Category: Politics

Robredo camp in a position to take unfair advantage of the ‘wet ballot’ scandal!

April 3, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

Wet ballots. It’s the bane of the on-going vote recount being conducted following suspicions of electoral fraud in the 2016 elections that led to the dubious “victory” of now presumptive “vice presdient” Leni Robredo. The wet ballots and missing audit logs were reported early into the initiative by the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos……

Government, Politics

Pinoy Ako Blogger Jover Laurio Defends Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmena Illegal Drugs Accusation

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 P. Farol 9 Comments

Whenever someone is publicly accused of a crime, the objective way to view it is to realize that accusations as well as defenses against those accusations all still have to be scrutinized in a court of law. One clear indication of a shill or paid hack is their readiness to attack or defend someone accused…

Crime, Government, Politics

Filipinos need to be taught how to think and not to simply believe

March 28, 2018 benign0 19 Comments

Filipinos need to learn how to think. It is imperative that they do because many things about the 21st Century demand an uplift in thinking. We can see how important this is in the recent events that have plunged Western-style democracy into crisis. It had become evident that men working with machines could turn human…

Media, Politics, Society

Does the Philippines really need a “Genuine Opposition”?

March 27, 2018 FallenAngel 17 Comments

In the Philippines, there is seemingly no genuine Opposition – only a loosely associated group of people who are offended by, or are excluded from, the entities who now dominate as a result of winning the last election cycle. I say “loosely” because, being politicians, they are likely to turn on each other too to…

Government, Politics

Bam Aquino’s call for a ‘Genuine Opposition’ highlights the lack of one in Philippine politics

March 27, 2018 benign0 5 Comments

According to Senator Bam Aquino he will be joining a “coalition slate, which will be made up of people willing to speak out and stand up against Malacanang’s policies that may be damaging to the people”. In a post on his website, Aquino called for a need for a “genuine opposition”… “In 2019, hindi lang…

Politics, Society

Filipinos deserve a more VISIONARY Opposition and not the lazy one they get today

March 26, 2018 benign0 11 Comments

The Philippine Opposition have so far achieved just one thing — make the Philippines look like a failed state to the global community. Is that an achievement? It is — if your sole be-all-end-all goal is to grab back power, that is. To be fair, that is what an Opposition is supposed to be in…

Politics, Society

Facebook hears the secrets that you keep when you’re talking in your sleep

March 21, 2018 benign0 13 Comments

Facebook is currently in a world of trouble after news about how a chunk of data harvested off it was used by an analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, to generate insights allegedly used to help current United States President Donald Trump win the elections in 2016. While many observers wonder whether this attention is due to…

Politics, Society, Tech Talk

Janet Lim Napoles is worth more to Filipinos as a witness than as a jailed crook

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

Screeching “activists” from the Philippine Opposition seem to be losing the plot. For them, the bigger outrage surrounding the persistent scourge of pork barrel politics in the Philippines is the recent placing of “Pork Queen” Janet Lim Napoles on a witness protection program by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The important aspect of the plot…

Crime, Politics