Category: Politics

Antonio Trillanes’s beef with Angelo Reyes: a case of professional jealousy?

February 13, 2011May 24, 2016 benign0 41 Comments

Former Secretary and retired General Angelo Reyes was instrumental in driving the final nail into the coffin of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada in the 2001 “Edsa 2” “Revolution”. He was also instrumental in having mutineer-turned-“senator” Antonio Trillanes jailed for seven years for his alleged role in various rebellions against the Philippine Government between 2003…

Crime, Government, Politics

PNoy is Inquirer’s Filipino of the Year

January 30, 2011 Ilda 208 Comments

Media outlet Inquirer.net was obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel when they named Philippine President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) “Filipino of the Year” for 2010. The timing is off considering the country is still reeling from a recent terror attack with the bombing of a public transport bus and a perceived rise in overall crime…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics

Reform by mob: does it always work?

January 29, 2011 benign0 20 Comments

Some recent events in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the whole trouble with street mobs supposedly calling for “reform” – that in a situation described more by anarchy than any sort of clear higher purpose, it becomes difficult to sort the devils from the angels. Reports of looters vandalising ancient Egyptian artifacts and of Tunisian shopkeepers…

Culture, Featured, Media, Politics, Religion

Burma and the Philippines: struggling for democracy

January 13, 2011February 2, 2021 Ilda 27 Comments

In a move reminiscent of its coverage of the late Former Philippine President Corazon “Cory” Aquino’s political career, TIME magazine has recently featured on its cover not once, but twice in less than two months, another woman who is touted as an icon of freedom and democracy. Burma’s long suffering and recently released political prisoner,…

Development, Education, Politics, Religion

Filipinos, it’s time to take back our Government!

January 7, 2011October 18, 2016 Ilda 66 Comments

It’s been a while since there was anything in the mainstream media that was worth reading. One can’t even read some of the articles for mere entertainment value alone because most of the columnists are either too politically correct or too scared to go straight to the point of what they are trying to say…

Civics, Development, Education, Government, Politics