Tag: prison

Philippine “activism” is in a PR crisis and the Baby River “issue” worsened it

October 19, 2020 benign0 1 Comment

They keep trying and trying to no avail. Today’s Filipino “activists” suffer from a crisis of public perception. They keep screeching about being “red tagged” yet continue flying red flags during their rallies. They insist they are not terrorists yet seem to choke on any words to denounce the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP’s)…

Lifestyle, Society

44 Reasons Why Noynoy Cannot be Thrown into Prison

February 8, 2017 zaxx 5 Comments

The internet is awash with articles detailing former president Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Cojuangco Aquino III’s crimes against the very people he is wont to sarcastically address as his “boss”. Yet despite mounting calls for justice, getting this criminally negligent and apathetic traitor behind bars just won’t happen – at least not in our lifetime. Welcome to…

Crime, Politics

Think of jeepney drivers when considering the death penalty

February 7, 2017 benign0 12 Comments

Probably not. Take rape, for example. Rapists are usually in the moment when they are in the act of committing the crime — very likely crazed with desire, their brains totally hijacked by a cocktail of chemicals that make higher levels of thinking virtually impossible in the course of committing the crime. Same with those…

Crime, Society

Sen Bong Revilla could’ve had VIP treatment in jail had he and his entourage just kept their mouths shut

June 26, 2014May 12, 2019 benign0 16 Comments

Filipinos today are gleefully scrutinising, “debating”, and exchanging trivial factoids on the minutiae of the manner with which two popular Philippine Senators, Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla, are being detained by the state on “plunder” charges — the physical conditions of their jail cells, what they’re having for breakfast and lunch, how they look in…

Crime, Lifestyle, Media

Does Philippine Senator Bong Revilla deserve to be treated harshly while in prison?

June 22, 2014June 23, 2014 benign0 33 Comments

The Philippines is abuzz over the latest misfortune porn craze, the surrender to the police and imprisonment of movie-star-turned-Philippine-Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. Over the last several days Netizens are posting and sharing updates on the minutiae of Revilla’s fall from grace since he and Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile were implicated in…

Crime, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Whistleblowers in pork barrel scam Ruby Tuason and Benhur Luy deserve jail time not hero and celebrity treatment

February 15, 2014February 16, 2014 Ilda 18 Comments

The first thing you notice about the whistleblowers involved in the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam is the manner with which they act during the senate blue ribbon committee. They seem at ease and familiar with the people around them as if they were in a social gathering with their drinking…

Crime, Politics, Religion, Society

Why Carlos Celdran should go to jail for his 2010 Damaso stunt

January 29, 2013August 18, 2022 benign0 209 Comments

First I presented the facts surrounding the Carlos Celdran ‘Damaso’ circus in my previous article. Evidently, facts alone don’t resonate loudly enough in Filipinos’ ears nor get processed effectively within their limited intellectual faculties. So I shall state my opinion about said facts a bit more explicitly here. Carlos Celdran is entitled to express an…

Crime, Culture, Religion