Tag: Agrarian Reform

The Aquino name is now synonymous with the word ‘massacre’ #BigasHindiBala

April 2, 2016April 3, 2016 Ilda 35 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s term will now go down in history as the massacre years. If Aquino supporters can blame all atrocities committed by members of the military and police on the late former President Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law years, then it is only fair that Filipinos blame the atrocities committed by…

Crime, Economy, Government

Will President Noynoy Aquino go down in history as a good president?

November 2, 2015 benign0 49 Comments

Probably not. For the essential and even critical problems that have beset the Philippines for decades, there was hardly any change that came out over the last six years under his watch. Why? The answer is quite simple: President BS Aquino did not try hard enough. Consider the manner with which BS Aquino’s fans lauded…

Crime, Government, Politics

BS Aquino generous to Moro rebel group but dismissive to victims of their atrocities

June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 Ilda 24 Comments

It was hard to get past the first paragraph of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s speech delivered during the recently-held ceremonial turnover of weapons and so-called “decommissioning” of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters without feeling disgust. He started out by narrating how even when he was younger, he was already aware of the…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

PNoy’s desperate move to rule for a second term a sad bid to stay out of jail

August 15, 2014 benign0 75 Comments

Amending the Philippine Constitution is one thing. Amending it for the wrong reasons is another. If there had always been a compelling case to modify the provisions in the current charter that limit the term of the president to just a single six-year term, then the ‘debate’ around that will likely have resonated and endured…

Crime, Government, Politics

PNoy apologists desperate to discredit SC ruling that DAP is unconstitutional

July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

Apologists of the now-criminalised Malacanang slush fund, the notorious Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are regrouping and striking back. The arguments they present are two-phased: (1) Proposing that the Supreme Court may have been “wrong” in their ruling the DAP unconstitutional; and, (2) Citing a certain Chapter 5, Section 49 of the Administrative Code of 1987…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Clutch situation! It’s time Noynoy Aquino brings his A-game

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 FallenAngel 38 Comments

I find it amusing, to say the least, that president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino would use a basketball metaphor to describe what would be the remainder of his term… “Papasok na naman po tayo sa panibagong taon sa pagtahak sa tuwid na daan; at kumbaga po sa larong basketball, papasok na rin tayo sa last…

Civics, Culture, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Will the year 2014 be a good year for the Philippines?

January 2, 2014 benign0 20 Comments

Are we ready for the new year ahead? On the bases of the Facebook shout outs and Twitter tweets I have seen today it seems we are. We are ready with our New Year’s “resolutions”, our 12-month weight loss plans, our commitments to spend less and save more, spend more time with the kids, and…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

Dear Philippines: Hope is not a strategy

May 21, 2013May 30, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

Hope springs eternal indeed as that other cliché goes. But then, we might ask: Hope in what exactly? Now that the Philippine Fiesta Elections of 2013 have come and gone, the hard questions must be asked, the vacuous campaign rhetoric ditched, and the motherhood statements junked. Perhaps the usual halfwits will continue to squabble and…

Development, Politics