Tag: election 2016

Anti-Marcos movements highlight a lack of national vision for the Philippines

February 6, 2016 benign0 25 Comments

We hear a lot about clamours to block the candidacy of vice presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr coming from the alleged ‘victims’ of the rule of his father, the late former President Ferdinand E Marcos. The most recent is one reportedly organised by “a coalition of martial law victims” calling their movement the ‘Campaign…

Politics, Society

Daang Matuwid brought the Philippines straight down the highway to hell

February 5, 2016February 6, 2016 Ilda 42 Comments

Daang Matuwid. What the hell does it mean? Its literal translation in English is “straight path”. Without any context, it does not make a lot of sense. Straight path to where, exactly? However, its ambiguity helped launch the Presidency of a non-performing lawmaker Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III back in 2010. A lot of people…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics

Mar Roxas will not allow divorce and does not favour same sex marriage

February 2, 2016February 3, 2022 benign0 10 Comments

Liberal Party candidate Mar Roxas is certainly in the habit of making not only unfounded statements, but incomplete ones. On his televised interview with veteran journalist Mel Tiangco, Roxas bared his opposition to legalising divorce and same-sex marriage. Although he quoted some cliché platitude about the family being the foundation of society to substantiate his…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics

Mar Roxas’s campaign promises NOTHING to the Filipino people

February 2, 2016 benign0 12 Comments

Generations of Filipino politicians have paid lip service to the idea that Filipinos deserve an egalitarian society and that the it is unjust that vast wealth be in the hands of so few. It has become a template campaign promise during election season for politicians to issue promises to “eliminate poverty” and dismantle the monopoly…

Development, Economy, Politics

Next Philippine president should cut Ph dependence on easy OFW money

February 1, 2016 benign0 33 Comments

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) rock. They number in the millions and, collectively, are the bedrock of the Philippine economy. They account for up to 10 percent of the value of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and fuel the massive expansion of the Philippines’ retail and entertainment industries. But the question most often asked about…

Development, Economy, Money Talks

Sideways

January 31, 2016February 1, 2016 P. Farol 5 Comments

We’re a country of people going sideways, or so it seems. It would have been great if Noynoy Aquino truly represented the straight (and narrow) path because his rise to the presidency could perhaps be taken as some sign that a significant number of Filipinos have actually wised up. Thing is, neither Noynoy nor most…

The Fear of Foreign Domination In A Land Of Sell-Outs

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 P. Farol 9 Comments

I’ve been mulling about writing a long article on the subject of Senator Grace Poe’s case in the Supreme Court for some time now, but figured out that what I have to say about his very complicated and complex legal issue amounts to less than five hundred words. What do I really know about the…

Government, Politics, Society

Dear Serge Osmeña, the Philippines IS already a laughingstock of the world

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Senator Sergio “Serge” Osmeña III recently said that the Philippines would be a “laughingstock of the world” if fellow Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. were to win as vice-president. Osmeña noted that the Philippines would be a “laughingstock of the world” if Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will win as vice president. “Nowhere in the…

Development, Politics