Category: Politics

All eyes on LA LA lifestyle of Jeane Lim Napoles as Pork scandal circus rages!

July 30, 2013July 30, 2013 benign0 76 Comments

Wow, anak ng pork barrel talaga! Or so the expression goes if we are to believe recent revelations and allegations coming from the latest media circus that Janet Lim Napoles is a major ringleader in a scam that skims chunks of pork barrel funds off hapless Philippine congressmen. Where do these golden shavings go? Well,…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Rule of Law cannot be implemented in the Philippines until Filipinos learn to follow simple guidelines

July 29, 2013 benign0 44 Comments

Upholding ‘rule of law’ in the Philippines is a complicated, labour-intensive exercise. Take the tony enclave of Rockwell in Makati City. It’s got expensive zebra-striped pedestrian lanes painted across most of where its nicely-paved streets intersect. These markings give the impression to someone who does not know of the way things are in the Philippines…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Manny Pacquiao for President?

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 FallenAngel 14 Comments

Yeah, I know. The idea has been floated before. This time, though, it’s straight from the horse’s mouth. The champ himself spoke to Agence France-Presse in Macau about considering such a move… When pressed on whether he had thought about shooting for the top job, the softly-spoken 34-year-old replied “Yes”. Drawing parallels between his pugilism…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society

Manny Pacquiao may be President of the Philippines someday!

July 28, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

So boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has reportedly revealed hints of plans to go for the Philippines’ highest office, admitting in an interview with the AFP in Macau yesterday that “he had considered the presidency of the 95 million-strong nation.” When pressed on whether he had thought about shooting for the top job, the softly-spoken 34-year-old…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society

Zoned Out On SONA 2013: Four Things I Might’ve Missed Hearing

July 28, 2013 John Bay 31 Comments

To say that nothing positive ever happened during the Aquino administration would be unfair both to the administration and even more so the Filipino citizen who has resiliently, despite odds continue to press forward towards personal and national progress. With this I’d like to congratulate the tax paying and remitting citizens, who by the sweat…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Has Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada changed for the better?

July 27, 2013July 28, 2013 benign0 64 Comments

It seemed like an eternity ago that Joseph “Erap” Estrada was a whipping boy of the Philippines’ chattering classses. The late Teddy Benigno summed up the pickle — what he called “Our Crisis” — Filipino voters had gotten themselves into when they voted Erap to the presidency in 1998… As many of us in the…

Politics, Society

PNoy’s 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) makes you go ‘hmmm…’

July 26, 2013August 8, 2013 Ilda 80 Comments

There is simply no other show in the Philippines like the occasion of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), especially when it involves President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, his family, and his minions. Some star-struck Filipinos even liken the spectacle to the internationally-renowned Academy of Motion Pictures awards night or the Oscars because public…

Government, Politics, Society

The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen

July 24, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 33 Comments

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino) delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to mark the opening of Congress for year 2013 last Monday, July 22. As much as the content of said address (all 102 minutes of it), what’s also being discussed by the chattering classes is what our politicians wore to…

Politics, Society

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