Tag: quirino grandstand

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

Unprecedented call to abolish pork barrel in Philippine Congress precedes ‘million people march’ on August 26

August 18, 2013 benign0 38 Comments

I am normally ambivalent to calls for street protests organised around objects of “outrage” that could have been mitigated or prevented if Filipinos had simply participated in democratic governance properly and intelligently (such as voting wisely and applying a critical mind to politicians’ trite populist rhetoric). So I have mixed feelings about the latest call…

Crime, Government, Media, Society

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