Tag: supreme court

PNoy’s speech should be shut down the minute he attacks the Supreme Court #SONA2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

What further use to Filipinos is a president who had all but painted himself into a corner? That is essentially the way Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III will come across to the public today when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to joint sessions of Philippine Congress. Rather than see…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino’s 5th State of the Nation Address #SONA2014

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Ilda 23 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino will be giving his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) soon. Just like his previous SONAs, we can all expect him to start off with motherhood statements and then proceed to bash the people he thinks are getting in the way of his agenda. His previous SONAs have…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics

The Philippine Government may as well collapse. Today.

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 benign0 30 Comments

No official event, no party, and certainly not the very Office of the President itself is exempt from being used as a soapbox for Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to go on a rampage against his personal enemies. His most recent tirade was chucked during an address to the public on the occasion…

Crime, Government, The South

Philippine society grew dumber while #DAP funds channeled to Congressmen’s pet ‘projects’

July 21, 2014July 21, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

Public outrage is escalating to fever pitches over revelations that the administration of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III (1) baldly refuses to recognise the ruling of the Philippine Supreme Court that the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is unconstitutional, (2) refuses to release coherent details around the manner with which DAP funds were appropriated…

Civics, Crime, Development, Education, Media, Society

‘Good faith’ was the farthest from the mind of BS Aquino when he came up with the #DAP!

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 benign0 12 Comments

On one hand, Aquino apologists like to distract public opinion away from the “legalese” surrounding the debate around the manner with which the President used the DAP in order to highlight the nebulous notion of ‘good faith’. But then there is another camp (albeit the more intellectually-diligent amongst them) that invoke aspects of the law…

Crime, Economy, Government

DAP is the result of Noynoy Aquino’s lack of planning, lack of foresight and lack of vision

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 Ilda 8 Comments

Nobody knew about the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) outside of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino’s inner circle. Not even the members of Congress and the Senate knew the program existed until the President was forced to defend giving additional P50 million each to the Senators who convicted former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona…

Crime, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Four appalling ideas being spread due to PNoy’s defiance of the SC ruling on #DAP

July 16, 2014July 16, 2014 FallenAngel 37 Comments

As expected by critics, president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III would defend his government’s beloved Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) to the death. Back in his televised speech last October 2013, his main message was, “I am not a thief”, and it was one of the first times, if not the first, where he defended DAP…

Crime, Government, Politics

How singer Jim Paredes proves that Showbiz reflects Philippine society!

July 15, 2014February 3, 2022 benign0 56 Comments

Indeed, as my colleague Ilda quipped the other day, Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III’s apologists are desperately defending the notorious Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). The Old Celebrity Guard have come out again in droves. Leading them is noted 1970’s-era singer Jim Paredes who shouted out on Twitter the Official Apologists’ Mantra… Can the…

Crime, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media, Society