Tag: makati city

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

Jejomar Binay: Unworthy to be President

August 14, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 15 Comments

Jejomar Binay has criticized P-Noy for being dictatorial like Ferdinand Marcos in the context of the impeachment of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Renato Corona, whose appointment at the eleventh hour of then outgoing administration was highly questionable, by the former President, GMA, whose mandate was just as spurious (“Hello Garci”). The…

Crime, Development, Politics

Jejomar Binay is the Mutt to Beat

August 6, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 13 Comments

As much as I hate to admit it, Jejomar Binay is the mutt to beat in the 2016 presidential elections just because of the demography of stupidity in the Philippines to which Binay is the consummate pimp. He has been building-up his financial and political war chest since he was installed Mayor of Makati by…

Crime, Politics

The Aquinos helped create the Binay dynasty

July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 Ilda 21 Comments

A lot of Filipinos do not like the Binay family. Some people see the Binays as a force to reckon with. Some hate them so much they see the Binays as monsters. There are also some groups devoted to stopping their rise to become the most powerful family in the Philippines. The Binays do not…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The Binay Debacle: Another Pathetic Attempt at Public Sympathy

July 2, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

“If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

There is something fundamentally wrong about an argument between a police officer and the Vice President of the Philippines. It’s bad form. But it is a familiar and normal sight to Filipinos now who have been encouraged since the early 1980s to see policemen as someone to distrust and defy. So quite funny, indeed, how…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

Jejomar Binay’s move to criticize Noynoy Aquino is part of democratic process

June 28, 2015June 29, 2015 Ilda 10 Comments

Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay is a free man, at least for now. Lately, Binay has been using that freedom to advance his causes. After all, he lives in a so-called “democratic” country that supposedly champions “freedom of speech”. Those who think that Binay should stop criticizing the performance of the current government under President…

Government, Media, Politics

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