Tag: bangsamoro basic law

Filipinos hold on to PNoy’s promise to throw himself, Jun Abaya under a train

December 30, 2015 Ilda 14 Comments

As the pressure from Filipino Netizens intensified and became too hard to ignore, Malacanang had no choice but to finally address President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s promise to get run over by a train if the Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension doesn’t get delivered by the end of 2015. According to Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, the…

Development, Government, Media

Mar Roxas is part of the Philippines’ problem and will not be an effective president

December 23, 2015 Ilda 71 Comments

Filipinos will be given another opportunity to change the course of their future in the 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections. The chance to remove power from the members of the oligarchy who have reigned with incompetence and mediocrity in the last 30 years is coming soon. One can only hope the voters will not waste this…

Development, Government, Politics

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

PNoy is killing the victims of the Mamasapano clash all over again with ‘alternative’ truth

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 Ilda 15 Comments

In a recent interview with the Inquirer, Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III alluded to an alternative “truth” to what really transpired during the Mamasapano clash that resulted in the deaths of 44 Special Action Force officers, four civilians and 17 rebel forces on the 25th of January 2015. The President is referring to a…

Crime, Government, Politics

Is Being Broken now a Part of the Filipino Identity?

September 12, 2015September 12, 2015 ChinoF 22 Comments

Everyone in Manila was probably infuriated with the metro-wide traffic jam that saw some tired, sleep-deprived and hungry workers trapped on the road for 5 hours. It’s a good thing we haven’t heard anything like another Rolito Go. Corollary to this is how broken the transport services are: the MRT which has fewer trains than…

Culture

The next President of the Philippines should respect the Rule of Law for the country to progress

September 5, 2015 Ilda 47 Comments

The Philippines’ current list of “potential” candidates is very disappointing. Most of them are from the same crop of bozos from the country’s current ruling class. Their membership to this “elite” club means they are first loyal to their families and friends before they are loyal to the country and its people in general. Therefore,…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics

A real peace deal: Senator Bongbong Marcos’s Bangsamoro Autonomous Region

August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 Add 75 Comments

Alex Magno, one of the Leftist leaders from UP who fought Martial Law, wrote in his column in the Philippine Star as follows: The last nail on the BBL was driven last week at the Senate. In his best performance at the Senate thus far, Sen. Bongbong Marcos delivered a remarkable sponsorship speech for his…

Development, Government, Politics, The South

Mar Roxas is wrong: Politics WAS behind the SAF44 massacre in Mamasapano

August 4, 2015 benign0 4 Comments

In his so-called “True State of the Nation Address” (TSONA) delivered at the Cavite State University yesterday, Vice President Jejomar Binay dedicated a significant part of the speech to the memories of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers who were killed in a botched operation in Mamasapano, Mindanao. Department of Interior and…

Crime, Politics, The South