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It’s time Filipinos DEMAND ACCESS to exclusive private subdivisions!

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 benign0 27 Comments

The conversation surrounding the opening up of private subdivision roads to the public has been fired up again thanks to Manila’s increasingly desperate traffic situation. Indeed, it is one of those obvious solutions begging to be addressed. Big chi chi subdivisions create choke points at key entry point and junctions into and at Metro Manila’s…

Development, Lifestyle, Society

Manila’s gated communities should be opened to public access to alleviate traffic

August 14, 2016September 16, 2019 benign0 16 Comments

Gated communities, like jeepneys, are stopgap measures that became institutionalised and so ingrained in the national psyche that, as we see in the general tone of the debate surrounding this issue, people simply find it next to impossible to comprehend the cancerous nature of their existence. They are legacies of a succession of weak and…

Civics, Crime, Society

Can Senator Franklin Drilon survive Sandra Cam’s version of the Napoles List?

May 19, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Senate President Franklin Drilon may have escaped scrutiny after his seemingly baffling ommission from the the respective versions of the Napoles List bandied by President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima, and former Senator and Philippine National Police Chief Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson, but he apparently did not escape…

Crime, Education, Government, Politics

Lessons learned following the Junjun Binay Dasma incident: Are gated communities even legal?

December 20, 2013 benign0 73 Comments

Now that the buzz was created, the Netizens stirred into an outrage fad, the subjects of the brouhaha forced into a pathetic response, and the “input” from the intelligentsia collated, comes the time to step back, take stock and reflect on what it all means. Very few people sympathise with Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Senator Franklin Drilon personal wealth in the spotlight

May 23, 2012September 15, 2013 benign0 33 Comments

Money talks — and shuts people up. The challenge issued by embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona to 188 Lower House representatives who were behind the filing of a sloppily-written and practically baseless impeachment complaint against Corona virtually at the behest of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III and Senator Franklin Drilon for them to…

Lifestyle, Money Talks, Politics

Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs the Manila Polo Club

July 22, 2011 benign0 13 Comments

Lots of populist huffing and puffing going on again after Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao was allegedly refused membership in the Ã¼ber prestigious Manila Polo Club (MPC), which reportedly counts only people who are “the country’s A-listers belonging to the influential and affluent level of the Philippine status quo” as worthy to join its ranks….

Glitz and Glamour, Society