Making It Fun in the Philippines

It's time to consider the whole problem of businesses getting involved in partisan politics in any shape or form. What does partisan politics mean? Here's how the Free Dictionary would define it: 1. favoritism shown to members of one’s own party, faction, sect, or cause. 2. strong adherence to the tenets of one’s party, faction, sect, or cause. — partisan, n., adj. A huge problem related to media related outlets in the Philippines is where networks play partisan politics. For example, ABS-CBN claims that it's "walang kinikilingan" or sides with nobody yet it tends to be biased with the news -- how can you claim you side with no one if you don't hear both sides? It's just like how Jim Paredes' side was interviewed but what about the Duterte supporters on the 31st anniversary of the EDSA Revolution? Let's give an example of how partisan politics is done. I could give you an example where a Duterte supporter refuses to serve a customer just b...

It's time to reveal something that maybe, not everybody knew about good old Jesse Robredo -- he was pretty much anti-tambay or anti-vagrant. Don't believe me? Well Naga City's anti-vagrancy city ordinance was pretty much anti-vagrancy which was SIGNED by approval by none other than good old Jesse. If you don't believe me -- you can read the whole document here . Here's how the Naga City Ordinance defined vagrants or tambays -- this is more or less the same way President Duterte would define those tambays he wants to be dealt with and this is a #NagaLeaks that you can't afford to miss: SECTION 5. VAGRANT. – The word “vagrant” used for purposes of this Ordinance shall  be penalized under Section 5 hereof and shall mean: (a) any person who, having no visible lawful means of support and has the physical ability or  capability to work, but neglects to apply himself/herself to some lawful calling; (b) any person not being physically able to earn but is seen ...

Two weeks ago, one of Noynoy Aquino's projects namely the New Mactan Airport International was finished under the term of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The successes and failures of the Noynoy Administration can show why the presidential system actually sucks -- six years is NOT ENOUGH to create much change. If people want to criticize Noynoy for not making the Philippines a first world country -- did they even bother to ask if six years was even enough for such ambitious visions that Noynoy or anyone had? Here's an excerpt from the airport inauguration last June 7, 2018 : PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 7, led the inauguration of the new passenger terminal at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). MCIA Terminal 2 (T2), which brings the airport's annual capacity to 12.5 million passengers from the current 4.5 million, will start operations on July 1. It will serve solely as an international passenger terminal. Construction of T2 is part of the P17....

The Philippines will always forever be stuck in the Marcos vs. Aquino dichotomy or will it? One issue is the problem of the Marcos descendants vs. Aquino descendants -- you have Marcos/Aquino loyalists who only voted for Bongbong Marcos/Noynoy Aquino because of the father -- all the while both sides tend to argue like toddlers on who's side is better. This is the problem of the poor logic of judging people mostly by their lineages. Marcos loyalists tend to forget that Mariano Marcos was just as guilty as Benigno Aquino Sr. all the while they roast Noynoy for simply being a descendant of both Servillano Aquino (a traitor) while the Aquino loyalists tend to hide those facts. The same can be true for Bongbong vs. Noynoy. Noynoy and his comrades always go against Bongbong for simply being a Marcos. But guess what -- Bongbong had very powerful words for Noynoy - " MOVE ON! " While atrocities and abuses during the rather sudden declaration of martial law in 1972 can't b...

I don't want to deny that at this point that the Yellowtards are correct about the fact that a Duterte supporter went mad at the members of Bayan Muna and Migraine International at Hong Kong. The person threw a tantrum and did a dirty finger. It's not appropriate and quarreling with activist groups is something that President Duterte didn't do during the Cavite flag raising ceremony this year. This Duterte supporter went crazy and I don't condone to his actions. Yet, the Dilawans want to make a hasty generalization based on some Duterte supporters' misbehavior but did they FORGET their own side? Who can forget what Jim Paredes did during EDSA 2017? Although he DID NOT do any dirty finger or "putang-ina" but what he did is just uncalled for as well. This outburst is no better than the Duterte supporter who was spotted in Hong Kong quarreling with activist groups. Is this even an act of decency just because Paredes didn't do any "putang-ina...

There are some people today such as Filipino COMMUNISTS and other critics w ho are slamming President Rodrigo R. Duterte for cracking down on the tambays . Tambay is a Filipino word that means unemployed people who are doing nothing but loiter on the streets and do nonsense. In short, the person is neither employed for someone nor self-employed in any business (big or small). These people do nothing but just be there - this means a bystander or someone who is just there to be there. What's causing all this? Well, as it should be stressed - it's the problem of economic protectionism that has caused tambays to be there. Why am I blaming economic protectionism for the increasing problem of tambays? We must understand first the supply-demand gap. How many Filipino businessmen are there (regardless of ethnicity such as Filipino-Chinese or Filipino-Spanish) vs. the number of Filipinos looking for jobs? The unemployment rate itself is related to the huge supply vs. demand gap of h...

I remembered writing some time ago an article where I jokingly said that Philippine democracy is truly dead last September 21, 2017 . It's time to consider one quote that Ninoy Aquino said from Los Angeles last 1981 when he said that Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. killed democracy. The same gimmick is done except there are a lot of important points to remember -- Marcos Sr. declared martial law nationwide (and it was just too sudden) while President Duterte's declaration of martial law was fully lawful and constitutional with delegated powers, that the freedom of the press still exists and that President Duterte hasn't called for unlawful arrest of political opponents. Just think of it, the "new Ninoy Aquino" Senator Antonio Trillanes IV hasn't been arrested yet and if he does get arrested -- it could be linked to sedition charges . If Noynoy Aquino also ever gets arrested then we can also think that it's because he has a lot to answer for during his six years ...