Tag: noynoy aquino

Is the Philippine government hell-bent on milking poor OFWs of money?

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 Ilda 110 Comments

Another lawmaker has thought of a brilliant way to make money out of our hardworking and mostly cash-strapped Filipino overseas foreign workers (OFWs). Congresswoman Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David authored a bill that would increase the contribution of every departing OFW to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) from $25.00 to $50.00 (Php2,400). Unsurprisingly, her bill is…

Economy, Government, Politics

Noynoy’s CCT war chest: Ready for dole out in 2013 election year?

June 17, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

Big budget for cash dole outs on an election year. That, it seems, is a lethal combination in the coming financial year ending 2013 when mid-term will be held. The “centrepiece” of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III’s poverty alleviation program, the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program is set to be allocated P45 billion if…

Government, Money Talks, Politics

Politicizing the Judiciary: Campaigning for Chief Justice

June 13, 2012 a 20 Comments

It is quite ironic that in the newly-born desire of government figures to actively push for a more transparent, fair and apolitical selection of the next Chief Justice in light of recent events (specifically ex-Chief Justice Renato Coronaâ€™s removal from office), did the said process become more politicized than ever. While I have explained in…

Government, Politics

Musings on Independence Day: Discovering a new kind of freedom

June 10, 2012June 12, 2019 a 83 Comments

It’s that day again; that historic moment that will forever make its way to our youth’s school textbooks, that significant event that ended Spain’s grip on our forebears for good, that spectacular time when the Philippine flag was waved at the balcony of then-President Emilio Aguinaldo at Kawit, Cavite… that eternal memory etched in history…

Culture, Society

Why Leila De Lima and Kim Henares should not be considered for the job of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

June 10, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

So who should be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines? Well, considering that the whole imbroglio and ensuing circus around former top judge Renato Corona started with President Benigno “BS” Aquino’s monumental tantrum over the prospect of being sworn into office by a “midnight appointee” back in 2010, it would…

Government, Politics

A proposed draft of Noynoy Aquino’s 3rd Official State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered to Congress July 22, 2012

June 8, 2012 benign0 46 Comments

My dear countrymen, members of Congress, honourable House Speaker, Senate President, and Chief Justice, ladies and gentlemen of the diplomatic corps: Today I stand before you triumphant. A major hurdle to the implementation of my campaign promise to rid the Philippine government of corruption has been eliminated. I am pleased to report that we have…

Government, Media, Politics

Some Senators who found Corona guilty committed worse crimes than what he was accused of

June 6, 2012April 29, 2016 Ilda 274 Comments

Filipinos won’t be able to move on from the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona for a while. First, some are still on high alert keeping tabs on the petitioning of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III along with the rest of the public servants who haven’t done so to finally sign a…

Crime, Government, Politics

The Emergence of BaSta Aquino

June 5, 2012June 5, 2012 Gogs 58 Comments

“You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye. “Teach your children well, Their father’s hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you’ll know by.” Crosby Stills…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Society