Tag: management

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is a FAKE VICTIM because she is a crime SUSPECT

January 19, 2018 benign0 14 Comments

It would seem, indeed, that Rappler was “targetted” by the Philippine government when it was singled out for shut down through action channeled via the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on charges of accepting foreign funds in exchange for some degree of control. Some “journalists” have incorporated that notion into the “assault on free speech”…

Crime, Media

The notion that “fighting for Rappler” equals “fighting for press freedom” is stupid and DANGEROUS

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 benign0 7 Comments

The game is up for Maria Ressa. As CEO of embattled “social news network” Rappler, she should have been on top of her company’s risk exposure to the business environment — including the regulatory framework in the country within which her business operates. She and her cheering squad used the argument that the Securities and…

Media, Society

Why NOT Mar Roxas?

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 benign0 27 Comments

The question of whether or not one should vote Mar Roxas President of the Philippines can be answered quite simply: DO NOT. Why? Because he fails to live up to his own platform of governance. According to a meme being distributed by his supporters, Roxas and his side-kick Leni Robredo supposedly live by a simple…

To get to the top, Filipinos need to benchmark themselves against the highest standards

July 30, 2015 Add 15 Comments

Whether we are talking of economic policy, foreign policy, business, education, culture, arts, or what have you, setting a high standard is most important. The global village shows no mercy to the mediocre — it may spend some times to talk of, and to give aid to such countries, but that is only so that…

Culture, Development

Senator Sergio Osmena is right: PNoy is an awful manager (But we all already knew that)

March 19, 2014 benign0 40 Comments

As the term of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III nears its end, and as electioneering fever starts to grip the national “debate” as the public’s anticipation of that end ramps up, the truth we have long known about the Second Aquino Administration begins to emerge — even from his staunchest supporters and biggest…

Government, Politics

Setting New Standards in Abject Failure: PNP Hires a Security Firm to Protect its Headquarters

January 10, 2014 BenK 43 Comments

In a stunning move that even the Administration-friendly Inquirer couldn’t help itself from calling an “irony of ironies”, the Philippine National Police announced it had earmarked P21 million to contract a private security firm (still unnamed) to provide security services at Camp Crame, the PNP’s national headquarters. PNP Director Alan Purisima explained the move as…

Crime, Society

Do women make bad managers?

November 30, 2012 Kate Natividad 35 Comments

I don’t know if anybody’s noticed yet, but it seems most people I know — including women — prefer male bosses. In my own personal space, my worst bosses have mostly always been female. Why do you think that is? For all the talk about women being more “people-friendly” than men and of men supposedly…

Culture, Lifestyle, Money Talks