Category: Crime

COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista’s unexplained wealth must not be ignored

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 Ilda 6 Comments

From the moment Patricia Bautista held a press conference exposing her husband – Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista’s “unexplained hidden wealth” a week ago, the public has been transfixed by the development of the issue. Most people have been left guessing and speculating on which one of the two is telling the truth. However,…

Crime, Society

Andres Bautista’s unexplained wealth is the issue, not his wife’s character

August 8, 2017 benign0 19 Comments

The most baffling thing about this latest circus surrounding revelations that Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista may have amassed a fortune through “unexplained” means is the muted — and, in some cases, even defensive — response of certain camps in the Opposition. The way the Opposition has rallied around Bautista is not without…

Crime, Government

COMELEC Chairman Bautista’s alleged “unexplained wealth” key to exposing 2016 electoral fraud

August 8, 2017May 8, 2022 Ilda 13 Comments

A key to uncovering the alleged election fraud during the Philippine 2016 Presidential Elections is now in the hands of the National Bureau of Investigations (NBI). Patricia Bautista, the estranged wife of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections Andres Bautista, has submitted an affidavit disclosing evidence against the COMELEC chief that he has a…

Crime, Government

Duterte calling Noynoy “gago” or a fool got kudos from Filipinos

August 4, 2017 Ilda 11 Comments

Despite the heavy rains that resulted in suspension of classes at all levels and disruption in businesses, Filipinos have something to celebrate this week. Former Philippine President BS Aquino finally got what he deserves. President Rodrigo Duterte finally did what a lot of people have been wanting to do for years – to swear at…

Crime, Politics, Society

Sustaining change is more important than sustaining Duterte’s popularity

August 3, 2017 benign0 31 Comments

As many Philippine History teachers and Rizalistas will attest to, the 19th Century writings of “national hero” Jose Rizal still resonate strongly today in the 21st Century. If true that in more than a century, the Philippines has hardly changed, then, indeed, the confronting question is raised: How much change could any one president actually…

Crime, Government, Politics

Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog shooting: Justice delivered or crime committed?

August 1, 2017August 2, 2017 benign0 15 Comments

Filipinos may be harshly judging the West-of-the-Pecos brand of “justice” meted out to Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog using Starbucks hipsteratti standards today — because that is the easy and politically-correct thing to think and do. But, see, sometimes a bit of thinking outside of the square is called for, specially in this instance when…

Crime, Politics

Former USec Francis Baraan III: Was he really involved in drug trafficking at the New Bilibid Prisons?

July 31, 2017December 24, 2021 benign0 2 Comments

Last we recall, Senator Leila De Lima remains locked up on charges of “sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of illegal drugs” related to allegations that she was involved in a conspiracy together with other high-ranking government officials to allow a multi-million peso drug trade to flourish within the National Bilibid Prisons (NBP)…

Crime

The Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights is a waste of space and should be abolished

July 26, 2017 benign0 54 Comments

Put in the form of a more confronting question, the debate around the point (if any) of having a “Commission on Human Rights” (CHR) becomes a bit more clear… If the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights were to disappear tomorrow, would there be any significant consequences to the average Filipino? I posed the question several…

Crime, Government