Category: Crime

Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress

October 6, 2014November 9, 2021 Ilda 117 Comments

Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989 but seeing the way people are talking about him lately, it’s as if he is still alive today. This is evident in the way some members of mainstream media keep reliving the “horrors” of the Marcos years. There are quite a number of articles highlighting the…

Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Unarrested: the decline of the Philippine National Police’s image and reputation

October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 FallenAngel 13 Comments

It helps to recall one of the tongue-in-cheek comments I heard when I was much younger: In Italy, they have the Mafia. In Japan, they have the Yakuza. In the Philippines, they have the national police! It shouldn’t be that hard to deduce that the above passage is referring to each country’s organized crime syndicate….

Crime, Development

Borderline criminal: Contribution of Manila’s public buses to traffic congestion

October 3, 2014 benign0 20 Comments

Traffic flow on Metro Manila’s main arteries is routinely being jammed by public utility buses loading and unloading indiscriminately in the middle of the road. This is one of the obvious problems plaguing the country that Filipinos are seemingly too stupid to do anything about. We tolerate public utility buses loading and unloading indiscriminately in…

Crime, Development, Society

Police chief Alan Purisima in utter denial of the Philippines’ crooked police force

October 1, 2014 benign0 8 Comments

If it weren’t for all the “positive thinkers” that inhabit social media, one would see the reality for what it is: the Philippines is on the verge of anarchy. Perhaps it already is in a state of anarchy. But it is a strange kind of anarchy — one where the peace (by Third World standards…

Crime, Government, Society

FHM Model Alyzza Agustin caught in ‘Please assist’ scandal!

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Kate Natividad 39 Comments

Lol! Lesson for the day, don’t trust a ditz with your personally-autographed “privilege” cards. In the Philippines, it is common for motorists with connections with top military and police officials to have an autographed business card of one of these contacts tucked beside their drivers’ licenses in their wallet so that in the event that…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Question to activists: After resorting to violence against Sec Butch Abad, what next?

September 28, 2014 benign0 22 Comments

I can understand the rage felt by those UP students who mobbed Department of Budget Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad in mid-September. The behaviour of these activists represent an explosion of pent-up anger over what many believe to be an astounding case of wholesale national thievery that will likely go unpunished. Abad is widely-regarded…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Wretched Philippine-style poverty is actually quite normal

September 23, 2014November 5, 2022 benign0 28 Comments

It doesn’t take much to remind Filipinos of their poverty. The problem, however, is that these reminders almost always have to come from external entities. And within this month alone we enjoyed the privilege of two stark reminders, Typhoon Mario and that Aegis Global viral video that the Philippine government is now desperately trying to…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society

Noynoy Aquino’s arrogance is forcing Filipinos to take matters into their own hands

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 Ilda 25 Comments

The mobbing of Budget Secretary Butch Abad by angry students from the University of the Philippines (UP) is a sign that the system in the Philippines has broken down. The fact that a large group of Filipinos did not hesitate to verbally abuse a public official and were even prepared to physically assault him shows…

Crime, Education, Government, Politics, Society

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