Category: Politics

Noynoy Aquino’s new chief presidential legal counsel and the KKK tradition

January 12, 2013August 15, 2013 FallenAngel 13 Comments

President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino continues his tradition of appointing KKK’s, kabarilan, kaklase, kamag-anak (Gun buddies, classmates, relatives, respectively) to government positions, regardless of the sensitivity. In his latest move, he has named attorney Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa as his new Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (CPLC). Caguioa has been a classmate of the president’s from…

Government, Media, Politics

Tax season na! It’s raining P****g I*a!

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Ms. Mike Portes 7 Comments

May kapatid akong tumatangis na tax computation/adjustment month na naman at masama ang loob dahil wala naman siyang nakikitang kapuna-punang pagbabago o maramdamang magandang serbisyo mula sa gobyerno. Kaya ang tanong niya saan napupunta ang binabayad niya? Sabi ko dapat sa debt servicing, infrastructure, public and social services pero Â “paramount” sa lahat, ay ang sosyal…

Culture, Government, Money Talks, Politics, Society

Why does Noynoy Aquino need to carry around a gun while he is President of the Philippines?

January 11, 2013 benign0 16 Comments

Indeed, as Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes reportedly stated, “the entire national police force and the Armed Forces were already exempted” from a nationwide gun ban related to the coming 2013 elections. This is, of course, a no brainer. Police and military forces by the very nature of their jobs bear arms —…

Crime, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Atimonan Quezon checkpoint massacre: police shootout or underworld rubout?

January 10, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

Another plot for a future Filipino action film is unfolding. Thirteen people died in a shootout that occurred in Atimonan, Quezon Province. The thirteen people were allegedly in two vehicles that stopped at a checkpoint manned by a team composed of a mixture of police officers and army personnel led by police Supt. Hansel Marantan….

Crime, Politics

Senator Enrile allegedly gives out public money to senators

January 10, 2013June 6, 2013 Ilda 99 Comments

The reign of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile could be coming to an end. If 2012 saw him lauded by the public for what they thought was his “greatest” performance during the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, 2013 is starting out to be “scandalous” for the octogenarian politician. Concerned Filipinos were shocked…

Government, Politics

Truth or Consequence

January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 Mauro Gia Samonte 94 Comments

Apropos the stream of comments generated by my article SYRIAN WAR: MARCOS IN RETROSPECT, Iâ€™m prompted to think back on Rashomon, that movie by Akira Kurosawa which won the Best Picture Award in the 1950 Berlin Film Festival onward to winning a similar honor in the Cannes Film Festival. Rashomon tells the story of a…

Cebu Sinulog Festival further highlights the poignancy of Gwen Garcia’s ‘people power’ call

January 8, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

It’s a fitting reminder of what Filipinos are really all about. After a specatcularly-fizzled attempt to rally the usual ocho-ocho “people power” crowd around her “Hole Up for a Cause” spectacle, suspended Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia can only watch helplessly from her “office” in the Cebu Capitol as Filipinos reportedly snap-up hotel rooms in Cebu…

Lifestyle, Politics

The Syrian Civil War: Marcos in Restrospect

January 7, 2013January 7, 2013 Mauro Gia Samonte 36 Comments

Given the turmoil obtaining in Syria at this hour, Marcos could be the kindest president the Philippines has ever had. What the Philippines was during those four days, February 22 to 25, in 1986 was what had Syria become first quarter of 2011. Decades-old regimes had begun falling across the Middle East either as a…

Politics