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Philippine Senate Resolution 39 Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials

January 13, 2012 benign0 No Comments

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Senate Pasay City Fifteenth Congress First Regular Session RESOLUTION NO. 39 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ON IMPEACHMENT TRIALS Resolved by the Senate, To adopt, as it hereby adopts, the following: RULES OF PROCEDURE ON IMPEACHMENT TRIALS I. When the Senate receives articles of impeachment pursuant…

Government, References

Bourne Legacy shoot in Manila highlights Filipino condition

January 12, 2012 benign0 39 Comments

Apart from being the first big-time Hollywood production to shoot in the Philippines in a long time, Bourne Legacy which stars Jeremy Renner in the lead role along with Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton will be the first mega-budget Hollywood blockbuster film to actually feature the Philippines as part of its storyline. Despite the Philippines…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

PNoy supporters pre-judge Corona impeachment trial

January 11, 2012September 15, 2013 Ilda 112 Comments

It seems like most Filipinos either do not know the meaning of “due process” or are simply too impatient to understand and observe it properly. God forbid that one become the subject of an investigation or an impeachment bid in the Philippines. Once the Filipino public gets a hold of any information that can be…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

The illusion of progress in the Philippines

January 11, 2012July 6, 2013 benign0 32 Comments

Filipinos choose to measure progress from a Western perspective (mainly financial wealth and capital-intensive development). Thus a “successful” Filipino individual as measured by contemporary Filipino society fits the standard Hollywood mold — big house, party lifestyle, trendy clothes, shiny car, and flashy mobile devices. The trouble with Philippine society is that we embrace the superficial…

Culture, Development, Environment, Lifestyle, Money Talks

Can Photos Help Save Our Indigenous Cultures?

January 10, 2012April 1, 2012 Jacob Maentz 21 Comments

I believe they can. Last July I traveled to a remote part of the Sierra Madre mountains in northern Luzon where I spent two weeks with the indigenous Agta and Dumagat communities of the area. Being a travel and documentary photographer based in the Philippines I do a good amount of traveling around the country,…

Culture, Environment, Society

Conrado de Quiros is a proud communist

January 10, 2012 benign0 58 Comments

Here we go. The ol’ “if you haven’t gone to the mountains to fight…” card has been played by Inquirer.net “columnist” Conrado “Noynoy is Aragorn” de Quiros. Apparently de Quiros’s feathers were ruffled enough by Senator Joker Arroyo’s eloquent rub… [Conrado de Quiros] has since stuck to Noynoy like a mollusk to a rock and…

Media, Politics

Social media fiasco: It’s more fun in the Philippines

January 9, 2012January 9, 2012 benign0 26 Comments

Five days ago, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Ramon “Mon” Jimenez announced in a private sit-down conversation with â€œsocial news networkâ€ site Rappler.com his decision to “crowd-source” a new Philippine tourism campaign using “social media” as its primary propagation medium. In the interview, Jimenez who boasts “35 years of experience in advertising” which supposedly “taught…

Media, Tech Talk

Will Senator Antonio Trillanes defer to public opinion when deciding on Corona’s impeachment?

January 9, 2012April 29, 2016 benign0 50 Comments

According to “Senator” Antonio Trillanes IV, public opinion will weigh heavily in his final decision with regard to the impeachment of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In a speech delivered at a forum held at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, Diliman last week Trillanes said that he intends to…

Crime, Politics