Category: Crime

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

September 7, 2013September 8, 2013 benign0 73 Comments

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…

Crime, Media, Money Talks

On Syria: Why the Philippines Should Oppose War

September 6, 2013 Richard Javad Heydarian 49 Comments

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…

Crime, Government, Politics

Pork outrage vs viral videos: Filipinos get angry with the wrong head

September 6, 2013 Kate Natividad 29 Comments

Another week another viral video. I saw Ms Ilda’s earlier tweet where she expressed what seems to be exasperation over the attention “leaked” intimate videos routinely get… Sigh…accdng to the site stats, most Pinoys would rather read about Chito, Neri, Wally & Yosh’s s*x video than about #porkbarrelscam That kinda makes me angry. There is…

Crime, Culture, Media

Filipino politicians will start doing their jobs properly if the voters stopped treating them like celebrities

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 Ilda 72 Comments

A wise man once said that politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. The wise man’s words should be applied today especially with Philippine politicians. I mean, why do Filipinos have to wait until the next election before getting rid of blundering politicians? It’s like a prolonged…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Anti pork barrel protests need not be complicated. Just take the celebrities out of the loop.

September 4, 2013 benign0 7 Comments

These are confusing times for would-be protesters. Everyone, it seems, is in agreement over the need to scrap the pork barrel gravy train that, for many politicians, has become the whole point of vying for a seat in Congress. Trouble is there are too many “experts” on what, where, when, and how protest rallies should…

Crime, Politics, Society

EVERYONE is a suspect: Vast infrastructure of pork barrel thievery on the verge of being revealed!

September 2, 2013September 3, 2013 benign0 50 Comments

The Law is catching up with what may be hundreds of politicians who are likely to have made a killing skimming hefty “living allowances” off the ‘Priority Development Assistance Funds’ (more commonly known as the pork barrel). Senator Jinggoy Estrada, for one, issued what some call a preemptive palusot reportedly saying that he fears that…

Crime, Politics

Malacañang mouthpiece Edwin Lacierda flip-flops on Congressional pork

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 benign0 18 Comments

First it was a dare to give up pork… [Quoted from Manila Standard Today.] Furthermore… Lacierda said it was also up to Congress to decide on the fate of the P27 billion in Priority Development Assistance Funds or PDAF in the proposed 2014 national budget. Then it was claiming that “elected representatives” know their constituencies…

Crime, Money Talks

Filipino politicians all on edge as top Ph ‘pork barrel scam’ fugitive Janet Lim Napoles ‘surrenders to PNoy’

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 benign0 117 Comments

How exactly does one “surrender” to the President of the Philippines? Does one come knocking at Malacanang’s door with their hands in the air? What exactly does turning a fugitive over to a cabinet Secretary for “processing” mean? Regardles… now that Janet Lim Napoles has reportedly surrendered to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III,…

Crime, Government, Politics

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