Comments on: Atty. Romulo Macalintal, Cunning Linguist

By: alf

alf — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:50:27 +0000

In my understanding of Article VII of Section 4 of the Constitution Re: The President shall not be eligible for any re-election. It looks the missing word here the position to be re-elected. In the absence of such said position, it is clear that meaning of re-election is the next election of which the President duly voted by the people is prohibited to participate either to vote or to participate in any re-election processes.

By: Jun

Jun — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:07:28 +0000

And the MEDIA should also spare us the term “Right to free speech”. It is so totally abused by the MEDIA that they use it as their power to manipulate the people. And what comprises the people? Only 20% of Filipinos THINK with their brains, 70% with their dicks (metaphorically speaking) with he rest 10%, too stupid to even think about thinking. Kagagawan ng ABS-CBN for their shows.

By: Jun

Jun — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:04 +0000

Guys, remember: \"IN ANY DEMOCRACY, THE PEOPLE GET THE GOVERNMENT THAT THEY DESERVE\".If the people are too lazy, incompetent and always wants to go above the law, then so will their leaders. Corruption is a part of any government and it can never be removed. FYI: it started with the Royals and transcended all through history. The problem is, as humans, we have the tendency to make sure we surpass the legacies of our predecessors. and FYI: There is no such thing as heaven or hell nor good and evil. Let\’s face it, we are all doomed to destroy each other till kingdom com. Sorry.

Roy makes a good point. The Media is really not unbiased, they tell, print or broadcast what they want to say with the full extent of mocking the people. If they get irked by the ones they interview, they make it their personal crusade to demolish his/her reputation, especially ABS-CBN. They are all jerks in there.

By: roy dominguez

roy dominguez — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:10:28 +0000

Oh my God, but it will be the filipino people who will vote if they want charter change or no in what we call plebicite. Your argument is no argument at all. If the people want parliamentary form of government then they will vote for it, at this juncture the people can also show if they want the president to be prime minister. Only one thing that you cannot admit is that the campaign for charter change is gaining ground, the filipino people saw the difference of our present type of government and the parliamentary form of government. We in the far flung provinces are willing and are also very ready for a parliamentary form of government

By: onetamad

onetamad — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:47:15 +0000

RoyD: The people won’t be selecting the Prime Minister. The PM is elected by fellow members of parliament. Your argument doesn’t exactly hold water.

FreeSince09: Let’s close this thread and move on, shall we? There’s a picture of a cake that looks like a cock on the latest post!

By: FreeSince09

FreeSince09 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:47:59 +0000

Yes, I’m sure thos Maguindanao command voters really love the President

By: roy dominguez

roy dominguez — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:28:57 +0000

Why afraid? you always say that the president is so unpopular. then why afraid if she will become prime minister, people are just afraid with their very own ghost. I hope that the next leader of our nation will be one who has a political will, hindi yung popularity rating lang prinipreserve

By: FreeSince09

FreeSince09 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:44:16 +0000

Roy, the ChaCha express will allow her to become a PM.

By: FreeSince09

FreeSince09 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:42:35 +0000

To be fair though the Head of the Lopezes is more influential than any President

By: roy dominguez

roy dominguez — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:36:24 +0000

marunong magmalinis kasi ang media nating eh, like for example the ABS CBN, kitang kita naman eh. Try to read this:

It’s shameful that ABS-CBN has allowed its coverage of Philippine news to be swayed and influenced by its owners, the Lopez family. The Lopezes running feuds with the Arroyos and Macapagals have led to unbalanced, biased reporting on the part of ABS-CBN. Down with all feudalism in the Philippines, including in the media sector!

It incenses me when Western media, trying to be polite, notes that the Philippines has a rabidly free press. What what useful purpose do Filipinos use their freedom of the press? Philippine news in general does not strive for objective coverage. Not only is it sensationalist, but worse, one cannot distinguish between the standard news articles and editorials. Most recently it has been absurd notions of Arroyo trying to cling to power by supporting a parliamentary system. a) The Philippines needs a parliamentary system to help encourage the development of real political parties, and the Senate is redundant–basically 24 egotistical mini Presidents. If Arroyo is so unpopular, she would not win election, and her party would not control Parliament; so scaremongering on the part of the media is nonsensical.

Shoddy, unprofessional, irresponsible reporting is one factor in the Philippines’ poor economic and political development.