Tag: Ballsy Aquino

Many Philippine politicians are corrupt because Filipinos allow it

August 17, 2013August 19, 2013 Ilda 127 Comments

Philippine society’s dysfunctional culture is evident yet again in the latest scandal involving some members of Philippine Congress and how they channel their Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) or “pork barrel funds” into bogus projects. The fact that a lot of Filipinos have predicted that the main character in this sorry saga, Janet Lim Napoles,…

Crime, Politics

The Fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Noynoy Aquino – July 22, 2013

July 21, 2013July 22, 2013 Ilda 200 Comments

President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino will be delivering his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, 2013. It has been three years since majority of Filipino voters elected the son of so-called “heroes” into the highest office in the land. Little did those voters know that after he banished the use…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Don’t Tell Me What Kind of Perceptions I Have

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 BenK 40 Comments

It’s no accident that two of the three primary propaganda instruments of the Aquino Administration (ABS-CBN and The Philippine Star) have played up the headline “Perceptions of Corruption Decrease” in the past few days. The by-now familiar pattern of distraction-as-damage-control follows allegations of yet another scandal within the Administration, this time striking particularly close to…

Media, Politics

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Robert Haighton
on Very few of us can play world class tennis, but we can ALL be like Alex Eala
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Edith
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Propaganda Boy
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Propaganda Boy
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Propaganda Boy
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