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The resignation of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte proves he has “delicadeza”

December 26, 2017 benign0 14 Comments

Back in the time of former President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, no amount of calls to resign even following astounding displays of incompetence — often resulting in fatal outcomes — could move any government official to relinquish their posts for the sake of delicadeza. Despite mind-boggling pork barrel thievery with money trails leading back…

Civics, Politics

Duterte’s critics should get an award for being inconsistent

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Ilda 2 Comments

The Philippine Opposition, which consist mainly of the Liberal Party, its supporters, and allies, deserve an award. They deserve an award for trying. They are trying hard to paint a picture that the country is all “doom and gloom” under President Rodrigo Duterte. They are also trying hard to paint themselves as “victims” of oppression….

Politics

Bongbong Marcos is the only Filipino REALLY qualified to talk about the future of Mindanao!

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 benign0 34 Comments

First of all, why do people who favour the passing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in its current unconstitutional form see themselves as “peace advocates”? Does that imply that war is a certainty if the current draft BBL is not passed? What does that say about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front — that terrorist…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Society, The South

Newsflash: Bongbong Marcos is a Philippine SENATOR!

June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 benign0 63 Comments

Without a doubt, Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr is doing his country proud. He has saved the Philippines from the clutches of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (in the current form President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III and his minions railroaded through the House of Representatives). He has, in the process, demonstrated an ironic allegiance to…

Civics, Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Religion

A Bangsamoro state is only possible in a fully-federalised Philippine republic

June 3, 2015 benign0 16 Comments

The trouble with all notions of an autonomous Muslim state is that it implies that Muslims are “special” Filipinos deserving of special treatment. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and, now, the proposed Bangsamoro “state” by their very nature are both tainted by that ill-conceived specialness. Worse, both entities were created under threat of…

Development, Government, Politics

The trouble with #Filipinos is that they lack the will to WIN the Mindanao and South China Sea battles

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 benign0 19 Comments

The trouble with Filipinos is that they think that everyone they deal with is guided by “Christian values”. It is no surprise then that the Philippines fails in its efforts to get a solid footing in its management of two external threats currently menacing the homeland — China’s progressive military takeover of the South China…

Culture, Government, Society, The South

The Bangsamoro Basic Law is not the solution to the conflict in Mindanao

May 18, 2015October 15, 2022 Ilda 25 Comments

They say the best way to understand something complicated is to approach it the way a child would: ask simple questions. To understand the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, Filipinos should do the same – ask simple questions. Once people finally get down to the basics, they will soon realize how unrealistic, unnecessary and wasteful the…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Religion, The South

The #Philippines is guilty of the Mahatma Gandhi’s Seven Social Sins!

April 16, 2015January 6, 2023 benign0 8 Comments

The Mahatma Gandhi’s Seven Social Sins, sometimes called the Seven Blunders of the World, is a list that he published in his weekly newspaper Young India on October 22, 1925. Later he gave this same list to his grandson, Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper on their final day together shortly before his…

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