Category: Religion

Sabah debacle: The Philippine ‘Teflon’ Government of President Noynoy Aquino

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 benign0 9 Comments

You sometimes wonder how much of the foreign press is under the payroll of the Philippine and Malaysian governments considering the sort of slants they lend to the “reports” they publish about a region they presume to know… The Philippine government said Tuesday it had tried bring a peaceful end to the standoff by sending…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Religion

Ph Govt priorities: Hacienda Luisita first, Kuala Lumpur second, Mindanao LAST #sabah

March 6, 2013March 27, 2014 benign0 62 Comments

The Malaysian government — and not the government of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III — is clearly on top of the Sabah crisis. After sending fighter jets to bomb positions in Sabah supposedly occupied by followers of the Sultanate of Sulu in what it considers to be a “police operation” yesterday, it has…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion, Society, The South

Overkill: Malaysian warplanes bomb Filipinos loyal to Sulu Sultanate in bid to end Sabah standoff

March 5, 2013March 27, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

In a news conference this morning Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar reported a successful execution of “Ops Sulu” which involved an “all-out” offensive to flush out members of a group of armed Filipinos claiming to be members of the Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu… Earlier today, a Bernama reporter staying in…

Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Moro fighters in their element in the jungles of Sabah as Ph and Malaysian governments bicker

March 5, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

Between Malaysia and the Philippines, it is obvious who has the most to lose as the Sabah conflict rages on. Figures from the Commission on Filipinos overseas reportedly place the number of Filipinos residing in Sabah at 570,000 of which 447,000 are illegal aliens… On Sunday, nearly 300 undocumented Filipinos arrived in Zamboanga City from…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion

Déjà vu: The Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu is to the MILF today as the MILF was to the MNLF in 1977

March 4, 2013March 1, 2014 benign0 31 Comments

The real victims of the Sabah “standoff” crisis are ordinary Mindanaoans as Mindanao continues to be ruled by Manila as if it were a mere backwater colony, where Mindanaoans’ rights to “self-determination” is paid mere lip service. Manila is obviously of no use to Mindanao today. Throughout the crisis, the only clear words fielded to…

Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Sabah standoff: PNoy fiddles on the campaign trail as international crisis festers #sabah

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 benign0 32 Comments

What exactly does it mean when a President is reported to be ‘monitoring’ an on-going crisis? Nothing, other than as a statement for the media to blather to the public and bring across a perception that said President ‘cares’. “Social news network” site Rappler reports how President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III paused from his…

Civics, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Should the Sultanate of Sulu demand full independence from the Philippines and Malaysia?

February 25, 2013 benign0 28 Comments

At the end of the day, what exactly is ‘the Philippines’ to begin with? The way things are going, it seems it will remain no more than the bunch of tropical islands around which the 16th Century Spanish crown drew a ring and named after their king. To this day, Filipinos suffer from the same…

Government, Politics, Religion, The South

Carlos Celdran declares GRP dying cites mass exodus

February 6, 2013June 17, 2014 Gogs 54 Comments

Number 47 said to number 3 “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see I sure would be delighted with your company Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me” – Elvis Presley As if being found guilty of being “offensive to the feelings of the faithful” was not enough Mr. Carlos…

Culture, Religion, Society

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