Pork barrel, by any other name, is anti-development
Jose Carlos Maningat It took a growing anti-pork barrel dissent for President Aquino to utter the “it is time to abolish the PDAF” spiel, only...
Cover Ups, Fund Scams and the Pork
by Megan Flores There’s More Here than Meets the Eye The case of Jenny Napoles has opened a can of worms whose stench has reached...
A Tribute to the Team (Gilas) Philippines
Dare to Fail, Strive to Succeed: A Discourse on Life’s Struggle and the Way of the Warrior “It’s great. I’m just proud with everybody involved...
Pilipinas…for the Win! #LabanPilipinas
By ‘Lakwatserang Paruparo’ Let’s face it, basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines. Despite the average height of Filipinos compared to international basketball...
Pork Barrel Polemics #PDAFScam
by Dean de la Paz In the prelude to the Php 729 million fertilizer fund scam instigated by the Executive Branch in the previous administration...
The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billions of Pesos (Last of 3 parts) #PDAFScam
Continued from Part 1 and Part 2 The blog that started it all has been re-blogged and Mr. Anonymous Commenter’s request that the revelations he...
The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 2 of 3 parts) #PDAFScam
Continued from The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 1) Open to scrutiny The pork barrel has a more dignified name. It...
The Pork Barrel Scam: Getting Away with Billion of Pesos (Part 1 of 3 parts) #PDAFscam
The pork barrels of five senators and 23 members of the Lower House are allegedly being misused. At the center of the controversy is Janet...
Japan’s Historical Idiocy and Moral Depravity
I refer to the utterly controversial and extremely immoral remarks reportedly made by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto with regard to the comfort women. I overwhelmingly...
Dear Candidate
Dear Candidate: It’s just a few days till we all trek to the precincts and cast our votes. I have this one last chance to...
Quo Vadis Pope Francis?
By Bernie Lopez Now that the dust of celebrations and euphoria over the Papal interregnum has somewhat settled down, there is a need for the...
A geopolitical solution to Sabah
By Bernie Lopez [email protected] The root of the problem on the Sabah issue is the lack of political will in high places, the lack of...
Virtue and Wisdom are the True Aim of Education
by Jose Mario Dolor De Vega There is a grain of truth to our present malady namely, that our educational system has failed us! The...
The Significance of Social Sciences in Education, the University and the making of the Intellectuals
by Jose Mario Dolor De Vega There is no shadow of doubt that the social science subjects undeniably played a vital and pivotal part in...
Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm Oneself
by Jose Mario Dolor De Vega According to Wikipedia: Why do people kill themselves? “Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the...