggest you better start watching them now because what you are about to read contains spoilers. Yes, I don’t mind if you read this article after you’ve seen the series or…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics, Society

Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

June 24, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Global outrage has erupted over the harsh prison sentences meted out to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed last Monday. The three were successfully prosecuted in an Egyptian court for allegedly “undermining” Egypt’s “national security” supposedly by supplying false news and aiding terrorist movements deemed threats to the Egyptian government. Being…

Media, Politics, Religion, Society

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on SO WHAT if Vice President Sara Duterte is impeached or not?
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benign0
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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Gabsboy
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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megget
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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megget
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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megget
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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BenThere
on Filipinos need a proper “far right” party
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