Category: Politics

By admitting all politicians lie, Sara Duterte became the most honest politician

March 10, 2019 Ilda 18 Comments

At first I thought, what the heck is she saying? And then I realised Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio could be history’s most honest politician after admitting that all politicians lie. She said this in defence of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos who is being hit with allegations that she lied about having a Law…

Politics

The Original TNT Boy

March 8, 2019 Gogs 9 Comments

Monday May 9, 2016. A day that will live in infamy. I remember that night very clearly. I was compelled to hit refresh in my Ipad several times an hour to see the election standings. This continued all throughout dawn. I have no personal data to back it up but it was surreal to see…

What the Shadow of Marcos is used to Conceal

February 27, 2019 ChinoF 12 Comments

Imelda Marcos was in the news a while back for getting another conviction (she had been convicted years ago, though there seems to be a roadblock to carrying it out). Some people are celebrated this (even pro-Marcoses who believe Imelda was the reason behind all the corruption, not Ferdinand). Some though are angered that she…

Culture, Politics

Is Otso Diretso a showcase of Liberal Party-led Opposition Coalition bankruptcy?

February 25, 2019 zaxx 10 Comments

The best we can really say for the Otso Diretso senatorial line-up of the Opposition Coalition led by the Liberal Party for the 2019 Philippine midterm elections is “thanks for at least trying”. The crumbling Yellow Empire of the East is in its end-of-days stages having contracted an apparently incurable terminal disease by the end…

Politics

#DefendPressFreedom has been reduced to an elitist “movement”

February 14, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

If “press freedom” were truly an issue relevant to ordinary Filipinos, then it would have been a cornerstone of many a politicians’ campaign platform today. But it isn’t, and the reason it isn’t doesn’t come across as much of a surprise. Ordinary Filipinos wouldn’t have the time nor the brain space to critically evaluate “journalism”…

Media, Politics

Filipinos led by Leni Robredo flirt with inciting racial hatred for ethnic Chinese foreigners

February 11, 2019 benign0 13 Comments

Filipinos who are demonising a Chinese national who threw a cup of taho (a sweetened beancurd snack) at a police officer the other day are flirting with the dangerous possibility of inciting racial tensions with ethnic Chinese foreigners residing in the Philippines. Jiale Zhang is currently facing charges of “direct assault” against a police officer…

Politics, Society

Whatever Bong Go is doing, it seems to be working

February 6, 2019 benign0 14 Comments

Surveys are showing that senatorial candidate Bong Go is ramping up as a force to reckon with in the race for a seat in the Philippine Senate in this year’s elections. Widely-derided as epal (grandstanding) and “well-funded” in Opposition circles, Go is delivering the goods as far as gaining traction in the collective consciousness of…

Politics, Tech Talk

Rappler and Opposition “bloggers” lead the way in MISINFORMING the Filipino people!

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 benign0 2 Comments

Like most activist concepts that had began their lives as noble pursuits, the notion of “media freedom” had been perverted beyond all recognition by the Philippines’ snowflake activists. Worse, in the hands of downright dishonest and political agenda-laden “thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition, the concept has since suffered a death spiral in relevance. For…

Media, Politics, Society

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