His powerful son has done nothing to solve his murder
Yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the assassination of our national martyr, Ninoy Aquino, and again, photos of his son President Aquino with his sisters praying before the hero’s grave…
Wag the Dog, Aquino style
That phrase, of course, is the truncated version of that English idiomatic expression, “the tail wagging the dog,” meaning the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominating a…
P29B or 20% of DAP projects solely on Abad’s say-so
PERHAPS it was sheer sloppiness on Budget Secretary Florencio Abad’s part in managing taxpayers’ money. Or perhaps it was his mindset that the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) was his creation,…
One more term for Aquino? Most likely hundreds of jail terms
That’s not a hyperbole, but a conservative estimate. President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd’s illegal Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) involved 1,997 SAROs or Special Allotment Release Orders, the documents ordering the…
World Bank: Fix your China ties
Without categorically saying so, the World Bank’s most recent (August 2014) economic update on the Philippines pointed out that China has such a crucial role in Philippine economic development that…
The horror
As a human being I feel I have to add my voice to the civilized world’s wailing, and to its screams of horror and anger against the beheadings by the…
Garapal: Abad’s DAP loot for Batanes
Apologies to my readers who don’t like the use of street lingo, but that was the Filipino word that immediately entered my mind when I read yesterday that Budget Secretary…
Aquino: Liar, inept, or both?
Read on, and you yourself judge whether President Aquino is: (a) An inveterate liar, who thinks Filipinos are so gullible he can fool them even at this time when his…
The next firestorm to hit Aquino
The most recent blow to the Aquino presidency is the Supreme Court’s declaration that his Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is unconstitutional. The next big firestorm that will hit him, and…
Aquino damaged, prostituted our democratic institutions
STRIP Benigno S. Aquino 3rd of his daang-matuwid rhetoric, and he emerges as the worst president, along with the dictator Marcos. Both captured or tried to capture our democratic institutions.…