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President Noynoy Aquino shows he is at his best when campaigning and not when working

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Ilda 104 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is reportedly the subject of a complaint filed by officials of Anakpawis party-list to Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. BS Aquino is being accused of blatantly using bribes to buy votes for his â€œTeam PNoyâ€ for the coming mid-term elections in May 2013. Apparently, the…

Government, Media, Politics

The world ended for many Filipinos in 2012

December 30, 2012December 28, 2013 Ilda 64 Comments

After taking a short break during the Christmas season, Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino is reportedly back feeling “recharged”. It’s been a busy 2012 for the President and his allies, indeed. He has been sick quite a few times during the year and it was a sign that his health was not a hundred…

Development, Economy, Featured, Government, Politics

Commies in the Philippine Senate open doors to pork barrel funding of NPA and other terrorists

October 30, 2012July 9, 2022 benign0 77 Comments

Various communist front organisations are now crying bloody murder over the on-going party-list purge being undertaken by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to rid the country of groups found to be inconsistent with the party-list concept. Communist front Bayan Muna, for one, faced with mounting pressure to justify its continued branding as a party-list group…

Government, Politics

Top lesson Filipinos have learned after two years of PNoy: Never trust anyone who says ‘trust me’

October 11, 2012 benign0 16 Comments

There is a saying: “Never trust anyone who says ‘trust me’.” Recent events have proven this statement true. On the mere basis of his pedigree and family name, then presidential candidate Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III repeatedly assured the electorate that he could be trusted. And they did. The man is now President of the…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, Society

After Bangsamoro: Do the Cordilleras, Visayas, and the rest of Mindanao have equal claim to autonomy?

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 benign0 57 Comments

Peace at last in Mindanao — or so people hope in the advent of greater autonomy granted by the government of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to rebellious Muslim groups there. The Framework Agreement covering the terms of this autonomy is set to be signed on the 15th of October this year between the…

Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Should Mindanao secede from what could be turning into a failed state?

July 7, 2011June 16, 2013 benign0 37 Comments

Seems like the whole Media fiesta that is raging around the the Duterte’s of Davao City, specifically on-leave Mayor Sara’s fists and the Duterte father-and-son fingers is opening up old raw emotions about the subjugation of Mindanao to the 100-year-old elephant in the room — the legacy of colonial rule, Imperial Manila. Many Davao folk…

Government, Politics, Society