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Question to activists: After resorting to violence against Sec Butch Abad, what next?

September 28, 2014 benign0 22 Comments

I can understand the rage felt by those UP students who mobbed Department of Budget Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad in mid-September. The behaviour of these activists represent an explosion of pent-up anger over what many believe to be an astounding case of wholesale national thievery that will likely go unpunished. Abad is widely-regarded…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics, Society

DBM Secretary Butch Abad faces the wrath of the ‘Iskolars ng Bayan’

September 18, 2014 benign0 22 Comments

A video has emerged showing Department of Budget Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad being mobbed by activists at the University of the Philippines School of Economics building in Diliman, Quezon City last night. In the video, youths loudly chanted, among other phrases, “Noynoy Patalsikin!” and then heckled Abad as he left the building and…

Crime, Education, Government, Politics

Bianca Gonzalez speaks out on Manila’s squatter infestation!

July 9, 2013August 20, 2022 benign0 788 Comments

Was it because it was said in Tagalog? Or was it because popular celebrity babe Bianca Gonzalez (with a “z” at the end) tweeted it? Whatever the reason, an outrage fad was born yet again after the modelling and social media superstar let out this gem on Twitter: Ang dami nating nagtatrabaho para makaipon para…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

Philippine economic growth rate and credit rating upgrade not enough to keep unemployment down

June 14, 2013June 14, 2013 Ilda 22 Comments

If you want to know how the Philippine economy is doing, you will find it hard to get a straightforward answer from the mainstream media. There’s enough spin to counteract every piece of bad news out there to do your head in. It seems the Philippine government is doing its best to project an image…

Development, Economy, Media