The Republic of the Philippines represented by Solicitor General Jose C. Calida charges ABS-CBN Corporation for offenses related to two conditions surrounding the operation of mass media enterprise in the Philippines. This, is according to preliminary statements recorded in this document. Specifically; Unlawful use of frequencies reserved for free-to-air broadcasting ABS-CBN is accused of charging…
It is quite laughable that Filipino “activists” are screeching about the novel coronavirus outbreak and, in the process, resorting to racist stereotyping of their ethnic Chinese community. The fact is, an even deadlier disease has been infesting the Philippines for decades. Consider the enormous social problem that is the jeepney. The jeepney defies all sensible…
A video making the rounds today shows horrifying footage of a jeepney plowing through a group of students as they crossed a street. A 14 year old was reportedly killed and several others injured when the jeepney seemingly swerved onto the opposite side of the street just as the students were more than half way…
Vice President Leni Robredo finally released her “findings” and “recommendations” on the govt’s illegal drug war policy after her prolonged drum roll and it turns out most of it were the same things she’s been saying before she was assigned as co-chair of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). Her conclusion, after 18 days…
Recall back in January 2019, Senator Leila De Lima had reportedly declined to participate in due process surrounding her case. Senator Leila de Lima has again refused to enter a plea in connection with a drug-related case filed against her at a Muntinlupa court. As a result, it was the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch…
US President Donald Trump recently passed a law banning Philippine government officials found to be involved in the arrest and detention of Senator Leila De Lima. But that is based on the assumption that this arrest and detention is wrong. Who decides whether De Lima’s arrest and detention are wrong? The Americans? Leila De Lima?…
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Weeks after she promised to release her Ulat Ng Bayan — some sort of “report” on her findings during her short stint as co-lead of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs, “vice president” Leni Robredo still had nothing to deliver. What she did have to show the other day was one of her famous…
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Like I always say, it does not matter how you got the job. It’s how good you are at keeping it. Take the case of “vice president” Leni Robredo. She is evidently not smart enough to keep any of her jobs. She had early in her term already gotten herself booted out of a Cabinet…
Recently, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno expressed dismay seeing communist graffiti splashed all over public facilities. This dismay was shared by the broad public. The group Panday Sining unashamedly owned up to some of the more prominent instances of defacing. Not surprisingly, considering this group is closely-affiliated with the Philippines’ beleaguered communist movement, even former congressman…
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Ironic that “vice president” Leni Robredo who had recently been appointed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to co-lead his War on Drugs would now complain about what she considers to be inadequate funding. Below translated to English in a CNN Philippines report is Robredo’s lament on the measly budget of the operation… Funding set for…
