Tag: communism

Strong nation, iron fist rule may be the path forward for the Philippines

July 4, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Is Professor Randy David giving up on liberal democracy and being a progressive leftist militant? The ideology of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is based on Maoist principles and yet, it is convenient for them to mouth insults and pro-Philippine epithets against their former patrons. Yet here is David seemingly touching on the…

History, Politics

The Philippines’ “Bucket List” – a vision for a better country

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 PulbuRonn 5 Comments

Before we get into the meat of this post, I think an explanation on the term “bucket list” is owed towards those out of the loop. A bucket list is a list of activities a person intends to do before they die or, idiomatically speaking, before they “kick the bucket.” This is not to say…

Charter Change, Development, Politics

Opposition banking on ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s intervention due to hopeless 2022 prospects

June 18, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

I’d like to see the International Criminal Court (ICC) bring charges to Xi Jin Ping for what China is doing in Hong Kong. The ICC is supposed to be a court of last resort. But former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lists in his Inquirer column “The ICC Prosecutor’s submission” today why the complementarity principle…

Crime

The communists should PROVE their “remorse” for Absalon landmine deaths by turning themselves in

June 8, 2021 benign0 1 Comment

It was enough of an atrocity that the terrorist arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), use landmines in the “revolution” they wage against the Filipino people. The, response from the CPP-NPA makes it worse. The tragedy in the unnecessary deaths of Far Easterner University (FEU) footballer Kieth…

Crime

Communists like Sara Elago object to being “red tagged” but continue to incite support for their failed “revolution”

June 7, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Of the Philippines’ communist “movement”, national artist F. Sionil Jose poses this question in his PhilSTAR piece “Our people’s army” today: “Why then does Joma Sison and his aging cabal persist?” I believe the question should be rephrased: Why does the communist movement still have hypocritical leaders? I’m not referring to the communist old guard…

Crime

Members of @1Sambayan and the broader Opposition need to reflect on why Filipinos hate them

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 benign0 No Comments

It is clear that the most influential “thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition still fail to truly understand why they are in the predicament they are today. With just a week to go until the much-hyped June 12 announcement of the candidates 1Sambayan will be endorsing and just 11 months to go before the election…

Politics

Labor Day serves as a reminder that Filipinos are workers and not much else

May 1, 2021 benign0 8 Comments

It’s Labour Day again and that time of the year when the familiar background din of poverty porn and rhetoric around the “victimisation” of workers is put front-and-centre and amplified to circus-grade. At the centre of all this noise is the idea that need determines pay and wealth obligates “giving”. Never mind, of course that…

Economy

WHO is the Yellowtard Zena Bernardo? Is she Ana Patricia Non’s “mother”?

April 29, 2021 benign0 8 Comments

An Interaksyon “report” dated the 22nd April called her “a relative of community pantry organizer Ana Patricia Non”. But then an ABS-CBN News “report” posted on the same date referred to her as her “mother”. So the important question Filipinos are asking nowadays is this: Who is Zena Bernardo??? Seeing that the jury is still…

Politics