Category: Media

‘Senator’ Antonio Trillanes DEMANDED entry into Tiu property without a proper warrant

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

Perhaps he should’ve just gotten the “boys” back together, squeezed into their army fatigues, locked n’ loaded, and stormed the Sunchamp Agri-Tourism supposedly owned by Chinese taipan Tony Tiu. Sunchamp is the subject of allegations that it is a “dummy” used as a holding firm for the alleged “ill-gotten wealth” of Vice President Jejomar Binay….

Crime, Media, Politics

#HereWeGo! Stuff to occupy Filipino kids’ minds #NgayongSemBreak

October 21, 2014 Kate Natividad 9 Comments

It’s the semestral break in the Philippines! Filipino students refer to it by its obvious abbreviation, “sembreak”. With much of the Philippines’ youth now free from the oppression of paper deadlines, exams, and 7 a.m. classes, what are they to do with all this free time? In the age of ubiquitous internet access, social media,…

Crime, Education, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

Why Filipino voters will still choose Jejomar Binay to be the next President of the Philippines

October 17, 2014October 20, 2014 Ilda 85 Comments

People who are considered physically attractive can get away with a lot of things. Some of them don’t even have to work hard at landing lucrative jobs. In fact, a recent study revealed, “taller men earn more money than their shorter counterparts because they are seen as more intelligent and powerful”. Whether they are actually…

Media, Politics, Society

Apparently Accusing The President Of Corrupting Congress Is Not Newsworthy

October 16, 2014 Gogs 16 Comments

“Here is the news Coming to you every hour on the hour” Electric Light Orchestra Last I looked the Philippines is a Catholic country. Pinoys are flawed in many things and by my reckoning many of them go through the motions in terms of being Catholic. What I can not argue is that…

Government, Media

Why Vice President Jejomar Binay remains popular

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 benign0 14 Comments

There’s been much hype spun around how today’s media technology supposedly greatly improves our ability to suss people out. But, really, all we seem to be getting is a thicker layer of show and an ever-thinning layer of real insiqht into things. Take the whole “debate” around the current crop of politicians and government officials…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Pinoy Big Brother housemate Valerie Weigmann is Miss World Philippines 2014!

October 13, 2014 Kate Natividad 2 Comments

Of ‘Filipino, German, and Danish descent’. That’s how newly-crowned Miss World Philippines 2014 contestant Valerie Weigmann of Albay is described by the Philippine media. Well, considering she is an ex-Pinoy Big Brother housemate and a one-time host of the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga, there does not seem to be much of the German and…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Is same-sex marriage a more important issue than divorce??

October 10, 2014June 27, 2015 Kate Natividad 64 Comments

I often wonder about the twisted priorities of Philippine society. I read just now how Quezon City Mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista is reportedly mulling the allowing of same-sex marriage in his city. Ok, so how is it that something like that takes precedence over — and garners a lot more media mileage than — a…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Binay’s estate, Purisima’s mansions, and Aquino’s hacienda – fodder for the same vacuous ‘debate’

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Pots calling kettles black pretty much summarises the all-too-familiar mudslinging that characterises the political “debate” Filipinos keep their small minds occupied with nowadays. Between the Aquino-Cojuangco bloc, the mansions and SUVs of disgraced police chief Alan Purisima, and the overpriced buildings of 2016 “presidentiable” and current Vice President Jejomar ‘Jojo’ Binay there does not seem…

Media, Politics, Society