Tag: justice

Does the Eraserheads’ song ‘Spolarium’ tell of the rape of Pepsi Paloma?

March 6, 2014February 26, 2022 benign0 25 Comments

What is it about the words in the Eraserheads’ song “Spolarium” that continues to intrigue urban legend mongers? Speculation surrounding how the underlying meaning of its lyrics points to the sensational 1980s rape case that links Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto to the alleged rape of 1980’s starlet Pepsi Paloma have finally made it to…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour

Raymond Fortun resignation as Cedric Lee mouthpiece highlights Pinoy dysfunction

February 17, 2014 benign0 32 Comments

Law practice in the Philippines quite simply is not that straightforward. Ask lawyer Raymond Fortun who recently resigned as spookesman for alleged Chinese mafiosi Cedric Lee who, together with starlet Deniece Cornejo, are accused of viciously mauling variety show host Vhong Navarro and framing him for rape. But Fortun has apparently been increasingly frustrated over…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics, Society

President Noynoy Aquino under increasing pressure to visit former President Gloria Arroyo

January 6, 2014 benign0 90 Comments

Will President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III visit his predecessor former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) where she is currently being held under house arrest? The Filipino public is watching and waiting to see what President BS Aquino does next as various noted Filipinos known to be critics of the…

Civics, Crime, Politics

Capping the year with a pat on the back: SWS survey issues ‘solid’ rating to President Noynoy Aquino

December 26, 2013 benign0 18 Comments

The Inquirer.net report couldn’t have put it quite more succinctly. Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III capped the year with “a pat on the back”… “The results of the Fourth Quarter 2013 Social Weather Survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) make it evident: The Filipino people continue to stand shoulder to shoulder…

Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics

Long-overdue: President Noynoy Aquino grudgingly jumps on the Abolish Pork Barrel bandwagon

August 23, 2013 benign0 30 Comments

Evidently, a wait-and-see position taken by both the president and members of Congress on how the brewing outrage over pork barrel thievery in the Philippine government may play out did not work. The issue did not go away and the outrage has snowballed in the lead up to what may be a massive protest rally…

Crime, Politics

Wouldn’t it be great to see handcuffed senators walked out of their homes by NBI agents?

August 20, 2013August 20, 2013 benign0 12 Comments

As indignation-fuelled momentum mounts in the lead-up to the planned “million people march” to the Luneta Grandstand at 9 a.m. on the 26th August, Monday, the obvious question What happens next? comes to mind owing to the immense challenge of bringing erring senators and House representatives to justice. The scale of the outrage over the…

Crime, Politics

Maznah and her Humanity

August 3, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 13 Comments

I refer to the Free Malaysia Today’s “Woman in Hari Raya dog video arrested”, July 31st. When I read the whole report, I do not know whether I will laugh, be sad or will get angry and mad. I feel like laughing because I cannot understand the seriousness of the whole matter that it generated…

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Religion, Society

A mockery of justice: The Trayvon Martin case (An Open Letter to President Obama)

July 16, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 158 Comments

Below is the statement issued by President Obama: “The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Society