Category: Politics

Shutdown of the CCP ‘KULÃ”’ exhibit proves the point Mideo Cruz makes in ‘Poleteismo’

August 10, 2011August 12, 2011 benign0 35 Comments

Seems to me artist Mideo Cruz succeeded in proving the point he wanted to make in his collage Poleteismo which was exhibited along with other works in the main gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In Poleteismo, Cruz depicted through a collection of images and artifacts representing celebrities, religious icons, and public personalities…

Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

Senator Zubiri resignation: Is it an admission of guilt?

August 5, 2011 Ilda 22 Comments

Quite a number of Filipinos were shocked by the news that Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri had filed his resignation following allegations of electoral fraud during the 2007 senatorial elections. The move was a first in Philippine political history. There has been no Filipino public official on record who resigned out of delicadeza or shame in…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The catch-phrase administration of President Noynoy Aquino

August 1, 2011 benign0 29 Comments

Score so far in this game of clever marketing that Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is playing on the Filipino people — three. As in three catchy slogans that have so far proven to be effective in its stickiness to the Filipino psyche: – Use of the Yellow pedigree platform and its symbols —…

Development, Media, Politics

The US debt ceiling crisis: How the world’s mightiest nation may run out of money this week

July 30, 2011 benign0 20 Comments

Anytime between the the 3rd and the 10th of August this year, 2011, the government of the United States of America may run out of money. The estimates vary depending on who is doing the reckoning — the White House, Wall Street hacks — but either way, as with most things associated with going broke…

Economy, Government, Politics

The truth about the second SONA of Noynoy Aquino delivered on July 25, 2011

July 28, 2011July 29, 2011 Ilda 57 Comments

People in general and Filipinos in particular love hearing the good news, and President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) loves giving it. On his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered to Congress on the 25th of July this year, he continued the tradition he started since being sworn into office a year ago of assuring…

Development, Politics, Society

BRP Gregorio del Pilar and the China crisis is achieving where Noynoy Aquino has so far failed

July 28, 2011 benign0 15 Comments

Filipinos are surprisingly in general agreement on something — a will to defend the Spratly Islands against threats from China whatever the cost. Perhaps this is an opportunity of a lifetime. This shared sentiment is evident in how a swell of pride is becoming more and more palpable with the arrival of what is so…

Government, Politics, Society

The Mystery of the SONA

July 28, 2011 BenK 15 Comments

For a speech that lasted nearly an hour and was so heavily-laden with facts and figures, the much-anticipated second State of the Nation Address by President Noynoy Aquino has seemed to have left much of the country scratching their heads. Two days have passed since the SONA, and public interest has scarcely waned; that should…

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Development, Economy, Politics

What makes men like Anders Behring Breivik?

July 26, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

People who believed they were right, continue to believe that they are right, and then go on to make people believe they are right, and then proceed to surround themselves with people they have successfully persuaded to see this self-conceived righteousness… Perhaps this is one of many ways a psychopath is made, and from which…

Crime, Politics, Society

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cctv on The Dutertard “influencers” need to EVOLVEAll things considered, the Dutertes need to be disarmed and
Ramil Sonza on Duterte “arrest” in the Philippines possibly non-compliant with Rome Statute Article 59 arrest procedureCome on man it was in Marcos's interests!! Nothing more
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DONN LISTON on The Dutertard “influencers” need to EVOLVEGood overview Here is my historical overview of how Ferdinand
benign0 on The Dutertard “influencers” need to EVOLVEThanks. That's been corrected.
JT on The Dutertard “influencers” need to EVOLVEDiscreet, not discrete. Different meaning.