The Fourth Perspective

The recent carnage involving 66 or so members of the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and some civilians had demonstrated two very critical revelations; it challenge the sincerity of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and it illuminates ineptitude in the Philippine government. The incident at Mamasapano, Maguindanao and the surrounding circumstances that leads to its occurrence pointed to the undeniable reality that the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) is an Alter-ego of the MILF. One relevant aspect of the MILF/ GRP (Government of the Republic of the Philippines) agreement is the required notification or coordination with the peace panel before conducting military or police operation.  The glaring drawback in this arrangement is the loss of the element of surprise, which is a crucial and an imperative factor towards success. It is a common knowledge in the military and police circle that most of the MILF and BIFF members...

As fast as the time progress is the Chinese advances through reclamations at the West Philippine Sea . Soon basing infrastructure will be completed in the form of naval berthing facility; air station and runways for Chinese fighter jets and surveillance drones;  for radars that would enhanced coverage and weapons guidance; launching pads for surface to air or surface to surface missiles;  logistical support facility, such as pier, warehouse and bunkers; convenient staging area for Chinese military and civilian vessels and aircraft, that would enable a sustain operation ever than before, hence, affording the luxury of perpetual presence. It was reported that the reclamations are situated at a distance of 160-180 kilometers from the nearest Philippine coast, which is roughly equivalent to the distance of Pangasinan to Manila .  These developments clearly erodes the Philippine’s geographical and military advanta...

The pursuit of material gain had preoccupied the human mind since the emergence of industry. It diverted man away from the real source of satisfaction and the true meaning of contentment. It blurred his mind on matters of real importance and genuine values. It had robbed him of the time for independent thoughts beyond what the mass media and his corporate masters had led him to think. Gain has become his purpose, the rationale for his existence and the end which he wishes to reach at all cost. But there is no omega in the pursuit of material gain. It will always be beyond grasp, like time it moves constantly and farther, like space it changes to become wider, and like the sun   it shines even brighter to lure him to exert more, to sacrifice more and to want more. It was instilled in his spirit that material gain is the key to happiness, and to persist towards its acquisition is a worthy purpose. It has become a habit and obsession and therefore, not necessarily in his nature a...

Altercating without end on legal trivialities and processes, even in the way it was express and punctuated; Defending personalities instead of the act; Convicting less of the strong, and more of the weak; Reckless prosecution and defending at all expense, while disinterested on the prospect of guilt or innocence, more so to its outcome which at worse, could result to institutionalizing perilous precedence; The open-ended arguments over technicalities, that bears no meaning when contrasted with what is just and equitable; Prime in value is to be recognize as a bona-fide champion of acquittal or conviction, but not so much of justice. Such are the realities that bears on legal representations of which has become impersonal, even remorseless on the prolongation of anguish and pain, while capitalizing on the same. Thus, as in dead winter, legal advocacy turned cold and predatory. Gone is the human side even before it was acquired. Men are punished even before they are co...

Political parties, supposedly are embodiments of two or more collective ideas to achieve common goals through the use of political power. Such goals are essentially impersonal and necessarily must be pursued with the general welfare in mind. Political parties, putatively are personification of conflicting or unparallel thoughts on the ways and means of achieving, oftentimes a similar objective. But how effective are the political parties in furthering the aspiration/s of the state and its people, when dissonance via party segregation becomes the norm and conduct to gain political power. Isn’t it illogical for a government of men to lead in discordant fashion even before they gain political authority? Men who among themselves have failed to resolve their discommonalities on how to handle the affairs of the state. How can homogeneity that necessarily must entail cooperation would come into being? How can it be possible to blend these men into one purpose, of managing and governing the s...

Without over simplifying, despotism is total control, and applying it in a corporate sense and landscape is to achieve total dominance of the market. Corporate despotism is not as of yet unlawful, but it poses more than just a challenge to ethical and moral standards. It arrest entrepreneurial dynamism, diverse economic growth, innovation, free market play and consequently, healthy competition. Growing and promising medium sized enterprises that turned out to be formidable competitor were assimilated by corporate giants through buyouts, mergers and consolidations. Take the case of Jollibee Corporation, the largest fast-food chain in the Philippines , which over the years was able to acquire Chowking, Greenwich Pizza, Red Ribbon Bakeshop, Mang Inasal, and Burger King. Imagine the consumer market that these well known food companies were serving that is now under Jollibee's domain. Consequently, just like other corporate despot such as the Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT) who...

We feel old when we ride with time, it wearies the body and the spirit. Time is constantly altering itself in relation to the expanse other than terrestrial space;    it deceives, it controls; more than ever it runs faster and shorter to the point that we can no longer see what is there to see; it leads us to the blindest of spot; always, it renders us into the realm of false urgency; to the fiat of constant inadequacy. Time is a unit of measure, and to measure is to divide and limit, and to limit is to restrict creativity and to set in definition the human possibility. Hence, I find time to be an inconsistency to that vastness and infinity called the universe. After all, what is time?  Is it a means to assign man his own little space? Like in a cage, he is confined to the make believe, that he cannot achieve functionality beyond that space called time. I have discovered that time does not serve man but to his constriction. It leads him to a constant state of chaotic...