Tag: police

4 reasons why Mar Roxas will not win the 2016 Philippine presidential elections

August 3, 2015August 4, 2015 Ilda 421 Comments

Current Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas is the Liberal Party’s official candidate for the 2016 Presidential Elections. That has always been the plan or promise made to Roxas by his party-mates so he would agree to step aside and postpone his own plans to run for the Presidency back in…

Crime, Politics

Filipinos enjoy front row seats to the unraveling of the Iglesia Ni Cristo!

July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 benign0 39 Comments

Filipinos are still at a loss as to what really is going on with the Iglesia Ni Cristo. Reports of abductions and hostage situations had reached the public mainly via news media and even via videos posted on YouTube. The reports are centred around handwritten signs seen by reporters displayed on an INC building last…

Politics, Religion

The Binay Debacle: Another Pathetic Attempt at Public Sympathy

July 2, 2015 Grimwald 9 Comments

“If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Philippine VP Jejomar Binay arguing with the police: What is wrong with this scene?

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 benign0 15 Comments

There is something fundamentally wrong about an argument between a police officer and the Vice President of the Philippines. It’s bad form. But it is a familiar and normal sight to Filipinos now who have been encouraged since the early 1980s to see policemen as someone to distrust and defy. So quite funny, indeed, how…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

3 Big Reasons Why I Think Filipinos are Doomed

June 11, 2015 Grimwald 28 Comments

The Philippines is not exactly in the best of situations at the moment. In fact, it’s safe to say that the country is now in its most precarious state since the Second World War. Worse yet, it seems that everything that’s happened so far is all the result of the Pinoy’s own doing and mindset….

Crime, Politics, Society, The South

PNoy still unapologetic for authorising suspended PNP chief Purisima to oversee Mamasapano operation

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 Ilda 25 Comments

They say never let the day end without apologizing to someone you have offended. Otherwise, if you wait a long time before saying, “I’m sorry”, feelings of anger could fester and as master Yoda would say, “anger leads to hate” and by the time you finally apologize, it could be too late. For Philippine President…

Crime, Government, Politics, The South

Dishonesty and foolishness have resulted in preventable tragedies in the Philippines

March 22, 2015 Ilda 26 Comments

A mistake is an act or judgment that is misguided or wrong. Everyone makes mistakes. While some of our mistakes have little to no consequence, we can make mistakes that have bigger consequences that could actually change the course of our lives or even other people’s lives. We definitely have to live with the consequences…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Here are the key points of the PNP BOI report on the massacre of 44 SAF officers in Mamasapano!

March 13, 2015 benign0 9 Comments

The final report of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Board of Inquiry (BOI) organised to investigate the 25th January 2015 massacre of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) police officers is now available and can be downloaded from the official PNP website here. The massacre transpired in the midst of the execution of “Oplan” Exodus which…

Crime, Government, The South