Category: Politics

Politicisation of the UP-Ateneo UAAP basketball match severely backfires!

December 6, 2018 benign0 6 Comments

You gotta pity the University of the Philippines’ men’s basketball team that went up against the Ateneo de Manila in this year’s UAAP championship match. They may have been under pressure to win the game to fulfil the dream of the Yellowtard-led Philippine Opposition to “oust the dictator”. The “dictator” in this political fantasy is,…

Culture, Politics

Things of the past

November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 FallenAngel 7 Comments

Historical parallelism – because two or more significant events happened in the past, then one similar event happening again will lead to another of the corresponding event. And the most recent example, being bandied around by critics of current president Rodrigo Duterte, is that the University of the Philippines (UP) Men’s Basketball Team’s UAAP (University…

Ang Katotohanan Sa Facebook Ad Ni @PinoyAkoBlog Jover Laurio’s Para Kay Sen. Bam Aquino

November 25, 2018 P. Farol 12 Comments

Malamang wala na talagang naniniwala na may naging silbi si Bam Aquino sa senado at naplitan na si Jover Laurio aka @PinoyAkoBlog na magbayad ng advertisement sa Facebook para lang may magbasa ng post niya tungkol sa idol siyang re-electionist senator. Sa post ni @PangitAkoBlog este @PinoyAkoBlog, gigil na gigil niyang ginigiit na gawa gawa…

Politics

Jailing an old lady and exhuming a body to be lynched post-mortem will not win the Opposition an election

November 15, 2018 benign0 73 Comments

The Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) are currently busy celebrating the conviction and impending arrest of former First Lady Imelda Marcos. This, of course, is seen to be a defining moment as, from their prespective, this “development” pulls a key pillar holding up what they call the “revisionist” take on…

Politics

Filipinos need to modernise their primitive politics

November 8, 2018 benign0 41 Comments

Too many colours. Too many symbols. Too many sound bytes. Philippine politics is framed by the clever work of public relations (PR) consultants who craft poetic messages that extend strong emotional hooks that the public readily bites. Because of the potent emotional payload of the messaging that makes up the bulk of the campaign rhetoric…

Education, Politics, Society

The difference between Duterte’s words and the Opposition’s

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 FallenAngel 18 Comments

Essentially, a politician’s job is to convince his constituents to buy into his words. This usually involves convincing the voters that he best has their interests in mind. Or to be blunt about it, that his self-interests most closely align with their concerns. As I pointed out from the start of president Rodrigo Duterte’s term,…

Media, Politics

Elitist mentality of UP “activists” on display following Mocha Uson event at Diliman campus

October 30, 2018 benign0 22 Comments

It’s no wonder the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) and the commies continue to fail at recapturing the loyalties of the vast base of voters they lost back in 2016. As hard as they try, they are unable to shake off the elitist image they inadvertently project as an ironic…

Education, Politics

The Philippine Opposition needs to get a new set of campaign slogans

October 28, 2018 benign0 44 Comments

One would say it is a tried-and-tested set of platitudes that serves as no-brainer fodder for a political campaign in the Philippines. But the whole narrative of “sacrificing”, “pro-poor”, and “championing the weak” personas has lately been taking a beating in the public debate. Recent polls indicate that the methods being applied by the government…

Politics

Gabsboy
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
"Tingala sa langit" "Tingala sa gobyerno" "Tingala sa Amerika" Learned
zzz
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
It's funny how those without contribution run their mouths, seek
benign0
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Filipinos' tingala mentality. It is WORLD renowned.
Slaves
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
How’s being American puppets going? Maybe if you chose a
Gabsboy
on EDSA 40 years after: Overthrow and “Leftist” Ideals Don’t Work
It would have been absolute cinema had the military coups
Ven
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
Who the hell is prepared for a crisis when any
megget
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
the filipino way is scraping by on the least amount
Gyn
on The Philippines reels from yet another global “crisis”
This whole thing is not working, and you know it