Drug War deaths – the insult after the injury

Posted by chemrock on May 14, 2017 · 91 Comments 

By Chemrock Media says bodies from the drug war in Philippines are piling up in funeral parlours and if anyone say this is fake news, this photo tells a thousand stories. It’s from a UK media. Someone should tell Senator Cayetano that foreign media has all along been present in Philippines, there is no need … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Open Discussion #5: What are we looking for in a Federalism proposal?

Posted by JoeAm on May 12, 2017 · 146 Comments 

Federalism is proposed by President Duterte as a solution to the nation’s enduring problems, able to cure everything from poverty to bad governance to infrastructure development by ending Imperial Manila’s claim to power, resources, and importance and thereby allowing the joyful, harmonious, and efficient regions to cut through all the crap. I’m reminded of the … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Open Discussion #3: Philippine News Agency

Posted by JoeAm on May 2, 2017 · 55 Comments 

Last week, the Executive Branch opened its online news portal, The Philippine News Agency. I found this interesting because a couple of years ago, I recommended that the Aquino government open a news outlet to provide information that could counter the misleading sensationalist information stream so often found in popular media. Now the Duterte Administration … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Philippine Government

Open Discussion #2: The Philippines, an occupied State

Posted by JoeAm on April 30, 2017 · 102 Comments 

What are the characteristics of occupancy? A ruling nation invades, takes charge, and assigns its dogmatic leaders to control the occupied state. Filipinos are born and raised to understand this, because the time of true democratic freedoms has amounted to perhaps 25 years over a span of six centuries. The current occupation is not by a foreign … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Is ICC Duterte’s Waterloo?

Posted by chemrock on April 28, 2017 · 140 Comments 

by Chemrock “Criminal case vs Duterte filed before International Criminal Court” …screamed Philstar headline. There is no case against the president, at least not yet. The self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato, through his lawyer, lodged a complaint at the ICC against Duterte and 11 others, that’s what transpired. There are only 3 ways a case may … Continue reading →

Category Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics