Posts Tagged ‘impunity’

It's another vow from the AFP and PNP - AFP, PNP vow to strengthen fight vs private armies. How exactly are they going to do this? Are they proposing anything new? Too much attention is being given to end-game activities while focus on information gathering and distribution is lacking. Twentieth century approaches to law enforcement are not enough in the 21st century battleground. Pangako ... Full story

Esteemed columnist of the Inquirer.net Conrado de Quiros unwittingly undermines official Aquinoist spin in an amusing attempt to make something of former President Gloria Arroyo's tardiness... FOR THE orientation seminar last Thursday for "newbies" in Congress, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came in late. After signing the attendance sheet at the Batasan entrance, she wound her way to ... Full story

Are we a nation of cheaters? It seems we never run out of news about cheating in the Philippines. Way back then, the perception was that only government officials and employees were prone to cheating. Fast forward a decade. We shout in the streets against cheating - everyone else cheats, but us. Really? Is ... Full story

We have a culture wherein we blame the government for our problems, but fail to realize that we ourselves have corruption and are thus responsible as well for our condition. Full story

I read recently that companies owned by oligarchs are having surveys about who their employees are voting for. That's fine. What's not right is when companies bully their employees into voting for Aquino. What that implies is that people are being made to vote for Noynoy under coercive conditions. If that isn't an indicator of how things can get worse under another Aquino presidency, I ... Full story

We often hear the phrase "culture of impunity" attributed to Filipinos. Indeed, nothing could be more true. We so incline ourselves to latching on to improper habits that present no immediately unpleasant outcomes without really understanding long-term ramifications associated with said habits. Impunity fits snugly within a more holistic framework that describes in a coherent structure the disastrous nature of Philippine society's imprisonment in itsdysfunctional culture ... Full story

Impunity. The word is defined as one that describes "a freedom from unpleasant consequences". Hold whatever thoughts the above word induces in your mind while we make a quick digression... I see a monumental struggle all over that part of the Philippine blogosphere I am most familiar with to "understand Chavit Singson". Singson had recently been under fire for alleged domestic violence against his wife Rachel ... Full story