We beg to differ.
One thing that’s obvious on social media (and the rest of the Internet) is that people love dissing each other, but most especially politicians. For example, our esteemed webmaster Benign0 posted a picture of the infantile noisemaking of Rappler writer JC Punongbayan just posting insults at Duterte, which is obviously a waste of time and…
A revolution of a different sort is at hand in the Philippines and it has the potential to effect the truly profound sort of change that is long overdue. The recent successful clean-up of Boracay and Manila Bay has created a new collective consciousness in the Filipino — one that has eluded an entire people…
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Certain “thought leaders” are crying “academic freedom” in light of recent allegations that state forces are cracking down on university campus activism and “red tagging” militants. They argue that educational institutions should be encouraging “revolutionary” thinking and should be a “rebel” during “tyrannical times”. Let’s not get too carried away, however. While it is true…
So-called “activists” decry the “stagnation” and even the regression of Philippine democracy to states supposedly not seen since the “Martial Law Years”. What they conveniently leave out of this tiresome scare narrative is that they embrace, as part of their “Laban”, the Cold War Era sloganeering of that other scourge of the 20th Century —…
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It isn’t much of a preparation as there is neither vision nor platform to give meaning to their pitch to the Filipino voter. The fact, however, that the Philippine Opposition led by the Liberal Party (a.k.a. the Yellowtards) are now on full campaign mode in the lead up to the 2019 elections exhibits their grudging…
Evidence of organised efforts to foment instability (or at least the perception of it) seems to have been mounting in recent weeks. First is the spate of labour “activism” that was accorded substantial media mileage by the Philippines’ Big Corporate Media. Second is a demonisation campaign against China and its citizens which inadvertently is causing…
Read More “The Philippine Opposition’s only REAL goal is to SABOTAGE the Philippine economy” »
It’s clear that the so-called “opposition” is in favor of ousting President Rodrigo Duterte more than anything else. They want this based on the long-cherished but flawed belief that ousting people will lead to improvement in the country’s situation. The problem is, ousting people is anything but a solution, and it reflects lack of understanding…
Read More “Bringing Down or Ousting People never Solved Anything” »
Though difficult to tell for sure, the Opposition led by the Liberal Party (the Yellowtards) gained some measure of success in spinning what was primarily a citation of lapses in corporate compliance on the part of “social news network” Rappler into an issue of “press freedom”. Led by its embattled CEO Maria Ressa, the Yellowtards…
Read More “Duterte overthrown by a revolt led by Rappler CEO Maria Ressa: a scenario analysis” »