Tag: peace

BBL: An agreement with just one Muslim rebel group will not bring peace to Mindanao

February 15, 2015May 21, 2015 Ilda 109 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino would like us all to believe that the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law will bring peace to Mindanao. This is probably what some people around him like Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Deles and Miriam Coronel-Ferrer head of Government Peace Panel (for peace talks with the Moro…

Crime, Development, Featured, Government, Politics, Religion

As Manila debates ‘Bangsamoro’, there are bad men with guns on the loose killing cops in Mindanao

February 12, 2015 benign0 46 Comments

It’s simple, really. A crime was committed. Filipino policemen are dead. The criminals remain at large. And so the only question really worth asking is this: Who is going out to get them? There is irony in how so many Filipinos nowadays find the idea that “peace” is a “normal” entitlement. I suppose it is…

Crime, Government, Society, The South

Misguided Ideas And Misunderstood Values

February 2, 2015 Grimwald 6 Comments

As of late, since the troubles down south seems to have taken a sudden spike recently because of a “misencounter” (if such a word even exists) between the PNP-SAF and the MILF, I have seen people clamoring for either peace or justice. There are those who insist that the only solution for the problem at…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society, The South

The Price of Peace

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 Grimwald 7 Comments

Now, in a previous article, I’ve already mentioned that peace wasn’t exactly easy back in the day. For instance, before the turn of the 20th century when the World Wars and the Cold War with its “mini-wars” showed the world just how terrible war was, war was generally glorified and encouraged. To have taken part…

Pinoy Big Problem: A History of Missing the Point

January 28, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

I offer my sincerest sympathies for the families of the men of the Philippine military who lost their lives in the recent troubles in Mindanao. While this is indeed a tragic turn of events, it is even more deplorable that there is really nothing new in this event compared to what has been going on…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society, The South

Get Real Peaceniks: Trouble Down South

January 27, 2015 Grimwald 46 Comments

In the olden days, the idea of peace for any nation was, at best, temporary. Sooner or later, another nation or the nations own discontented citizens would cause some kind of trouble and it would be off to war for the menfolk (or even womenfolk as well in other societies) to put a stop to…

Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion, Science, The South

Legal experts say President Noynoy Aquino’s Bangsamoro deal is illegal

April 4, 2014April 13, 2015 Ilda 51 Comments

If we are to believe Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will “finally seal genuine, lasting peace in Mindanao”. In fact, one can be forgiven for wishing that the President’s statement is true especially since, for too…

Charter Change, Crime, Government, The South

To those calling for war or peace in Mindanao: You’re not asking the right questions

November 1, 2011November 1, 2011 benign0 43 Comments

Despite having been to Mindanao more times than the average Manila resident when I was younger, I can’t really say I know the place as well as some of those who are quick to offer “solutions” to the “situation” over there. To begin with, it was mainly its major cities that I’ve been to —…

Development, Politics, Religion, The South