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Intellectual Revolution: The Necessity of the Thinkers and the Revolutionary Minds

July 25, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 7 Comments

This humble paper is an affirmative response to the lucid and scholarly essay of Ms. Natalie Shobana Ambrose’s “Empowering our thinkers”, The Sun Daily, July 12th. Though I overwhelmingly concur to her general proposition, I beg the indulgence of the reader that I may be allowed to adumbrate and elaborate on the various theses that…

Civics, Education, Society

The crying cop story and how Filipino society can break even the most stoic citizen

July 24, 2013July 25, 2013 FallenAngel 33 Comments

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino) delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to mark the opening of Congress for year 2013 last Monday, July 22. As much as the content of said address (all 102 minutes of it), what’s also being discussed by the chattering classes is what our politicians wore to…

Politics, Society

Ten Billion Peso Pork Barrel Scam Includes Administration Allies in Congress

July 24, 2013July 30, 2013 P. Farol 15 Comments

I really don’t know what to make of it, but an article from Rappler says that at least 15 lawmakers allied with the Aquino administration are also involved in the P10 Billion Pork Barrel Scam. The names left out by Benhur Luy, the self-confessed bagman of an alleged public fund syndicate, include 15 who are…

Government

The State of the Nation Address Is Useless and A Waste of Time as well as Money

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 P. Farol 11 Comments

Benigno’s Analysis of the Fourth State of the Nation Address of President Noynoy Aquino basically states that Presidential term launched by hazy goals has produced hazy results. Following it up, what I am going to take a stab at is why this happens and will continue to happen every year unless something changes. Article VII Section…

Government

Award-wiinning British film ‘Metro Manila’ trailer exclusive on UK Telegraph!

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 benign0 18 Comments

Winner of this year’s Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the trailer of Sean Ellis’s thriller Metro Manila is now an exclusive on the Telegraph! Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, the film, which won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of Oscar Ramirez (Macapagal) and his family’s…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

An analysis of the 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Noynoy Aquino delivered July 22, 2013

July 22, 2013July 23, 2013 benign0 62 Comments

No wonder the fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III took all of 102 minutes. He tried to cover every bit of detail in what was an unstructured litany of statistics, examples, and anecdotes. But to the expansion of BS Aquino’s speech in duration was a reportedly…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics

Members of Philippine Congress shouldn’t have been given the pork barrel to begin with

July 22, 2013 Kate Natividad 12 Comments

If you will pardon me, but I have a very simplistic take on the issue of pork barrel and it revolves around this simple question: Why are legislators involved in the disbursement of development and project funds? After all, we elect legislators to craft laws. But then we also elect our local government officials to…

Development, Politics

President Nelson Mandela’s Legacy (Happy birthday, comrade Madiba), Mr. Obama’s Hypocrisy and the Courage of the Whistle Blowers

July 21, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 5 Comments

I refer to Amy Goodman’s “Fighting for justice a fitting tribute to Mandela”, ABQ Journal/Syndicated Columnist, July 20, 2013. I concur with the author that: “As the world celebrates Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, it is timely to reflect on his life, spent fighting for equality for people of color who long suffered under South Africa’s…

Society