Tag: integrity

Bongbong for Prosperity, Isko for Decency, Manny for Integrity, Bato for Order

November 11, 2021 zaxx 17 Comments

Pick your flavor. But how do you choose from such a rich and colorful selection this coming May 2022? Elections in the Philippines should evolve beyond personalities and faces and instead towards the intangible values, principles, and ideals each choice represents. Philippine politics needs to grow up from face and name recall, clans and dynasties…

Politics

Filipinos cannot aspire to be a people of INTEGRITY as long as Lourdes Sereno sits as “chief justice”

April 11, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

Filipinos like to talk big around the lofty word “integrity”, but do they really know what it means to be a person of integrity? Apparently not — because to be a true person of integrity involves consistency from the ground up. Take this circus surrounding the plight of Supreme Court “chief justice” Lourdes Sereno. One…

Culture, Government

Reflection Time: What is the Philippine’s Biggest Problem?

June 29, 2016 zaxx 20 Comments

Low-hanging fruit. It can get some leaders misguided into addressing a problem just because it is easier to solve and check off, without even first weighing it out against the other more fundamentally relevant issues. Remember those seminars teaching us the difference between urgent and important? Well there is much to learn about Filipinos by…

Culture, Government, Society

Why Rappler’s apology to Mar Roxas raises more questions than it answers

November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 FallenAngel 11 Comments

A few days ago, news outfit Rappler ran a story which highlighted how Liberal Party (LP) presidential candidate Mar Roxas responded to questions about the ongoing laglag-bala scheme in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA): Former interior secretary and now Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer for 2016 Manuel Roxas II defended the Aquino administration over the…

Media

Grace Poe’s Honesty Play Does Not Cut It For Her

June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 Hector Gamboa 23 Comments

So Senator Grace Poe appears to be bent on challenging Vice President Binay for the Presidency in 2016. Based on the latest surveys, she does appear to be the only candidate at this point who has a fighting chance against VP Binay’s candidacy. While Binay’s camp tries to convince the Filipino electorate that experience and…

Crime, Politics

State Of The Mentality Of The Nation

July 30, 2014 Gogs 9 Comments

Promises made in the heat of night Creepin’ home before it got too light I wasted all that precious time Quietly now while I turn a page Act one is over without costume change The principal would like to leave the stage The crowd don’t understand Rod Stewart “I Was Only Joking” Just like last…

Culture, Government

Noynoy Taking A Blowtorch To The Constitution Is Typical Of Pinoy Problem Solving

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 Gogs 3 Comments

Some of you are familiar with the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree. The short version of the story is that a six year old George Washington was so thrilled to be given a hatchet that he tried it on almost anything in the family property. The problem was he eventually got around to…

Culture, Government