Tag: mamasapano

APEC 2015: a time for Filipinos to reflect on their place in the global economy

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 benign0 14 Comments

What do ordinary Filipinos really want to get out of the imperative to “showcase” the Philippines’ best foot to the delegates of the coming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum that Manila is hosting this year? For many, it will be an opportunity to go on an extended vacation, taking up the “encouragement” coming from…

Development, Media, Society

Mar Roxas’s mouth is his own worst enemy

November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 FallenAngel 6 Comments

Normally, in any upcoming election, the “Anointed One” of the incumbent is a position that is coveted because of the weight of the supposed political influence that the incumbent can bring. It is also, however, a tough spot to be in. If the incumbent was a good one, the pressure is on the chosen one…

Media, Politics

Let’s Change what #NeverAgain Means

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 ChinoF 70 Comments

Seems that #NeverAgain is being spread as a much-overused and tired propaganda buzzword. It’s used to make people believe martial law will be restored once Bongbong Marcos gets elected into a higher position. Really, GRP Webmaster Benign0 is right: it will never come back even if Marcos comes to power. It’s actually being used for…

Culture, Politics

Noynoy Aquino’s disregard for the Mamasapano incident doesn’t need an ‘alternative truth’

September 19, 2015 FallenAngel 8 Comments

By now, the whole country is aware that what president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino recently had to say about the Mamasapano incident, which resulted in 44 Special Action Force (SAF) members dead, was that he was seeking an ‘alternative truth’, another version of the events that transpired, so to speak. Based on what BS Aquino…

Crime, Government

Deception And Dishonesty: The TRUE Legacy Of The Aquinos

September 16, 2015 Grimwald 13 Comments

I am writing this as more or less a reaction and tribute to Ms. Ilda’s latest article about President Aquino’s statements about the Mamasapano Massacre… Well, before we proceed, I believe in the idea that there are always multiple perspectives to any single event. For instance, in the French Revolution, there is the perspective of…

Crime, Government, Politics, Religion, Society, The South

PNoy is killing the victims of the Mamasapano clash all over again with ‘alternative’ truth

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 Ilda 15 Comments

In a recent interview with the Inquirer, Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III alluded to an alternative “truth” to what really transpired during the Mamasapano clash that resulted in the deaths of 44 Special Action Force officers, four civilians and 17 rebel forces on the 25th of January 2015. The President is referring to a…

Crime, Government, Politics

Unwinnable Mar Roxas dooms Liberal Party of the Philippines

August 20, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

It’s really pathetic the way presidential candidate Mar Roxas scrounges around for some sucker willing to run as Vice President with him under the Liberal Party (LP) banner. Indeed, it’s the height of pathos that he’d actually issue such a proposal to Senator Grace Poe, who currently tops popularity polls and will likely beat Roxas…

Politics

Mar Roxas is wrong: Politics WAS behind the SAF44 massacre in Mamasapano

August 4, 2015 benign0 4 Comments

In his so-called “True State of the Nation Address” (TSONA) delivered at the Cavite State University yesterday, Vice President Jejomar Binay dedicated a significant part of the speech to the memories of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers who were killed in a botched operation in Mamasapano, Mindanao. Department of Interior and…

Crime, Politics, The South