Tag: bangsamoro basic law

Nothing’s changed: The Bangsamoro Basic Law is still an illegal fantasy

April 13, 2015October 1, 2022 benign0 13 Comments

From Day One: The only thing getting in the way of President BS Aquino’s personal agenda is the Philippine Constitution. The flawed-by-design Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) fiasco is but the most recent example. Negotiating with terrorists is one thing, allowing a top representative — the Man Formerly Known as Mohagher Iqbal — to sign legal…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

So-called peace advocates Ferrer and Deles betrayed Filipinos by supporting a violent rebel group

April 12, 2015January 23, 2019 Ilda 28 Comments

Government chief peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles are doing more harm than good in promoting the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) – the so-called “peace” deal between the Philippine government and the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front. This is evident…

Crime, Development, Government, Technology

Patronage politics will ruin the Philippines just like it ruined President Noynoy Aquino

April 7, 2015April 8, 2015 Ilda 18 Comments

The question of what is wrong with the Philippines has baffled both Filipinos and foreigners alike. Some say that corruption and incompetence in government is the root of the problem. Others say that the voters who keep voting for corrupt and incompetent politicians are to blame. Either way, the real reason the country has not…

Development, Government, Politics, Society

Unanswered Questions And Unsolved Problems: The Legacy Of The Pinoy People

April 5, 2015February 6, 2023 Grimwald 6 Comments

As a tribute to Rafael Alunan III’s article, I am currently writing this article as both a response and a brief look into the self-defeating Pinoy psyche. As you know, at least based on what the media likes to tell us, we have long been freed from the alleged oppression of the Marcos regime. While…

Crime, Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

#Bangsamoro ‘homeland’ dream just a land-grab strategy built upon a guilt-trip myth

April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 Rafael Alunan III 14 Comments

Let’s straighten out some things in response to this renewed drive for secession, ill-disguised as BangsaMoro from those who threaten war if they don’t get what they want. And these are supposed to be coming from our peace panel, peace partner and peace broker. The Philippines is everyone’s homeland. No one “owns” the Philippines. It…

Crime, Culture, Government, Religion, Society

Bangsamoro Basic Law not a peace agreement but a SURRENDER agreement!

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015 Rafael Alunan III 20 Comments

After reading the comments about the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) and the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), and connecting it to what I personally know about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s behavior from the era of former President Fidel Ramos to the present and the history of Malaysia’s long-term involvement in supporting secession in Mindanao,…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

UP ex-president Jose Abueva’s urge to support the passing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law insults Filipinos’ intelligence

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

There is something fundamentally wrong in what former University of the Philippines president Jose V. Abueva says today in his Inquirer column Let’s calm down and move forward… Nevertheless, so many more peace-loving Christians and Muslims nationwide are praying and working for enduring peace and development in Mindanao by establishing the Bangsamoro autonomous region. The…

Crime, Government, Society, The South

Why the Bangsamoro issue is not at all too different from the Philippines’ squatter problem

April 1, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

I’ve come to realise the whole trouble with academics. A lot ot them have minds so imprisoned by their expensive “education” that they fail to spot important points in the facts sitting right in front of their noses. Take the simple question: What is it exactly about the current governance system in the Philippines that…

Crime, Government, The South