Category: Politics

Prosecution’s losing streak was capped by Vitallano Aguirre’s meltdown

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Prosecution’s losing streak was capped by Vitallano Aguirre’s meltdown

Do you know anyone who has ever had a meltdown? How about this flight attendant who became infamous after pulling the emergency-exit chute of an airplane in the United States in 2010? Apparently, this JetBlue airlines flight attendant got upset with an uncooperative passenger on a just-landed flight and “unleashed a profanity-laden tirade on the…

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Civics, Culture, Media, Politics

De Lima and the Dilemma

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De Lima and the Dilemma

Recent events have forced the prosecution to use their next trump card; the riskiest trump card yet. And it’s all thanks to a certain someone’s “testimony.” The Senate witnessed last Thursday, February 23, 2012, the major screw-up of Secretary Leila de Lima as she grasped at straws trying to defend her view of Corona’s alleged…

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Government, Politics

Noynoy’s incompetence is the real reason why the ‘revolution’ remains ‘unfinished’

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Noynoy’s incompetence is the real reason why the ‘revolution’ remains ‘unfinished’

Yet again, Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III brings up the whole concept of Laban (“fight”) that characterised much of 1980’s politics. But it is a fight where there is none. Whereas there was a “fight” beginning in the mid-to-late-1970’s culminating in the 1986 “People Power” EDSA “revolution” for a return to the democratic ideals…

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Government, Politics, Society

Secretary De Lima struggled to justify why she thinks CJ Corona favors GMA

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Secretary De Lima struggled to justify why she thinks CJ Corona favors GMA

How does one prove allegations that Chief Justice Renato Corona betrayed the public trust through his partiality to former President Gloria M Arroyo (GMA)? As what most rational people had for so long expected, it is indeed proving to be difficult. Even Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima failed to prove it in…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Reality bites for prosecution as evidence gets thrown out

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Reality bites for prosecution as evidence gets thrown out

Defective. Trash. These are the words that the prosecution cannot seem to understand. They are the words Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile uttered in anger after the prosecution desperately pleaded for the testimony of Philippine Air Lines (PAL) vice president for sales Enrique Javier to be accepted as part of Article III in the impeachment…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Is Noynoy Aquino turning Malacañang into an organised crime syndicate?

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Is Noynoy Aquino turning Malacañang into an organised crime syndicate?

New revelations emerging in yesterday’s court session in the on-going impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona shed further light into the true priorities of the governement of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Senator-Judge Joker Arroyo in a speech before the court last Monday (the 20th February) encapsulated this disturbing character of…

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Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Bluffing at One’s Own Risk

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Bluffing at One’s Own Risk

When in doubt, bluff. Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. stated last Saturday that the prosecution has acquired the proverbial last nail on Corona’s coffin regarding the second article of impeachment. To recap, the second article of impeachment against the respondent, Chief Justice Renato Corona, states that: “RESPONDENT COMMITTED CULPABLE VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND/OR BETRAYED…

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Government, Politics

A hypothetical situation: benevolent dictatorship, Philippine style

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A hypothetical situation: benevolent dictatorship, Philippine style

I had just finished reading for the nth time one of the Op-Center series books by Tom Clancy. The title is Op-Center: Balance of Power. Take note that this is a fictional work, and that this is not a book review. To give a brief background, the Op-Center, or National Crisis Management Center (NCMC), is…

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Development, Government, Politics, Society