Applying Scott Peck’s ‘People of the Lie’ to the Binays
In the book “People of the Lie,” noted psychiatrist and author Dr. Scott Peck mentioned some characteristics of evil people:
View ArticleFailing to meet KPI targets, Binays asked: Submit to oversight function
Being employed by a top BPO (business process outsourcing) company means having to work in a very competitive environment.
View ArticleLord of Makati
Oh, what a circus, oh, what a show—and in the country’s premier showcase city yet. If anyone harbors the thought that the Philippines is now a modern democratic nation able to handle conflicts and...
View ArticleDue process the PH way
In her April 11 Inquirer column, Solita Monsod asked: “How can CA issue that writ of injunction?” given what Section 14 of Republic Act No. 6770 (“The Ombudsman Act of 1989”) clearly proscribes in no...
View ArticleWhere did Binay wealth come from?
The Binay family’s bank accounts are among the 242 ordered frozen by the Court of Appeals as petitioned by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). The Binay bank accounts frozen totaled P600 million....
View ArticlePrewar political harassment
Scandal and corruption in government have become staples of Philippine life, such that we often see these reported in the papers but do not give these much thought. The alleged Binay billions, however,...
View ArticleMakati ‘sisterhood pacts’ more frivolous than generous?
This is a reaction to the news story titled “Binay camp defends 670 sister city pacts” (News, 7/9/15). It is a quite shocking revelation that by entering into “sisterhood pacts” (with 670 local...
View ArticleNext president after Jojo
His suspicions percolating for some time already, imagine a husband finally catching his wife coming out of a motel with another man. In a paroxysm of rage, he bludgeons them to a pulp. In answer to...
View ArticleLearning to live with political dynasties
William Safire, political lexicographer, defines “dynasty” as the “recurrence of political power in generations of a single family; previously, the passing of power among a small group of political...
View ArticleBenighted
BENIGHTED, adj.—overtaken by darkness or night; existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness; unenlightened.
View ArticleNot only in the Philippines
When part of the ceiling at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 collapsed even before its opening in 2006, one news report was prefaced with the phrase “Only in the Philippines.”
View ArticleDynasts rule
President Aquino should get serious about pushing the antidynasty law. He brought up the subject at his last State of the Nation Address, saying in Filipino that there is something inherently wrong in...
View ArticleNot afraid
“Why,” an angry Sen. Nancy Binay asked last Friday, “are they so afraid of the Binays?” She was responding to the order of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales dismissing her brother Junjun Binay as mayor...
View ArticleTies that bind and blind
The Maguindanao Massacre in November 2009 is the extreme example of why a family should not monopolize political power.
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