Tag: miriam santiago

President Noynoy Aquino should answer for corruption during his term

August 9, 2013October 31, 2013 Ilda 55 Comments

There is something strange about the way Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino reacts to certain issues that plague his administration. When the President talks about people who he thinks are corrupt, he usually goes into attack mode and lambasts them in front of his audience. This was evident when he shamed former Supreme Court…

Crime, Politics

How the Miriam Santiago vs Ping Lacson circus mirrors the Philippines’ bakla culture

February 14, 2013 benign0 51 Comments

Funny that just as soon as Senator Miriam Santiago threatened to reveal the “truth” about Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson’s sexual orientation, the latter senator in a way kind of validated what many people have been speculating by going on a rampaging counter-attack himself. For one thing, this all supposedly started after Lacson was accused by…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Senator Enrile accuses Senator Cayetano of having no ‘utang na loob’

January 24, 2013June 5, 2013 Ilda 74 Comments

Is there any politician who is not indebted to Philippine Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile? Okay, let us limit it to the Senate. Is there any senator who is not indebted to him? It seems Enrile has the goods on every Senator and he appears to be in the habit of using personal information against…

Government, Politics

Philippine Senate turns into an expensive cockpit as Enrile and Santiago continue to lock horns

January 14, 2013 benign0 33 Comments

It used to be that the shady world of high-level corruption among politicians was an opaque black box where public funds (taxpayers’ money) went in one end and vacuous political rhetoric and infrastructural mirages went out the other. Nowadays, that unspoken pact amongst crooks has steadily unraveled before the public eye. It started with that…

Politics

Senator Enrile allegedly gives out public money to senators

January 10, 2013June 6, 2013 Ilda 99 Comments

The reign of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile could be coming to an end. If 2012 saw him lauded by the public for what they thought was his “greatest” performance during the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, 2013 is starting out to be “scandalous” for the octogenarian politician. Concerned Filipinos were shocked…

Government, Politics

The Lucky One: Rico Puno – it pays to be a presidential buddy

September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 Ilda 69 Comments

Itâ€™s good to have friends in high places. At least that is the case in Philippine society. Having very important people backing you can help you get what you want in your career or your business. If one doesnâ€™t have friends in the right places, it would be harder to get things going for one’s…

Crime, Government, Politics

DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno linked to blacklisted international arms dealer

September 10, 2012 benign0 27 Comments

You’d think that a meeting with China with which the Philippines is in the middle of a military showdown over rival claims on several groups of islands in the West Philippine Sea would be high on the agenda for the Philippine president. That Philippine President Benigno “BS” Aquino III could actually find the time to…

Crime, Government, Politics

Senator Miriam Santiago will have more fun in the Philippines than at the International Criminal Court

July 13, 2012October 13, 2015 Ilda 124 Comments

There comes a time when one starts getting bored with one’s job and starts to think about going for another one just because it looks like the grass is much greener on the other side. But when the time comes to say goodbye to the old job, realization suddenly hits and then one starts having…

Development, Government, Politics