Category: Politics

Anna Coren CNN interview: PNoy blames Arroyo but takes credit for her work again

May 7, 2012July 24, 2013 Ilda 44 Comments

The Philippines is such a happening place lately. First, the 45th meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors was recently held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. It was interesting to note that the Aquino government’s preparation for the event was to cover up what they obviously considered an…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

May 6, 2012July 5, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 31 Comments

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the â€œGovernmentâ€) to its bare essentials. That means I will do everything I can to minimize the taxes I pay the Government and to encourage every taxpayer, individual and/or corporate, to do the same until the Government relearns its sole purpose and functionâ€”to serve the taxpayers. The…

Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Sign of the times: The Filipinos™ tease Times Square video, and how it relates to the modern Pinoy Zeitgeist

May 5, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 17 Comments

Zeitgeist is a German-derived word which can be translated as “spirit of the times” or “spirit of the age”. For this discourse, I intend to use the definition “the sign of the times”. Basically, this word depicts the prevailing climate in a society. Whether this refers to a moral, intellectual, social, economical, political, or cultural…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

May 2, 2012September 15, 2013 Ilda 39 Comments

The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is about to resume after a six-week break. Thanks to a few objective Senator Judges of the impeachment court who admonished the prosecution team for giving information that had not yet been introduced in court to the media, the prosecutors have been compelled to stay…

Crime, Featured, Government, Media, Politics

PNoy government is also to blame for Philippine media’s gossip mongering style

April 27, 2012October 2, 2013 Ilda 45 Comments

Philippine President Noynoy Aquino recently criticized the Philippine media because he thinks that the industry as a whole is not painting a nice picture of the country and his government in particular. Well, well, well. What can I say? Considering that a lot of people have been criticizing the Philippine media for so long and…

Development, Government, Media, Politics

Ph Supreme Court rules on Hacienda Luisita – values vast plantation at a measly P200 million

April 24, 2012 benign0 31 Comments

It’s final. To the plea of Hacienda Luisita Inc (HLI) that its vast plantation in Tarlac is worth P5 billion, the Philippine Supreme Courte voted 8 to 6 for a final valuation just short of P200 million. This is based on an assessment of P40,000 per hectare made in 1989 when the Department of Agrarian…

Economy, Government, Politics

The 27th Law: Playing on People’s Need to Believe

April 24, 2012April 24, 2012 a 81 Comments

Back in the Dark and Middle Ages, the Church was practically the State. It maintained a firm and oppressive grip on the lives of the people, bending them to its allegedly holy will. People suffered and were persecuted, and all of these were done in the guise of Godâ€™s divine providence. Faith became the sharp…

Government, Politics, Religion, Society

Cyber-skullduggery: adding fuel to the fire

April 24, 2012 FallenAngel 7 Comments

It seems that there are certain groups of people who are looking to increase the tension between China and the Philippines with regards to the standoff at Scarborough Shoal. Theyâ€™re doing it through a ubiquitous medium that we couldnâ€™t think of existing without nowadays: the Internet. And theyâ€™re doing it by perpetrating what I call…

Politics, Society, Tech Talk, Technology