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No to #DAP! Solid management and planning rather than shortcuts and excuses please

July 15, 2014 Virtual Vigilante 5 Comments

Given P-Noy’s “parking on a no-parking zone” analogy, I would rather he didn’t save the person in peril because it’s going to cost me (the taxpayer) 10 times more that it should to save that life. With the dismal track record of government in every respect of governance (most especially in the implementation—and highway robbery—of…

Crime, Government

Why was PNoy DESPERATE to accelerate disbursment of public funds from 2011-2012?

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Indeed, it is too bad for the administration of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III that their brainchild, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), has been deemed unconstitutional by the Philippine Supreme Court. The DAP was conceived following a disastrous economic result in 2011 when the Philippine economy grew by only a little bit more…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Money Talks

PNoy and supporters get desperate in defending the DAP

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Ilda 57 Comments

Malacanang apologists were quiet for a while after the Supreme Court declared the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional. They were most likely too stumped to respond because for one, they could not get their heads around the technical details of the ruling and two; they were probably too shocked after the revelation that their idol,…

Crime, Government, Media

PNoy apologists desperate to discredit SC ruling that DAP is unconstitutional

July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

Apologists of the now-criminalised Malacanang slush fund, the notorious Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are regrouping and striking back. The arguments they present are two-phased: (1) Proposing that the Supreme Court may have been “wrong” in their ruling the DAP unconstitutional; and, (2) Citing a certain Chapter 5, Section 49 of the Administrative Code of 1987…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Noynoy Taking A Blowtorch To The Constitution Is Typical Of Pinoy Problem Solving

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 Gogs 3 Comments

Some of you are familiar with the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree. The short version of the story is that a six year old George Washington was so thrilled to be given a hatchet that he tried it on almost anything in the family property. The problem was he eventually got around to…

Culture, Government

116 projects on #DAP bankroll: Is this new list relevant to efforts to bring PNoy to justice?

July 10, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

A staring match is a common game played in many cultures. Kids are most familiar with it. Who will blink first? Taken literally, it is a battle of mind over physical reflex. Blinking one’s eyes, after all, is an involuntary act that lies outside of our conscious control. But adults play the staring game too….

Crime, Government, Politics

Ph President BS Aquino doesn’t care if he broke the law while handling taxpayers’ money

July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 Ilda 33 Comments

According to Philippine Presidential Communications Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr., President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino won’t apologize for the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program or DAP after it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He insists that “the executive branch ‘exercised good faith and due diligence’ in accordance with existing laws and relevant auditing…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

In these challenging times, it really helps that the Philippines is like a cockroach

July 3, 2014 benign0 4 Comments

How can the Philippines continue to function over the remaining two years until President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III steps down after the completion of his term in 2016? In the last two years, Congress has limped along under the weight of overwhelming public distrust. And now that a presidential slush fund that is the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society