LML Polettiques (478)

Profiles in corruption: Pharmally and the Chinese connection

Friday, 02 February 2024 23:43 Written by
Third of a seriesTHE third part of this series focuses on President Rodrigo Duterte. The controversial human rights violations resulting from Duterte's war against illegal drugs, which killed thousands, both innocent and guilty, is one of the greatest blights on…

Profiles in corruption: The Cory legacy

Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:59 Written by
Second of a seriesTHE first part of this series on the riveting Philippine corruption tales portrayed the stark display of naked power by President Noynoy Aquino when their Cojuangco family heirloom, their crown jewel, the Hacienda Luisita, was threatened and…

Profiles in corruption: The 'honorable' senators

Wednesday, 17 January 2024 05:09 Written by
First of a seriesWHILE still fresh in our memories, we review some of the great accounts of corruption in the country. These are cautionary tales for BBM, who is perceived to be taking his administration on a crusade to whitewash…

Appalling prospects for 2024 and beyond — wars and global warming

Wednesday, 10 January 2024 08:25 Written by
AT the start of a new year, people are normally buoyant that things will get better, discarding the practices of the old with new year's resolutions that are soon discarded before the first month is out. My view is contrarian:…

An agonizing start for 2024

Wednesday, 03 January 2024 09:16 Written by
THE Abrahamic religions have different perspectives and treatment of Christmas. For Christians, a big thing as they commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. It was first celebrated circa the 4th century on December 25, the date of his birth traditionally…

A tragic yearend for all — same trajectory for the coming year

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 22:09 Written by
THE year ends as expected on a sordid note and continuing tragedies. The Ukraine war, now in a stalemate, may go the way of Putin. But the killing continues. In Palestine, Israel has introduced a new phase in this conflict…

Our own pivot to China

Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:41 Written by
FROM the start of his regime, I have not written about how BBM runs government. Instead, I wrote several columns on foreign affairs and genocides in Ukraine and Palestine, a much more compelling take. Consequently, I started a series on…

Man-made God

Thursday, 14 December 2023 22:44 Written by
Fourth of a seriesOUR second hypothesis demonstrated that the stories depicted in the Abrahamic religions are not originals, plagiarized from even more ancient epics, man-made, not deity-inspired, implying that religion itself is man-made. Which brings the consequential conclusion that man…
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