Category: Politics

Noynoy Aquino continues to act like a bully three years into the presidency

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Noynoy Aquino continues to act like a bully three years into the presidency

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino probably thinks that being the so-called “leader” of 100 million Filipinos comes with a license to seemingly act like a douche-bag. Ever since he was thrust into the highest office in the land, he has been making a lot of inappropriate statements and he does it quite often during…

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Government, Politics

Online activism in the Philippines in decline as RA 10175 bares teeth

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Online activism in the Philippines in decline as RA 10175 bares teeth

Here is a completely subjective back-of-the-envelope assessment of Philippine online “debate” and “activism” in the last couple of weeks based on casual observation of my Facebook and Twitter timelines: the edge in Philippine online chatter is progressively getting blunt. When I say it is getting blunt I say so in the sense that it is…

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Media, Politics, Society, Tech Talk

PNoy: ‘I started a joke…’

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PNoy: ‘I started a joke…’

I started a joke, which started the whole world crying, but I didn’t see that the joke was on me, oh no. I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing, oh, if I’d only seen that the joke was on me. – “I Started a Joke”, Bee Gees Amidst the gravity of the…

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Culture, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics

And They Call It Puppy Love

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And They Call It Puppy Love

“The sun in your Eyes Made some of the lies worth believing”  Eye In The Sky  The Alan Parsons Project.           What’s the difference between William Esposo of the Philippine Star  writing about Noynoy Aquino and a  13 year old girl at a Justin Beiber concert.  One is a high pitched…

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Culture, Government, Media, Politics

What’s So Funny About Peace and Love & Understanding?

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What’s So Funny About Peace and Love & Understanding?

      “What’s So Funny About Peace and Love & Understanding? “ Elvis Costello  (Declan McManus) The day that the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro was signed I kept hearing/ reading the same phrase over and over again “Let’s Give Peace A Chance“. Sorry but that sets off alarms. We all know that is…

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Government, Politics, The South

Risa Hontiveros and the failure of Akbayan to live up to the ideals of the ‘party list’ concept

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Risa Hontiveros and the failure of Akbayan to live up to the ideals of the ‘party list’ concept

Not that there is any real difference between the two commie groups Akbayan and Anakbayan, but it is interesting that the two “left-leaning” groups are now baring claws at each other as every man and his dog races to grab a piece of the fat 2013 elections pie. During a recent Akbayan press conference, a…

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Politics

Sereno Hung Out to Dry by the Supreme Court?

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Sereno Hung Out to Dry by the Supreme Court?

In what at first seemed like a surprising – and potentially disturbing – acquiescence by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno’s unusual unilateral issuance of a temporary restraining order against the COMELEC preventing them from removing Emmanuel “Manny” Maliksi from his contested seat as the mayor of Imus, Cavite was upheld by the…

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Government, Politics

File Under Oddities (FUO): Philippines knows how to part-tayh! (Part One)

Posted on By P. Farol 68 Comments on File Under Oddities (FUO): Philippines knows how to part-tayh! (Part One)

After being exposed to some of the inner workings of Philippine politics and having worked for a string of politicians over the past decade, I’ve become somewhat skeptical of Philippine political parties — especially new ones. Old parties like the Nacionalista Party, Liberal Party, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, PDP-Laban, Lakas-CMD, and others are basically used like…

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Politics