Tag: panfilo lacson
Civics / Crime / Government / Politics
Substandard bunkhouses reportedly built for Haiyan victims: Where did the rest of the money go?
January 7, 2014 May 30, 2014 - by benign0 - 148 Comments.
Philippine government thievery seems to remain alive and kicking, this time stealing victims of super-typhoon Haiyan (a.k.a. Yolanda) blind! Reports are emerging of widespread delivery and building of substandard facilities …
Civics / Government / Politics
Philippines on its own as foreign military personnel pull out of Yolanda disaster zones
December 4, 2013 - by benign0 - 34 Comments.
Foreign relief personnel including up to 12,000 United States troops who had participated in the relief effort following the devastation of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) are set to pull out of …
Crime / Government / Politics
Instead of ending corruption, Noynoy Aquino encourages it
October 21, 2013 - by Ilda - 32 Comments.
There is something about Filipino public servants and Philippine society in general that could make one lose faith in humanity. It could be the fact that a lot of public …
Crime / Politics
Many Philippine politicians are corrupt because Filipinos allow it
August 17, 2013 August 19, 2013 - by Ilda - 127 Comments.
Philippine society's dysfunctional culture is evident yet again in the latest scandal involving some members of Philippine Congress and how they channel their Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) or "pork …
Gloria Arroyo's prosecution is beginning to look like Renato Corona's trial-by-media circus
July 27, 2012 October 11, 2013 - by Ilda - 28 Comments.
President Benigno Simeon Aquino acted like a spoiled brat once again after Pasay City Judge Jesus Mupas allowed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) to be released on bail on grounds …
Civics / Culture / Government / Society
Senator Miriam Santiago is just what the doctor ordered for the prosecution
February 28, 2012 October 8, 2013 - by Ilda - 280 Comments.
I know what the Philippines needs. We need more people like Senator Miriam Santiago. We need more people like her who won't think twice about saying the truth. Senator Santiago …
Crime / Culture / Media
The Big Con: The triumphant return of Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson
March 29, 2011 - by benign0 - 6 Comments.
In Steven Spielberg's 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale Jr (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) manages to cash more than $2.5 million in bogus cheques while eluding law …