Tag: political will

Yellowtard columnists now cheer Philippine President Bongbong Marcos

January 3, 2024 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

Never thought I’d see the day when a rabid Yellowidiot writes a praise piece for the president whom they have been ripping apart politically since 1986. PhilStar columnist Andrew Masigan writes in his piece today how his “worst fears about another Marcos presidency is looking more unlikely to occur”. Masigan further writes… My fears, borne…

Politics

Filipinos’ overall extrajudicial way of life is the reason Duterte remains popular

October 24, 2016 benign0 31 Comments

It is quite evident by now that the notion that “extrajudicial killing” is “bad” doesn’t sell very well to the ordinary Filipino. This is, after all, a people renowned for their overall extrajudicial way of life. To bring the point across more pointedly, doing things above, below, beyond, and around the framework of the law…

Crime, Culture

The permanence of consequences

July 18, 2013 benign0 14 Comments

Looking back at the debate over the monstrous squatting plague that is ravaging the Philippines’ major cities that has raged across social media like a wildfire, it is difficult not to be a nostalgic of a time when squatters where a relatively small problem. Perhaps back in a time when squatter colonies were more an…

Society

Looking to the United States for lessons? Why bother?

November 6, 2012August 14, 2013 FallenAngel 49 Comments

In light of the recent hurricane Sandy that struck New York, and the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, it seems that our political leaders here in the Philippines are now suddenly striking up platitudes of “looking to the United States for lessons” on how to do this or that, what not to do,…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics