Tag: SM Baguio

The Truth About The Parliamentary System, SM Baguio Pine Trees, and Paul Farol

January 26, 2015 P. Farol 10 Comments

Someone named Session Rogue tipped me off that a blogpost containing twisted and defamatory information about me is being spread around Facebook again and told me that I should set the record straight. And my initial reaction was, “What does my personal life have to do with any of the issues I am discussing?” The truth…

Culture, Development, Economy, Environment

Why Can’t SM Baguio Bashers See The Bigger Environmental Sin

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 P. Farol 75 Comments

On TV Patrol, I saw and heard Ka Noli De Castro introduce and SET THE TONE on a report about the cutting of SM Baguio’s 60 trees this way: “Pinutol na ang anim na pung puno sa Luneta Hill dahil sa itatayong seven storey sky park ng isang mall sa Baguio City. Ito’y kahit na nasa…

Development, Economy, Environment

Non-Baguio Resident Noemi Dado Muddles The Issues Behind SM Baguio Tree Cutting

January 18, 2015January 18, 2015 P. Farol 85 Comments

With all due respect to the people that are crying over the cutting of trees in SM Baguio’s property, I’d like to point out that they’re still unclear about what their “issue” is. To make it easier for them, let me ask them simple question in an attempt: Is the issue the loss of forest…

Development, Economy, Environment

Why Baguio Is Dying

March 2, 2013July 8, 2013 P. Farol 47 Comments

The truth is: SM Baguio is just a scapegoat of Pseudo Environmentalists, because they’re politicians who can’t go against the REAL CAUSES of ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION in Benguet and Baguio City: MINING CORPORATIONS who advertise in newspapers and give PR money to columnists, VEGETABLE FARMERS who fund political campaigns, and informal settlers who vote for them….

Court Dismisses Save 182’s Case Against SM Baguio

December 14, 2012December 14, 2012 P. Farol 43 Comments

But Baguio Tree Huggers say “WE WUZ ROBBED! Judge was ‘bribed’” A typical and pervasive Filipino dysfunction is the unwillingness to accept defeat. Even in instances where the defeat isÂ incontestable (such as Manny Pacquiao’s knock out), Filipinos will find a way to question the fact that they’ve lost. The usual and by now hopelesslyÂ clichedÂ accusations will…

Environment

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