Tag: police

‘Human rights abuse’ is perpetrated ONLY by cops and soldiers according to @CHRgovPh

September 14, 2017 benign0 24 Comments

The recent proposal to drastically cut public funds allocated to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has put the spotlight on other government agencies that are of dubious value to the Filipino people. It has long been recognised that Filipinos suffer from a government that is big, fat, complex, and slow and could greatly benefit…

Crime, Government

Lessons Duterte could learn from the past admin to contain the Kian Loyd Delos Santos issue

August 21, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

The way things are looking, seventeen year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos, who was killed in a police operation last week, could become the latest rallying artifact of the Philippine Opposition. The key principle that underlies this latching onto Delos Santos are the ideas that (1) he was killed in a police anti-drug operation (2) amidst…

Crime, Society

Filipinos shrieking #JusticeForKian are turning Kian Loyd Delos Santos into a sad political agenda

August 19, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

The tragedy that befell 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos allegedly in the hands of Philippine police officers is truly an outrage. No kid deserves to die that way. And so it is, like in any society that aspires to be a truly just and modern one, imperative that justice be sought for the wrongful death…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Society

Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog shooting: Justice delivered or crime committed?

August 1, 2017August 2, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

Filipinos may be harshly judging the West-of-the-Pecos brand of “justice” meted out to Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog using Starbucks hipsteratti standards today — because that is the easy and politically-correct thing to think and do. But, see, sometimes a bit of thinking outside of the square is called for, specially in this instance when…

Crime, Politics

Duterte’s State of the Nation Address July 24, 2017 — what needs to be said

July 17, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

Duterte will be coming to the podium to address a joint session of Philippine Congress riding on the crest of high approval ratings after one year of service. As such, he possesses the immense political capital that is required to push through an agenda that, as has been evident, is unpopular not with the ordinary…

Government, Politics

Critics of Duterte’s war on drugs are all talk but offer no alternative solutions to solving the drug problem

May 6, 2017May 6, 2017 Ilda 55 Comments

Do the members of the Philippine Liberal Party and their supporters who are against President Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war” have a better alternative to solving the drug problem in the country? It doesn’t look like they do. They make a lot of noise and rabidly criticise the government’s efforts to stamp out the illegal drug…

Crime, Politics

Filipinos are not safe while current VP Leni Robredo is in power

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 Ilda 53 Comments

Women who use The Woman Card – the act of claiming they are being victimised because of their gender – so liberally are disappointing and do not help advance the real issues rational women are fighting for. One woman who quite often use The Woman Card is current Vice President Leni Robredo. She claims that…

Politics, Society

Stupid logic: Filipinos’ shrill whine over the Philippine Constabulary’s return

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 benign0 14 Comments

The prospect of reinstating the Philippine Constabulary (PC) is, as expected, striking fear in the hearts of the usual emo social media mavens. Why? Because, we are again reminded, the Constabulary raises the old spectre of “The Martial Law Horrors”. The fear invoked by the PC comes across to Filipinos much the same way that…

Government, Politics