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Race Card on the table as America reels from consecutive police ‘brutality’ cases

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 benign0 10 Comments

Coming in the heels of the recent street riots that erupted over the failure to indict of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson who gunned down Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who happened to be black, another grand jury voted not to indict Daniel Pantaleo, a New York Police Department (NYPD) police officer accused of fatally…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Society

Philippines’ justice system on trial, President Aquino suppresses international inquiry

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 benign0 15 Comments

What unfortunate timing. Just as the Philippines is under the microscope for its world-renowned snail-paced justice system and lack of overall transparency, its president, Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, reportedly blacklists nine Hong Kong journalists from entry into the Philippines. The banning of the journalists is on account of how they allegedly “heckled President Benigno…

Crime, Government, Media, Society

Recall: President BS Aquino was crowned ‘Filipino of the Year’ by the Inquirer in 2010

July 6, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

For old times’ sake, let us revisit how the Inquirer back in 2010 crowned President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III “our Filipino of the Year” after just six months in power. This honour was bestowed on the incumbent Philippine president supposedly for being “the living Filipino who made the most positive impact in 2010”. And,…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Lead-up to SONA 2014: The sorry report card of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 benign0 11 Comments

It’s been four years into his so-called “Daang Matuwid” (“straight-and-narrow”) administration with just two years to go to make good on his many unfulfilled promises before he bows out of the office he reluctantly took in 2010. Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is under an even more powerful magnifying glass now. The country…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics

PNoy shows he is also corrupt when he defends political allies included in Napoles Lists

May 18, 2014May 18, 2014 Ilda 65 Comments

When he is not playing the role of his party mates’ campaign manager, you can find Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino playing the lead role of their defense counsel. Yes, defending members of his inner circle, particularly cabinet secretaries who have been implicated in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam or pork barrel…

Crime, Government, Politics

The Philippines needs some kryptonite to battle China over the Spratly Islands

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 Ilda 26 Comments

Lex Luthor: Miss Teschmacher, when I was six years old my father said to me… Miss Teschmacher: “Get out.” Lex Luthor: Ha ha. Before that. He said, “Son, stocks may rise and fall, utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good, but they will always need land and they’ll pay through the…

Government, Politics, Uncategorized

President Noynoy Aquino is an ampaw President, a President without substance

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 Ilda 36 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino is not only good at making people angry; he is also good at making people laugh. In fact, he doesn’t seem to mind being the butt of his own jokes. In a forum held recently at Hope Christian High School in Manila, he warned his captive audience – impressionable…

Civics, Politics

Zombie panic! When will Philippine Media own up to the routinely irresponsible journalism it feeds to Filipinos?

February 27, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

The Philippine province of Pangasinan continues to reel from the aftermath of a fatal scoop propagated by giant media conglomerate ABS-CBN through its tele-tabloid Bandila. The “scoop” involved reports that victims of a “terrible flesh-eating disease” were found in Pangasinan and that the disease as “prophesied” would engulf the rest of the planet and cause…

Crime, Media