Tag: civil society

Attacking Mocha Uson only makes her stronger and her influence more powerful

October 25, 2016 benign0 8 Comments

There’s a rare level of dimwittedness involved in coming up with — and actually implementing — the idea of petitioning the shutdown of Mocha Uson’s Facebook page. The backfire and fallout from this quaint project all but proved just how fragmented the Opposition is today. Even die-hard characters in the Yellow Camp refused to sign…

Civics, Culture, Media, Society

Why morality, decency, and civility have been discredited in Philippine society

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 benign0 13 Comments

To be ‘moral’. To be ‘decent’. To be ‘civil’. These are noble aspirations. Unfortunately for Filipinos, these three words were hijacked by Philippine politics’ Yellow Camp — people who are staunchly loyal (no, beholden) to the Liberal Party and its chief cast of characters, the Aquinos. Perhaps this is the reason that the a majority…

Culture, Society

The REAL reason why killing is easy in the Philippines

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 benign0 45 Comments

“Human rights” is the current rallying cry of the Philippines’ “civil society” today. This renewed interest is backdropped by the noticeable escalation in the number of homicide cases reported in the media recently which, activists allege, can be traced back to words of encouragement supposedly issued by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte himself. So…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Society

Does Leah Navarro advocate a repeal of the Bill of Rights?

May 18, 2012May 18, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

A self-described stalwart of everything that quintessentially Filipino oxymoron “civil society” stands for and staunch anti-Corona crusader Leah Navarro let loose what sounded like a whopper of a Freudian slip in a tweet she issued last Tuesday the 15th May: If a public official or citizen has nothing to hide, the possibility of an audit…

Civics, Crime, Glitz and Glamour