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World War III won’t start but Donald Trump shouldn’t have done that

January 5, 2020 benign0 12 Comments

He shouldn’t have done that. This is a now all-too-familiar lament echoing the world over following the US airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The airstrike, ordered by President Donald Trump, caught everyone by surprise, from the US’s allies in Europe to Capitol Hill. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the attack in…

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Will it really matter if ABS-CBN were to disappear tomorrow?

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 benign0 6 Comments

One would think that, in an industry where creativity and originality are critical competitive edges to succeed, certain people would have learnt by now that it is important that messaging be continuously tested, evaluated, and tweaked for effectiveness. Not the Inquirer Editor though as is evident in the latest of his Op-Ed pieces making a…

Media

New Year and New Decade resolution for Filipinos: MOVE ON from Yellowtard rule

January 2, 2020 benign0 2 Comments

And then what? It’s time we practice what we preach and be really clear about what happens next now that the Yellowtards, the shrinking partisan bloc within the current Opposition loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan, have been soundly crushed. The close of the 2010s marks the end of a decade that saw the crash…

Development, Politics

DOTr Nakaambang I-Blacklist ang Angkas ni Singaporean Angeline Tham

January 2, 2020 P. Farol 1 Comment

Balita naman eh palapit pa lang ang pagdiriwang ng bisperas ng bagong taon, mayroong nahataw ng sandok at pinatulog sa kama ng aso. Gusto niyo bang malaman kung sino? Kung gusto niyo talaga ng clue, basahin niyo hanggang dulo ang post na ito. Bago natin talakayin ang nagbabadyang pagba-blacklist sa Angkas ng Singaporean na si…

Government

De Lima not a victim of “wrongful imprisonment”, is detained on ORDERS of the Philippine Supreme Court

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

The provision allowing the United States State Department to ban Filipino nationals found to be “involved” in the “wrongful imprisonment” of Philippine Senator Leila De Lima entry into the US does exist. However, executing it will likely be highly problematic and next to impossible. Stated in the document S. Rept. 116-126 – DEPARTMENT OF STATE,…

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Recall that Western and Christian ideals were used to justify colonisation and imperial rule

December 29, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

Back when the Spanish Conquistadors first set foot on Philippine shores and claimed all in the name of God and the Spanish king, it would have looked like this all made sense. Christianity, after all, was the “good” religion and Western civilisation regarded as a necessary “civilising” force. Europeans saw themselves as burdened by a…

Government, Politics, Society

Philippine Opposition in disarray again after failed “Magnitsky Act” demonisation campaign

December 27, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

The Philippine Opposition are rotting from the inside. This is because their own “thought leaders” are failing to provide sound leadership. Rather than enrich their party ideologies, the premiere “influencers” of the Opposition are leading their members down dead-end pathways. Over the last ten years, the ideological foundations of what had been an almost four-decade…

Media, Politics

Angkas Nagkulay Dilaw Matapos Wakasan Ang Monopoliya

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 P. Farol 2 Comments

May mga kaibigan akong minasama ang desisyon ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) dahil sa decision nitong magpapasok ng dalawa pang motorcycle taxi services upang kumpetensyahin ang Angkas. Tingin ko, dahil ito sa kagagawan ni Angkas Regulatory and Public Affairs Head George Royeca at ng kasinungalingang pinakalat nito tungkol sa desisyon ng DOTr. Ang sabi niya…

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