Tag: police

Leila De Lima is to blame for persistence of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines

July 18, 2016 benign0 15 Comments

The way social media “activists” are chattering about the supposed sudden surge of “extrajudicial killings” (EJKs) in recent weeks, you’d think that the Philippines has descended into an orgy of vigilantism under current President Rodrigo Duterte. The fact is, EJKs have long been a business-as-usual feature of Filipino-style “justice”. Back in 2010, the Hong Kong-based…

Crime, Government

5 cops named and shamed, but early days of Duterte’s war on drugs draws mixed reviews

July 6, 2016 benign0 68 Comments

What to make of what’s happening in the Philippines today. Reports of “drug lords”, drug dealers, kidnappers, carjackers, and the like being killed in police operations fill the news. It could be a shortfall in reporting resources deployed by Philippine corporate news organisations that makes facts surrounding these incidents spotty but there seems to be…

Crime

Prison awaits Aquino: Justice in the horizon for SAF 44 victims of Mamasapano Massacre!

July 3, 2016April 6, 2017 benign0 28 Comments

Even as former President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III transitions into civilian life, it seems he still proves incapable of taking with him lessons learned from past experience. Aquino faces charges filed against him by kin of the victims of the 2015 Mamasapano Massacre in which 44 elite police officers of the Philippine National Police…

Crime

Wait… Why blame Duterte? He’s not yet the President!

June 22, 2016 Carlo de Leon 16 Comments

Are you crazy or just plain stupid? According to educator and philosopher, Paul J. Glenn (1933), some of the notable errors in thinking are “the careless acceptance of common and uncriticized opinions; prejudice; and inordinate predominance of personal preference”.1 This happens when a false is judged to be true and the true is judged to…

Crime, Government, Politics

Noynoy Aquino govt’s incompetence resulted in tragedies like Kidapawan, Mamasapano, and the Luneta Hostage Crisis

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Ilda 10 Comments

A week after another tragedy occurred in the Philippines, President Benigno Simeon Aquino finally broke his silence about the violent dispersal of protesters at Kidapawan, North Cotabato which led to numerous deaths and hundreds of injuries from both sides of the fence. As usual, instead of condolences and expressions of sympathy, he mouthed off the…

Crime, Government

5 Big Reasons Why President Aquino Will Always Be A Loser

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Grimwald 32 Comments

Before I begin, I’d like to say that I don’t really enjoy making personal attacks. I mean c’mon, it’s petty and unfair in a number of ways. Unfortunately, with the way things are, I think I’m going to have to resort to more brutal methods of verbal combat. Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

#Kidapawan farmers and police are victims of propaganda war between PNoy gov’t and its rivals

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 Ilda 12 Comments

The Philippines is in the middle of a propaganda war. The upcoming election seems to have emboldened some to use propaganda machines designed to effect maximum damage on their enemies. The problem is, it’s not just the reputation of the people who are at war that is at stake; innocent people’s lives are also at…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Kidapawan protester brutally mauling Filipino police officer captured on video! #BigasHindiBala

April 7, 2016 benign0 5 Comments

Social media “activists” continue to lambast the Philippine National Police for the alleged “brutality” with which they handled the situation on Friday the 1st of April as protesting “farmers” descended upon Kidapawan. The key allegation is that the police applied undue force and harshness in the way they carried out orders to disperse the rally…

Crime, The South