Tag: protests

Usapang Bayad at Suhol: Vice Ganda and Teddy Casiño’s Twitter exchange

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 FallenAngel 10 Comments

Social media was abuzz for a while over a recent Twitter exchange between ABS-CBN comedian Vice Ganda and former Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño. Although Vice had several tweets in relation to President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), one in particular drew quite a bit of attention, and mixed…

Civics, Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media, Politics

Questions that must be answered before the rally to abolish pork barrel

August 19, 2013 FallenAngel 29 Comments

I would have to say that the outrage being shown at the persisting pork barrel anomalies – at least in social media as far as I can see – is both unprecedented, and quite frankly, a bit astonishing. There are calls to assemble at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta on August 26, 2013, to call…

Civics, Crime, Government, Society

The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen

July 24, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 33 Comments

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino) delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to mark the opening of Congress for year 2013 last Monday, July 22. As much as the content of said address (all 102 minutes of it), what’s also being discussed by the chattering classes is what our politicians wore to…

Politics, Society

The PALEA Assault on the Filipino People

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 BenK 25 Comments

I have been following the bizarre drama of Philippine Airlines, â€œthe worldâ€™s most entertaining air carrierâ€, for nearly a year as it has struggled mightily â€“ and at times, comically so â€“ towards implementing an outsourcing plan which PAL hopes will turn its financial fortunes around. The sticking point throughout the whole sorry saga has…

Economy, Media