Category: Society

Two years of Aquino presidency fails to curb human rights abuses in the Philippines

July 22, 2012August 23, 2016 benign0 3 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has so far failed to make good on his promise to supplant the Philippines’ culture of impunity by applying swift and consistent justice under his overarching “daang matuwid” (“straight-and-narrow”) campaign slogan. According to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, “The Aquino government has not successfully prosecuted a single…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Flooding in Metro Manila: When will Filipinos get angry enough?

July 21, 2012July 8, 2015 benign0 6 Comments

So Metro Manilans, I hear, are stuck in traffic and floods this weekend. Again. And what’s this I hear? Oh, outrage. But where was that outrage when the problem was not this big yet and all there was were mere signs of problems brewing? I’ll tell you where that outrage was. There was none. In…

Culture, Development, Society

A little reminder: don’t rely on PNoy’s SONA

July 20, 2012 a 8 Comments

So itâ€™s that time of the year again. That time when the good president steps into the pedestal to address every single Filipino all over the world, regarding the current state of our country in terms of politics, economics and society. That time when all eyes and cameras are focused on the most powerful man…

Government, Politics, Society

After living here all my life I can say Metro Manila is not an acquired taste

July 19, 2012 Kate Natividad 16 Comments

I finally checked out Iya-J’s recent article Carlos Celdran is a bad influence to the Filipino people after seeing it appear on my newsfeed more than a few times over the last couple of days. Obviously it took that long for it to finally arouse my curiosity. I wouldn’t really have known who this Carlos…

Culture, Development, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Filipinos still can’t get over being dependent on the United States for national defense

July 17, 2012June 9, 2013 benign0 37 Comments

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr says it like it’s a bad thing — that the United States possibly intends to renew its use of key military bases in the Philippines in its bid to “rebalance” troop deployment towards the region. This follows a recently-concluded meeting between Philippine President Benigno “BS” Aquino…

Culture, Development, Government, Society

My Cutting Edge Solution To The Bus Discipline Problem

July 17, 2012December 20, 2018 Gogs 31 Comments

“THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT KING CHARLES I IS THAT HE WAS 5’6″ TALL AT THE START OF HIS REIGN, BUT ONLY 4’8″ AT THE END OF IT… BECAUSE OF… Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England PURITAN-…… “ Monty Python If I was in charge (thank God I am not) , I would have…

Culture, Society

The moronism in ‘ordering’ bus drivers and conductors to be paid fixed salaries

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 benign0 19 Comments

Why am I not surprised that the move of the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to implement an order to change remuneration of the country’s public utility bus drivers from a commission-based payment scheme to a fixed-salary scheme fell flat on its face? DOLE Order Number 118-12 which mandates this transition supposedly had…

Development, Government, Society

Celebrity couple ‘Jamich’ burned over Dolphy tweet

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 benign0 28 Comments

Seems like when the Dolphy also known as the Philippines’ King of Comedy died, the country’s sense of humour died with him. A tweet by social media sensation couple Jamvhille Sebastian and Paolinne Michelle Liggayu, “better known as the real life couple JAMICH” (according to the blurb on their twitter profile @ilovejamich) highlighting how their…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society