Myles Gernale

Stephen Hawkins
Daniel Kim
Taejin Kim
 As a recap, there are four dimensions of democracy which include:

- People
- Equality
- Common good
- Representative
 The Ateneo Bullying Incident
 The Ateneo Bullying Incident
- Occurred on December 19, 2018, what happened was a student
from Ateneo used martial arts to attack and intimidate a fellow Atenean
in the bathroom. The attacker forced the victim to choose between
getting a beating or keeping his dignity. He said that if the victim
chooses dignity, “I would make him kneel kiss my shoes, and my
genitals.”
- This was not the only video, there were also other videos of the
boy attacking other boys using martial arts and even a video of him
forcing a peer at Ateneo to say, “I am dumb.”
- On December 23, the Ateneo management announced that the
bully had been dismissed from the school.
- What makes the situation confusing is that the mother of the
attacker and the attacker himself said that the reason why he attacked
was because of “Self-defense.”
 The Ateneo Bullying Incident
 Duterte’s Sexist Remarks
 Duterte’s “Sexist” Comments
- President Rodrigo Duterte has been known for making sexist
remarks usually in his political speeches in which he is accused of sexism.
These might have been intentional jokes.
- Some examples of these remarks include:
- On February 7, Duterte Ordered soldiers to not kill
female rebels but “shoot them in the vagina so that they would
become useless.”
- On Saturday, January 27, Akbayan Women called the
President an "international embarrassment" and said that he "has no
respect for Filipino women,“ where he joked that if Muslim extremists can
lure followers with the promise of "42 virgins" in heaven, he would like to
"attract" tourists to the Philippines with the same.
 Duterte’s “Sexist” Comments
- Although there were instances of Duterte standing up to
abuses of women/praising women such as:
- Thursday, November 17, promised to look into the
reported rise in child and sexual abuse cases in the country
when he gets back from an overseas trip.
- “On the rise itong...child abuse, sexual or battery. And
itong crime against women medyo tumataas (Child abuse,
sexual abuse, battery is on the rise. And crimes against women
are also rising)," he said in his speech at the Davao
International Airport before catching a flight to Peru to attend
his first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’
Summit.
 Duterte’s “Sexist” Comments
- Although there were instances of Duterte standing up to
abuses of women/praising women such as:
- "Women are heroes," President Rodrigo Duterte said in
his message for International Women's Day, celebrated on
Wednesday, March 8.
-"The entire world can look up to women – for their
creativity, and imagination, for their courage and boldness, for
their self-sacrifice and charity," Duterte in his message sent to
media on Wednesday.
 The Pork Barrel Scam
 The Pork Barrel Scam
Priority Development Assistance Fund
- The scam was first exposed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 12, 2013,
commonly known as Pork Barrel is lump sum budget allocation given to members of
congress every year - 200M Php for senators, 70M Php for representatives.
- This is supposed to be used for each representative's district, to promote
growth and development of the community. This decentralizes government
spending, supposedly, the representatives know best what their district needs.
- What happened was the opposite, It was a political scandal involving the
alleged misuse of funds by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of
their Priority Development Assistance Fund.
- The members created “Ghost” organizations to make it look like they are
doing projects for the community so that the money can easily go to them without
attracting attention from the public that they are not doing community projects.
 The Pork Barrel Scam
Priority Development Assistance Fund
- One of the main suspects were Janet Lim-Napoles with
Philippine Senators Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile,
and other congressmen.
 Mocha Uson’s Promotion of “Federalism”
 Mocha Uson’s Promotion of “Federalism”
- In August 2018,Mocha released a video that purported to
promote federalism, Mocha received a large amount of controversy for
its vulgarity and explicit sexual content. In the video, Uson urged her
co-host Drew Olivar to do dance touching his crotch and rubbing his
chest while singing "I-pepe, i-pepe. I-dede, i-dede. I-pede, pede, pede,
pederalismo." (Pussy it, pussy it, boobs it, boobs it. Fede it, fede, fede,
federalism). After Olivar's dance, Uson called for applause (palakpakan
tayo) during the video.
-In April 2017, Uson was part of the president's official delegation
during his state visits to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar. According to
a presidential spokesman, she has a large number of followers from
overseas Filipino communities, especially in the Middle East, and was
meant to boost morale and well-being of her followers.
 Mocha Uson’s Promotion of “Federalism”
- As member of the board, Mocha’s job is to be part of a sub-
committee tasked to review movies, programs, or television shows for
recommendations of disapproval.
- Her position in the MTRCB is said to expire on September 30,
2017, although she relinquished her post on May 8, 2017, following her
appointment as assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications
Operations Office.
- On May 8, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Uson as
assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations
Office (PCOO). Uson will be handling the social media department of
the PCOO.
- On October 3, 2018, during a Senate budget hearing, Uson
stated that she had resigned as PCOO Assistant Secretary in order for
the PCOO's proposed 2019 budget to be passed.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ateneo_de_Manila_Junior_
High_School_bullying_incident
 https://www.msn.com/en-ph/video/news/ateneo-ph-
taekwondo-probe-bullying-incident-in-junior-high/vp-BBRgbb2
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K01htUgGZM
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/195924-hrw-duterte-order-
shoot-women-vagina-violates-international-humanitarian-law
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/194576-duterte-jokes-virgins-
come-on-tourism
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/163600-rodrigo-duterte-
womens-day-message
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/189529-duterte-women-rights-
sexism
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_Development_Assistanc
e_Fund_scam
- Carvajal, Nancy C. (July 12, 2013). "NBI probes P10-B
scam". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.
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(http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/443297/nbi-probes-p10-b-scam)
- Arquiza, Yasmin (December 31, 2013). "Janet Napoles and
the unraveling of the pork barrel scandal". GMA News
(https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/specialreports/3419
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scandal/story/)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocha_Uson
- Nonato, Christine O. Avendaño, DJ Yap, Faye Orellana, Vince F. "'I-pepe-dede-
ralismo' video sparks outrage". Retrieved 2018-11-07.
(https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1018378/i-pepe-dede-ralismo-video-sparks-outrage)
- Uson, Mocha. "Copy: Pepedederalismo Song and Dance - Mocha Uson on
Federalism". Retrieved February 11, 2018.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqwVez0kqGY)
- Macas, Trisha (5 January 2017). "Mocha Uson appointed as MTRCB board
member". GMA Network. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
(https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/594711/mocha-uson-appointed-as-
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- "Palace: Mocha Uson to boost morale of OFWs as part of Duterte delegation to the Middle
East". CNN Philippines. Retrieved April 20, 2017. (http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/04/11/Mocha-
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- Sabillo, Kristine Angeli; Gonzales, Yuji Vincent (May 9, 2017). "Mocha Uson appointed as
PCOO assistant secretary". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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