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Tag Archives: Rolando Mendoza
2010: The year of the rise of the Philippine idiocracy!
What a year it has been! 2010 is the year I and many other like-minded people will never forget. As a Filipino, I never thought it was still possible to learn many new things about the culture I was born … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Development, Elections, Featured, Government
Tagged morong 43, noynoy aquino, Rolando Mendoza, yellow army
74 Comments
The ironic fall of a venerable "e-mandirigma"
Esteemed blogger BetterPhilippines (henceforth referred to as just “BP”) raises some good points in his latest blog to question the sincerity of Undersecretary Vicente “Enteng” Romano’s resignation letter, particularly his taking “full accountability” for the fiasco, when in fact (as … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Media
Tagged alberto lim, enteng romano, noynoy aquino, Rolando Mendoza, tourism
35 Comments
Filipinos and happiness: why we need to be serious about it
There is enough evidence to suggest that Filipinos in general are preoccupied with the desire to be on a permanent state of euphoria or at least with being perceived to be a “happy-go-lucky” society no matter what circumstances they are … Continue reading
P-Noy's first 100 days: "achievements" that fail the "So What" Test
Life can be so unfair. Some people will hate you just for being ugly. Then again, some people will still hate you just for being beautiful. But if you believe the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) report on the satisfaction … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Featured, Politics
Tagged 1st 100 days, noynoy aquino, platform, Rolando Mendoza
74 Comments
Amnesty for Trillanes: not surprising in a society where principles are an alien concept
Within the last couple of weeks, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III had exhibited an astounding capacity for giving the softly-softly treatment to people accountable for rebellion and needless loss of life. One is his dithering on how to interpret and … Continue reading
First IIRC report on hostage crisis: some facts read like fiction
There was not much about the first report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) regarding the August 23, 2010 Rizal Park Hostage-taking incident that we didn’t already know or suspected. The report did give us specifics and an … Continue reading
Posted in Civics, Government, Media
Tagged food, Hong Kong, iirc, philippine national police, Rolando Mendoza
52 Comments
Wasted lessons: The IIRC report on the Mendoza hostage massacre
For me, the recently released report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) headed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima spelled out culpability at the operational level — breakdown in the chain of command, non-performance and lack of prudence … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Government
Tagged Hong Kong, iirc, leila de lima, Rolando Mendoza
29 Comments
Good News Pilipinas: why being in denial will NOT keep tragedies away
Have you ever wondered why there is a website called Good News Pilipinas? People keep sending me links to that website but every time I visit it, most of the stuff I find there consists of news items about superficial … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Media
Tagged Efren Penaflorida, goodnews pilipinas, noynoy aquino, Rolando Mendoza
106 Comments
Filipino self-anaesthetisation after the Mendoza hostage massacre
For a nation that I’ve asserted so many times is motivated by nothing more noble than a culturally-ingrained sense of hiya (a Filipino concept that is a bizarrely convoluted complex of shame and face), it seems like extracting even a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Featured, Government
Tagged Hong Kong, noynoy aquino, Rolando Mendoza, thinking
53 Comments
Filipinos have no right to move on from the Mendoza hostage crisis
In the aftermath of the August 23 Mendoza hostage massacre that resulted in the deaths of eight foreign tourists, Filipinos had plumbed new depths of collective shame as a people. The on-going investigations notwithstanding, the drama revealed to the world … Continue reading
