Tag: daang matuwid

Opposition’s lack of a strong leader and vision secures Duterte’s hold on power

September 20, 2017 benign0 21 Comments

What were the Opposition thinking when they came up with their latest media stunt? It’s an aping of the Hunger Games salute that came across like the Nazi Sieg Heil! salute. Talk about double-whammy fail! If this was attempt at a rebranding to distance themselves from the Yellowtards, it seems they made things worse and…

Politics

Time for Filipinos to junk the old Martial Law narrative!

June 2, 2017September 20, 2019 benign0 21 Comments

It’s time indeed. Filipino “activists” have worn the old Martial Law scarecrow to tatters. The idea that vigilance involves raising a screeching fit whenever even just a hint of the dreaded two words M-A-R-T-I-A-L L-A-W are detected in a verbal or written message is now a mere quaint relic of a peiod when “freedom fighters”…

Culture, Politics, Society

President Duterte should NEVER forget Leni Robredo’s vicious campaign against him

June 28, 2016 benign0 13 Comments

At the centre of all the chatter surrounding the ascent of Leni Robredo to the office of the Vice President of the Philippines lies the question: What will be her role in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte? The future does not look too bright for the presumptive “vice president”. Putting aside the allegations of…

Government, Politics

Goodbye to a rule-breaker. Goodbye Noynoy Aquino!

June 27, 2016 Ilda 15 Comments

The time to say goodbye to Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino is finally here. It is hard to believe it has been six years. To some, it has been the most unbearable six years. The number of people who couldn’t wait for his term to end grew significantly throughout his term. In the beginning, there…

Crime, Government

What do the Yellowtards stand for and who do they look to for leadership?

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 benign0 26 Comments

There is a question that’s baffled me over the last several weeks now: What do the Yellowtards stand for and who do they look to for leadership? On first glance, the answer to this question seems obvious. Of course they stand for all the good things delivered by the 1986 people power “revolution”; freedom, democracy,…

Politics, Society

Clueless Noynoy Aquino doesn’t understand why Filipinos hate Daang Matuwid

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 Ilda 242 Comments

Even as his days in Malacanang are about to end in a matter of weeks, Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino remains utterly clueless as to why the voters are now rejecting his Daang Matuwid mantra, which his bet and former cabinet member Mar Roxas has promised to continue if elected as the next President. In a…

Politics, Society

Mar Roxas’s fatal campaign error: Selling continuity to a people who wanted change

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 benign0 78 Comments

It should have been obvious from the onset. Filipinos are not happy with the status quo under which they slog through life in the Philippines. Day-to-day, they are beaten down by rampant crime, imprisoned by gridlocked traffic, cowed by Islamic terrorism, and deeply embarrassed by an inability of their own armed forces to protect their…

Development, Economy, Politics

High-performance choppers transport Kris Aquino to Cebu LP campaign!

April 21, 2016 benign0 18 Comments

Rarely would one witness such an awesome array of Philippine government air assets assembled at one time — not even during a disaster! Exhibited in a recent set of photos making the social media rounds is what seems to be an armada of no less than five helicopters escorting presidential sister Kris Aquino to a…

Government, Politics