Tag: ninoy aquino

Blame on Marcos and, now, Duterte for the Philippines’ underdevelopment is a LIE

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 9 Comments

I keep wondering why everything that is wrong with this country is blamed on former President Ferdinand Marcos and current President Rodrigo Duterte and not the political bloc that was in power for thirty years since 1986. Marcos was in power for twenty-one. Duterte six. That’s a total of twenty-seven. You don’t need to have…

Development, Economy

Manifesto of the Yellowtard Wet Dream

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 benign0 1 Comment

It’s a bit sad to see Philippine Opposition “activists” and partisans looking longingly overseas as their counterparts in other countries mount impressive mass protests on their city streets. You could almost imagine Filipino “activists” wailing about how they “invented” street “revolutions” back in the 1980s and now have to suffer the indignity of being reduced…

Culture, Politics

Battle of the Heroes: NAIA name change vs. Ferdinand Marcos Day

September 4, 2020 zaxx 6 Comments

Whether you refer to heroes here as with or without the quotation marks, “heroes” in the Philippines appear to be defined by how well you can get history to side on you. And what better way to do that than name recall? So for anyone wanting to be remembered as a hero, naming roads and…

History, Politics

Filipinos are sick of having Ninoy Aquino nostalgia shoved down their throats

August 22, 2020August 23, 2020 benign0 5 Comments

Another uneventful August 21 has passed once again proving that the Ninoy Aquino magic has not only faded, it’s been utterly crushed. The dawn of the death anniversary this year of the late former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr saw the hashtag #NinoyIsNotAHero “trend” on Twitter. Margaret Claire Layug reported via GMA News Online that “[as]…

Politics

Thank Ninoy for the holiday, I guess

August 21, 2020 PulbuRonn 3 Comments

The greatest “heroic” act Ninoy Aquino did was to die face down on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport. Other than that, he was all optics and hot air, reminiscent of the vice-president today. He didn’t die for the Filipinos, he died for his ambition. And it paid off for his wife and son….

History, Politics

Will the Yellow flag still be waved to commemorate Ninoy Aquino’s “martyrdom”?

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 benign0 4 Comments

The anniversary of the late former Senator Ninoy Aquino’s “martyrdom” is coming up again. Unfortunately for his fans, things are not as simple as they used to be. The colour Yellow which had come to symbolise everything he supposedly stood for is no longer the election-winning collateral it used to be. The Opposition in at…

Politics, Society

Deafening SILENCE greets Cory Aquino’s 10th death anniversary

August 1, 2019 benign0 9 Comments

Today is actually the tenth anniversary of the death of former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. That’s a pretty significant milestone. Most people make a big deal about a round-figure anniversary. This year, however, we aren’t seeing any big commemoration extravaganzas bathed in the colour yellow. EDSA is all business-as-usual — still the massive smoke-belching parking…

Politics, Society

Few (if any) Filipino “national heroes” are soldiers

August 27, 2018 benign0 25 Comments

I noticed something about Filipino “national heroes”. None of the ones that the nation’s “thought leaders” wax poetic about most frequently are soldiers. As I wrote a while back, most of them died with their back turned towards their assailants. They captured no territory nor held a stronghold to the death. They are hailed as…

Culture