The UN Human Rights Council assumes Filipino voters are STUPID

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The recently-approved resolution by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) directing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to prepare a “comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines” within a year is an insult to Filipino voters. “Human rights” investigations are premised on the idea that an authoritarian regime…

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Crime, Government

Why foreigners grieve more for the victims of the Philippines’ “war on drugs” than Filipinos do

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It sounds baffling at first. The most shrill “activists” of the Philippine Opposition gnash their teeth about it and the “rest of the world” — the cadre of journalists and “human rights” activists putting in their two-cents on the matter — lament these “killings”. But the numbers seem to say that Filipinos don’t give a…

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Crime

Duterte’s critics do not understand Asian culture and his approach to China

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So-called political analyst Richard Heydarian drew a lot of criticism recently after publishing an article titled Duterte’s independent foreign policy that contained nothing but blank space. He was trying to prove that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is doing nothing to address the issues with China over disputed islands especially after the collision incident involving a…

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Culture, Government

Was Duterte “Tricked” Into Endorsing Cayetano As House Speaker?

Posted on By P. Farol 5 Comments on Was Duterte “Tricked” Into Endorsing Cayetano As House Speaker?

Before I get bashed by Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano’s supporters, let me make it clear that my role here is just to chronicle the off-line conversations that I hear. Late this afternoon, I was with my fellow political observer Albert Lim because I asked him to guest on my Youtube Channel Social Media Soup so…

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Politics

Maria Ressa is being the quintessential ARROGANT American

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Who does she think she is? It seems Rappler CEO Maria Ressa believes (1) she is above Philippine law, (2) that she can simply reframe several charges against her into a single “press freedom” crusade, and (3) that engaging the services of an “intrnational human rights lawyer” will make her position before any Philippine court…

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Crime, Media

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno’s Disciplinary REVOLUTION

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It seems that newly installed Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has launched what could be a revolutionary era in the Philippines’ capital city. One of Moreno’s first acts was to clean up the popular shopping district of Divisoria of illegal street vendors. Initially dismissed as just another routine stunt any average newly-elected mayor would mount during…

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Civics, Culture

Romualdez House Speakership Is Now Inevitable

Posted on By P. Farol 3 Comments on Romualdez House Speakership Is Now Inevitable

As I expected, PDP Laban’s clay feet appears to be crumbling and dashing hopes of making Marinduque Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco the next House Speaker. Senator Manny Pacquiao’s bold announcement that the entire PDP Laban was backing Velasco’s bid for the top leadership post at the House of Representatives failed to hold up. PDP…

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Politics

Why impeach Duterte when a good old-fashioned Yellowtard “people power” might work?

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It seems that the Yellowtards (the leading faction of the Philippine Opposition rabidly loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) have lost faith in that very iconic “activist” enterprise that originally garnered them worldwide fame — “people power” street “revolutions”. Nowadays, these snowflakes seem to have lost their edge and are now resorting to legal means to…

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