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Did Congressman Floreindo’s Side Chick Cathy Binag Meddle In Tadeco’s Business?

April 19, 2017 P. Farol 2 Comments

I’m still recovering from the holy week “festivities” as I write this and of the dozens of stories I heard from vacationing pundits across the Philippine socmed universe, one sticks out. It has to do with a previous Inquirer article titled “Cathy Binag: GF spat alone did not trigger Alvarez case vs Floirendo” and fellow socmed enthusiast…

Politics

Current VP Leni Robredo’s vanity and delusions of grandeur got her in deep trouble

April 19, 2017 Ilda 9 Comments

We all have that moment when we ask ourselves “What the hell was I thinking?!” after we realise we made a huge mistake and then wish we could kick ourselves on our backsides for doing something we regret. Yes, it happens to the best of us. We are not perfect, after all. In a lot…

Media, Politics

Supporters of Leni Robredo dumbfounded by 11 percent fall in trust ratings!

April 11, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

A report published by Pulse Asia on the 5th of April showed that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “performance ratings” declined by five percentage points and his “trust ratings” by seven percentage points. As expected, the Yellow camp and Duterte’s critics were ecstatic. The eminent former “journalist” and Human Rights Watch research person Caloy Conde was…

Media, Politics

United in outrage: Would I participate in a boycott of United Airlines?

April 11, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

Granted that the sight of a passenger being forcefully dragged out of an overbooked airplane is quite upsetting, I don’t think it would matter enough to most people — at least not enough for them to make it a major factor in a decision around which flight to take somewhere. As Fortune points out, the…

Media, Society

Is there such a thing as a part-time Roman Catholic?

April 11, 2017 benign0 8 Comments

In the coming Easter season (“holy week” to Filipinos), there is, again, a call to reflect on our spirituality and what it means to be Catholic. To most Filipinos, being a “good” Catholic is to go through the motions of what Catholic dogma dictates. And in this season of prayers and visita iglesias and avoiding…

Lifestyle, Religion

Banana Workers Should Thank Cathy Binag For TADECO’s Now Uncertain Future

April 10, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

According to the ANFLOCOR website, “the Tagum Agricultural Development Company (TADECO) is one of the highest yielding banana plantations in the world, is engaged in the production and export of fresh Cavendish bananas to Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Middle East, Russia, Malaysia and Singapore under the Del Monte Brand name. It is the flagship…

Crime, Government

KADAMAY squatter mentality at heart of chronic Filipino poverty

April 8, 2017 benign0 13 Comments

Whether one is rich or poor, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Everyone pays their way. Rich people are rich because they were likely to be exceptionally clever or industrious (or both). Poor people are poor because they likely habitually enter into commitments they are inherently incapable of honouring. The common denominator,…

Crime, Culture, Development, Society

Is Philippine House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez saying extra-marital affairs are “normal”?

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017 Ilda 6 Comments

Current Speaker of the Philippine House of Representative Pantaleón Álvarez recently came under fire after his extramarital affair was exposed. To be precise, he copped some flak from some sectors of society, but not all. Apparently, it was an “open-secret” in Congress that Alvarez has a girlfriend, but for some “reason”, presumably because he is…

Civics, Lifestyle, Politics