Category: Crime

The Philippines: An inherently unjust society where criminals big and small get away

Posted on By benign0 17 Comments on The Philippines: An inherently unjust society where criminals big and small get away

Injustice pervades Filipino society from head to toe. Most recent is the exceedingly tragic fate that befell 25-year-old Kae Davantes whose hog-tied remains were found last Saturday after she went missing on Friday last week. The words “a parent’s worst nightmare” in no way comes close to describing the sort of grief that one can…

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Crime, Culture, Government

What Does Jeane Lim-Napoles and President BS Aquino III’s Picture Prove?

Posted on By P. Farol 24 Comments on What Does Jeane Lim-Napoles and President BS Aquino III’s Picture Prove?

About an hour after I posted the picture of Senate President Franklin Drilon with Janet Lim Napoles, my neighbor sent me a text message saying that it wouldn’t be unlikely that President B.S. Aquino would also have a picture with Napoles. After getting over the initial shock of finding out that my 75 year old…

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Crime, Government, Politics

ABS-CBN News publishes ‘exclusive’ photos of Noynoy with Jeane Napoles!

Posted on By benign0 21 Comments on ABS-CBN News publishes ‘exclusive’ photos of Noynoy with Jeane Napoles!

Photos of Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III with Jeane Napoles, daughter of alleged pork barrel scammer Janet Lim Napoles, have been featured in an “exclusive” by ABS-CBN News. It appears to be an Instagram (or some other photo sharing social media service) photo of Jeane standing next to BS Aquino. Malacañang after being…

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Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Politics

Perhaps abolishing the pork barrel isn’t really good for Filipinos’ health after all

Posted on By benign0 40 Comments on Perhaps abolishing the pork barrel isn’t really good for Filipinos’ health after all

All quiet on the western front. First the outrage, now the quiet. Surprisingly, even the Inquirer.net editor’s curiosity was aroused today… But why was there no remark whatsoever on the reported involvement of certain legislators in the scam? Why the tepid—some say safe—response from the business community in general? What do the employers’ group, the…

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Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Picture of Senate President Franklin Drilon with Janet Lim Napoles Goes Viral

Posted on By P. Farol 23 Comments on Picture of Senate President Franklin Drilon with Janet Lim Napoles Goes Viral

Guilt by association is a logical fallacy that members of the yellow press and yellow army have played ad nauseam — not really counting on the possibility that it could swing back at their faces like a double hinged door. For example, pictures of Janet Napoles with Bong Revilla have been circulated after the senator…

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Crime, Government

Philippine Congress as “the country’s biggest criminal syndicate”? Who would’ve thought?!

Posted on By FallenAngel 42 Comments on Philippine Congress as “the country’s biggest criminal syndicate”? Who would’ve thought?!

I found the picture below in an article on the Manila Bulletin. My first impulse when I saw the BizNewsAsia cover was to doubt whether it was a legitimate one. After remembering how the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) got burned by using a fake picture of president Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino), I think…

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Crime, Media

Ph Congress: The country’s ‘Biggest Criminal Syndicate’ according to BizNews Asia

Posted on By benign0 73 Comments on Ph Congress: The country’s ‘Biggest Criminal Syndicate’ according to BizNews Asia

The shame of being governed by what many now regard as a den of thieves is hitting fever pitch! BizNews Asia Vol.11 No.14 featured a photo of Philippine Congress in session with the caption in big bold letters “The Philippines’ Biggest Criminal Syndicate.” The Manila Bulletin cited it in its article Magazine labels Congress ‘biggest…

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Crime, Media, Money Talks

On Syria: Why the Philippines Should Oppose War

Posted on By Richard Javad Heydarian 49 Comments on On Syria: Why the Philippines Should Oppose War

As we inch closer to a prospective Western intervention against the Syrian regime, many are still confused over its circumstances and justification. And this has, quite understandably, raised a set of uncomfortable questions for many of us here in the Philippines. On the one hand, many have been appalled by the prospects of an embattled…

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Crime, Government, Politics