CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – The pork barrel, which started as an appropriation by either a Senator or Congressman for certain projects to prop up their standing among their local constituents, might have developed into Frankenstein over time without members of Philippine Congress realizing it that it is fraught with risks. After two People Power Revolutions that toppled Presidents Marcos… Read More »
I thought President Aquino was done blaming all the country’s troubles on the previous administration. But obviously, the blame game continues, and will probably go on for the duration of his term. After a laudable State-of-the-Nation Address in July in which he did not blame the Arroyo administration for the country’s ills for the first time and instead… Read More »
~ A body of work usually speaks eloquently of the person making claims of being such and such an achiever. In the case of a Voltaire de Leon, the self-professed tarsier, he name-calls and badmouths others to lift himself. He mentions a “whorenalist” without knowing it fits him to a T. He claims having written for Balita only… Read More »
Just as the Aquino administration had expressed optimism for lasting peace in Mindanao following an agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on the establishment of a Bangsamoro entity, the Nur Misuari-led Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) raised the specter of war in the region. Misuari criticized the government’s failure to comply with the provisions of the… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – In the late 1980’s, Eminiano “Jun” A. Riodica, Jr. fled from Los Angeles, California and returned to the Philippines to escape the wrath of hundreds of Filipino Americans he defrauded of millions of dollars in his Ponzi scheme, using his car dealership as his front. Almost at the same time of the Cory Aquino Presidency,… Read More »
I am not a superstition person. I do not believe in all those tales about black cats. How can you avoid a black cat traversing your path if you own the animal? I avoid going under ladders not because of bad luck but it is common sense to avoid an accident. Ladders are not very stable structures Have… Read More »
MANILA The hottest news here is the expose of a spider’s web of scams allocating congressmen’s pork barrel funds for “ghost” projects, with the actual money going into the private pockets of fraudsters. As the name implies, ghost projects are non-existent, they only appear on paper but not on the ground. The problem is that the public don’t… Read More »
The series of articles published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the pork barrel scam that has defrauded the Philippine government of an estimated P10 billion gave unassailable proof that the pork barrel program is one of the major sources of graft and corruption in government. They also exposed the loose implementation of funding processes in both the… Read More »
One thing stood out in President Aquino’s State-of-the-Nation Address on Monday. For the first time in four SONAs, Aquino did not blame the previous administration for the country’s current state of affairs. Finally, the President has decided to face the state of the nation sans his usual blame game. After three years in office, it just makes no… Read More »
President Noynoy Aquino delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address in the joint session of Congress on July 23. The people listened; many approved, some did not. But that’s the state of the nation. The President’s SONA lasted for almost two hours, including interruptions coming from his frequent coughing. I watched the pained looks on the faces… Read More »