Tag: bangsamoro

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

Looking into the Bigger Picture behind the Mamasapano Incident and the BBL

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Rollie Buendia 22 Comments

It is not surprising that pundits, political analysts/scientists, opinion writers as well as government officials and a whole heap of politicians are quick to make commentaries and “analyses” on the Mamasapano encounter soon after it was brought to public attention. Expectedly, policians’ and government officials viewed the unfortunate event based on their limited political interests…

Civics, Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society, Uncategorized

Lee Kuan Yew’s death sets the scene for the Philippines’ presidential elections in 2016!

March 30, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

The death of Singapore elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) is notable for its timing from the perspective of the coming 2016 presidential elections in the Philippines. It mirrors a similar timeframe that served as a context for the death of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino in August 2009, almost exactly a year before the…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

‘Proof’ that Murad Ebrahim and Mohagher Iqbal are not Malaysians raises even MORE questions!

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 benign0 10 Comments

The Malaysian government has finally come out from under the rock it’s been hiding amidst the brouhaha over the huge SNAFU that is the Bangsamoro Basic Law “peace” deal negotiations it brokered between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a known Islamic terrorist group. Responding to increasing suspicion from various quarters in…

Crime, Government, The South

Here are the key points of the PNP BOI report on the massacre of 44 SAF officers in Mamasapano!

March 13, 2015 benign0 9 Comments

The final report of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Board of Inquiry (BOI) organised to investigate the 25th January 2015 massacre of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) police officers is now available and can be downloaded from the official PNP website here. The massacre transpired in the midst of the execution of “Oplan” Exodus which…

Crime, Government, The South

The #Philippines continues to be an epic fail as a naive player in global politics and diplomacy

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

While Filipinos deliberate amongst themselves over how “wise” or “unwise” it is to consider war against Islamic terrorists as even just an option to seriously consider, their friendly neighbour China has reportedly been beavering away in the islands of the West Philippine Sea building structures the size of Henry Sy’s Mall of Asia on these…

Crime, Government, Politics, The South

The Philippines after the Second Aquino Presidency: A profoundly-DAMAGED country!

March 10, 2015 benign0 20 Comments

Suddenly, people are crying Vindictive! as outraged Filipinos now seek justice for the unnecessarily enormous casualties sustained by the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) Special Action Force (SAF) and direct a long-overdue outpouring of anger against Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III. 44 elite police officers are now dead thanks to the savagery of an…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society