We beg to differ.
President Benigno Simeon Aquino acted like a spoiled brat once again after Pasay City Judge Jesus Mupas allowed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) to be released on bail on grounds that the prosecution had provided weak evidence to support their case against her on the charge of “electoral sabotageâ€? A day after GMA was granted…
It seems President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III can no longer restrain himself from breathing down the neck of the Philippines’ judicial branch of government. Perhaps the President is newly-emboldened by his personal victory over the judiciary when he and his minions in Congress succeeded at unseating former Chief Justice Renato Corona on trumped-up charges…
Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has long maintained that the Philippines is impoverished because of corruption. He also maintains that said corruption was what described the last ten years stretching from 2001 up to 2010 — the period within which ruled former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). We can then infer on the back…
In occasionally checking in on the proceedings of the Judicial & Bar Council today – only occasionally, because their search for a suitable “shortlist†of Chief Justice candidates is as cringe-inducing as watching a novice HR assistant stammer through his batch of first interviews (“So, um, where do you see yourself in five years?â€) –…
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A news report said that President Benigno Simeon “BS†Aquino got a total of 120 claps while delivering his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) before Congress. In Philippine society, such trivial detail seems important enough to be highlighted. It is crucial to let the public know that the President is still popular particularly…
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The following statement will not come as a surprise to the critics of the current Philippine President, Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III: Natutulog nanaman sa pansitan si Noynoy. For those who don’t understand Filipino/Tagalog, the statement “natutulog sa pansitan” is used to refer to someone who is “caught sleeping on the job”, “caught with one’s…
Number of classrooms made available, increased access to public healthcare, performance-based bonus incentives for government employees, mosquito traps to curb the spread of dengue, Sin Tax bills, jobs at BPOs, new airports in Bohol, a passenger terminal in Caticlan, properly paved roads… Yadda yadda yadda is what kicked off and sustained the 2012 State of…
The Philippines reportedly implemented “tighter security at all shopping malls” in the aftermath of a shooting rampage during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado, the United States that resulted in the deaths of 12 cinema patrons on Friday. No less than Edwin Lacierda, spokesman of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino…