Tag: incompetence

The standoff between Iglesia Ni Cristo and the Inutil Na Cojuangco: everyone loses!

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 FallenAngel 8 Comments

What happens when an irresistible force (Iglesia Ni Cristo, INC) meets an immovable object (President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, the other INC, the Inutil na Cojuangco, and his administration)? They will destroy each other. That is exactly what happened over the last few days as the INC conducted a protest rally over at EDSA. They…

Government, Politics, Religion

Filipinos seem to like being screwed regardless of who the President is

February 28, 2015March 1, 2015 FallenAngel 19 Comments

In light of the mishandling of the fallout of the Mamasapano incident last January which resulted in 44 Special Action Force (SAF) members dead, calls have been mounting for current Philippine president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino to resign. One can say it is a mishandling – actually, that is a very mild word to describe…

Crime, Culture, Government, Society, The South

Unarrested: the decline of the Philippine National Police’s image and reputation

October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 FallenAngel 13 Comments

It helps to recall one of the tongue-in-cheek comments I heard when I was much younger: In Italy, they have the Mafia. In Japan, they have the Yakuza. In the Philippines, they have the national police! It shouldn’t be that hard to deduce that the above passage is referring to each country’s organized crime syndicate….

Crime, Development

Death is what defines the political life of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan

August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 FallenAngel 14 Comments

The Chinese believe that the “ghost month” – the period that usually covers the last few days of July and most of August – is a period of bad luck, and thus people are advised not to make weighty and/or important personal decisions during this period. Coincidentally, every August, we are reminded of the death…

Development, Government, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino’s mouth is his own worst enemy

March 21, 2014September 30, 2018 FallenAngel 26 Comments

Despite how president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino keeps telling the public about how he is going to ignore his critics, or how “he prays for their enlightenment”, how he wishes to suppress dissenting views, or even just basically wishes for them to vanish, it looks like he is actually giving them more reason to exist….

Civics, Government, Media, Politics

The Noy who cried wolf

November 27, 2013 FallenAngel 37 Comments

No doubt that many of you have heard of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, one of Aesop’s fables. A shepherd boy repeatedly tricks villagers nearby into thinking that wolves are attacking his flock. When the wolves do come along, he cries for help once again, but the villagers do not believe him anymore. Thus, the…

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Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Noynoy’s incompetence is undeniably a cause of death in Filipino society

March 6, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 27 Comments

If you do a quick search on the internet, or ask on the street about common causes of death in Filipino society, you are most likely to hear things like smoking, heart disease, violence-related deaths, obesity, road traffic accidents, and so on and so forth. Recent events in Sabah with the men from the sultanate…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society, The South