Tag: activism

It’s time Duterte’s supporters grow up and stop referring to him as ‘Tatay’

July 1, 2017July 1, 2017 benign0 10 Comments

During the term of former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, we criticised his government and his followers as being perpetually in campaign mode all throughout his term of office. His Yellow Camp would incessantly grandstand about his and his clan’s goodness and prayerfulness and every speaking engagement was seized as an opportunity to remind…

Politics, Society

Mocha Uson has become part of ‘edited’ mainstream media

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 benign0 2 Comments

The brouhaha around Malacanang Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson now having “editors” for her blog raises questions around the whole point of “social media management”. It becomes an issue of authenticity. Mocha Uson has more than 5 million followers most of whom were amassed during her time as an erotic blogger and performing artist. During the…

Government, Media

Here is why Duterte’s critics want him dead…

June 18, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

The harshest critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have in recent days exhibited again the abject darkness of their character. Speculation on the health of the president following his conspicuous absence from this year’s Independence Day ceremony at the Rizal Park on the 12th June reached fever pitch as Netizens from the usual camps fielded…

Crime, Culture

Duterte critics who wish him dead have no respect for human rights

June 17, 2017 Ilda 10 Comments

Members of the Philippine Liberal Party and their supporters are feeling a sense of schadenfreude lately. They delight in the thought that President Rodrigo Duterte could be sick. Some of them even claim that he is in a coma. Apparently, someone has been spreading the rumor that he is in a coma. This was after Duterte decided…

Culture, Politics

A delusion of “peace” led to the destruction of Marawi City

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 benign0 2 Comments

I don’t want war. All I want is peace. Peace. Peace! A little piece of Poland, a little piece of France A little piece of Portugal and Austria perchance A little slice of Turkey and all that that entails Und then a piece of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales A little nip of Norway, a…

Development, Society, The South

Filipino soldiers get no respect and support from Liberal Party and anti-Martial Law ‘activists’

June 10, 2017June 11, 2017 Ilda 47 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation of Martial Law over the entire Mindanao region following the military operation in Marawi City that resulted in protracted battle with the Maute terrorists has given members of the Liberal Party and anti-Martial Law advocates reason to make more noise. When before they were simply nit-picking on his tirades, now…

Civics, Government, Society, The South

The Yellowtards’ OBSOLETE fear and loathing of the Philippine military

June 8, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

Yellowtards have become a confused lot. The root cause of this confusion is their long-obsolete Laban (“fight”) rhetoric which remains the primary pillar of their ideology. To Yellowtards, everything is a “fight” against the Establishment. Even when they are in power, most recently under former President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, they still see themselves…

Government, Society, The South

Imperial Manila ‘experts’ see Martial Law as a bigger enemy than Islamic terrorism

May 28, 2017 benign0 37 Comments

If there is anything that can be gleaned from the way Filipinos have so far responded to the crisis in Marawi, it is that Filipinos remain their own worst enemy. Rather than see the terrorists linked to the Islamic State overrunning Marawi City as the bigger enemy, many have, instead, lashed out at the more…

Politics, Religion, Society, The South