Tag: martial law

Why the #NeverAgain slogan reflects Filipinos’ total failure of imagination

October 19, 2015October 19, 2015 benign0 60 Comments

The onus on building a clear vision of what lies ahead for the Philippines during the euphoric months following the 1986 “People Power” EDSA “revolution” was on the victors. What did we get instead? Nothing more than a vacuous excuse of a roadmap to prosperity. The Yellow emotionalist rhetoric that dominated the national political “debate”…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Revising the revisionist Philippine history as told by the ‘victors’

October 18, 2015 Add 80 Comments

“History is written by the victors.” ― Walter Benjamin The quote is commonly misattributed to Winston Churchill. Maybe it wasn’t even a quote by Benjamin, but by a loser smoking a Marlboro, who knows? Who cares? In the Philippines, where poverty rules, history has hardly a room. There are victims, rather than victors. There are…

Culture, Politics, Society

Why the Current Philippine Republic Needs to Die

October 17, 2015 MidwayHaven 13 Comments

When President Corazon Aquino established the Fifth Philippine Republic in 1987, she set forth a new constitution that in theory would eliminate the “excesses” of previous administrations. Foremost among these was the “Martial Law” clause that, in the event that a seated President would declare it, would allow it to pass through Congress first; Post-Marcos, this was…

Charter Change, Development, Economy, Environment, Government

How Filipinos See “Leaders” Keeps them Stuck in a Rut

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 ChinoF 27 Comments

2016 is around the corner and recently, many people in the online complaintosphere have lamented that it’s the same old names. This is actually predictable, because Filipinos haven’t leveled up in what they demand from leaders. They behave the same old way: vote and forget. They vote, then assume the leaders already know what to…

Culture, Politics, Society

3 Things We Should Learn From Imee Marcos

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Grimwald 26 Comments

After reading Benign0’s article about Imee Marcos and reading the comments included on the article, I cannot help but make a reactionary article. Just so you know, before I continue, I want to make it abundantly clear that I’m not playing favorites here. I’m writing this not because of political favor but because I cannot help but agree…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

In just 6 years, Noynoy Aquino’s record of failure is now worse than all of the Marcos years

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Ilda 488 Comments

Filipinos who can’t stop talking about the “horrors” of the Martial Law years under the late former President Ferdinand Marcos are starting to come across as hopeless and desperate for attention. While the atrocities against the victims should be condemned, their cases were already brought to court and won compensation. It is now time to…

Crime, Development, Government, Society

Girly fits over the Philippine Tatler’s Imee Marcos cover feature

October 13, 2015 benign0 41 Comments

Filipinos are understandably aghast over the cover feature of chi-chi lifestyle magazine Philippine Tatler. A glam Imee Marcos is exhibited in its October 2015 edition in a “crimson” dress striking a pose showing legs even a 20-year-old would be envious of. To be fair to those who’ve thrown an epic tantrum over this spectacle, Imee…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Lifestyle, Society

It’s time for the Philippines to be ruled with discipline and intelligence!

October 12, 2015November 9, 2021 benign0 78 Comments

Filipinos are coming to terms with the political reality underlying the presidential race today. Following the EDSA “revolution” in 1986, the pendulum had swung too far out the side of ultra-representative “democracy” in the Philippines. As a result, the deeply disturbing reality of the true nature of the way Filipinos have squandered their “freedom” has…

Crime, Culture, Politics