Tag: election 2022

Philippine energy policy: more politics, less economics

December 15, 2021December 16, 2021 The Unpopular Opinion 5 Comments

Human civilizations have witnessed and experienced various ups and downs, which ranged from progress, stagnation, to dissolution. These various epochs have been etched in our world history, but the impact of the industrial revolution undoubtedly shaped how we spend our lives for the past couple of centuries. Industrialization began in Britain, where there was a…

Development, Environment, Politics

Leni Robredo’s IMPOSSIBLE promise to regain public trust in government: Filipinos trust her LESS than President Duterte!

December 13, 2021 benign0 16 Comments

“Ibalik ang tiwala sa gobyerno,” (“Regain public trust in the government”) says Leni Robredo in her most recent campaign video where she lays out her plan to provide “jobs for all”. One wonders though. If Robredo’s pitch is to regain public trust in the Philippine Government, the question is, is she the right person to…

Economy, Politics

Maria Ressa apologists dismiss online “trolling” of her Nobel “Peace Prize” acceptance speech as “fake”

December 12, 2021 benign0 4 Comments

Opposition “thought leaders” like communist “journalist” Inday Espina Varona take a typical position on the Filipino public’s response to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s junket to Oslo, Norway to receive her Nobel “Peace Prize”. It seems that comments flooding social media accounts and posts associated with Ressa’s award expressing disagreement with the occasion had been significant…

Media, Politics

Various Opposition factions led by the Yellowtards and communists are trying to out-WOKE each other

December 10, 2021 benign0 17 Comments

It seems that amongst the warring factions of the Opposition, the contest seems to be about who is the wokest of the lot. The bickering between the Yellowtards and the communists, for example, was about who is really genuinely against the anti-terror law. They quibble over the oxymoronic notion of a “humane” counter-insurgency program. And…

Politics, Society

According to the Yellowtards, Leni Robredo MUST win. How exactly is a mystery.

December 9, 2021 benign0 9 Comments

Yellowtards soldier on despite the odds of a victory. Credit them for that. Some clues as to what exactly fuels this remarkable persistence is in a tweet recently fielded by their chief “economist” JC Punongbayan. According to Punongbayan, the possibility of Robredo suffering a loss in May 2022 is unacceptable. Well, golly gee, that’s an…

Politics

Five things that are wrong about Leni Robredo’s campaign for President

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 Ilda 28 Comments

Philippine Vice President Leonor “Leni” Robredo is going to get a rude shock when she loses the 2022 Presidential Election to former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr (BBM). She’s going to be shocked because she is living in a bubble. Her supporters and allies from mainstream media are hiding the truth from her — that…

Media, Politics

“LUGAW” is what makes Leni Robredo’s campaign come across as ELITIST

December 6, 2021 benign0 62 Comments

C’mon, you really think making lugaw (glutinous rice gruel or porridge) a pillar of your political brand will make you come across as makamasa (for the masses)? Think again. Feeding lugaw to “the poor” only goes further to reinforce the patronising manner with which the Philippines’ upper classes regard the masses. Presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s…

Politics, Society

Why Bongbong Marcos’s rise to power mirrors Korean boy band BTS’s rise to fame

December 6, 2021 benign0 7 Comments

In his PhilSTAR article “Could there be a Pinoy BTS?” today, Boo Chanco longingly beholds the rise of boy band BTS to astounding heights of fame, in the process doing its country proud, contributing billions to its economy, and putting South Korea at the top tiers of the planet’s cultural map. To further punctuate his…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics, Society