Category: Media

Why cadet Cudia’s case has played out on social media like an EDSA revolution

March 17, 2014March 18, 2014 FallenAngel 48 Comments

I don’t pretend to know much about the nitty-gritty of military life. In fact, the closest I ever came to experiencing it involved being an officer in the Citizen’s Army Training (CAT) program in high school, and being a normal cadet in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program in college. If anyone cares to…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Media, Society

The Philippines – not just an Ampaw Republic, but a Kaharian ng Araw too

March 15, 2014 FallenAngel 8 Comments

If there’s one good thing I can say about president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, it’s that I can count on him to provide entertainment value while he goes through the motions of that role which he “accepted” in 2010, albeit reluctantly. All this started of course, when BS Aquino made news because of a speech…

Civics, Government, Media, Politics

What the case of PMA student Cudia says about Filipino society at large

March 14, 2014March 14, 2014 FallenAngel 46 Comments

The case of dismissed Philippine Military Academy student Aldrin Cudia has lingered long enough among the chattering classes. When news of it first broke out, it seemed that Cudia was dismissed for being a few minutes late for a succeeding class. Eventually, it became known to the public that Cudia was found guilty of something…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Would Pharrell Williams approve of Haiyan victims dancing to ‘Happy’?

March 14, 2014 Kate Natividad 26 Comments

I mean, seriously, WTF? That video showing Filipinos dancing amid the devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte is in bad taste plain and simple. There is nothing to be “happy” about what happened there. And no amount of dancing will change the simple fact that what happened to Tacloban is nothing short of horrific….

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Social media for social change? Think again, Philippines

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 FallenAngel 12 Comments

The more I hear people say that social media is going to be a “game-changer” for social good, or however they want to say it, the more I get convinced that it’s actually not going to happen. Social media is commonly delineated in scope to refer to Facebook, Twitter and in some cases Youtube, no…

Civics, Media, Politics, Society, Technology

Da Pilipino way: showbiz and government are inseparable

February 28, 2014 FallenAngel 49 Comments

Filipinos are infamous for their short attention spans and stunted mental faculties. As a form of entertainment, many Filipinos rely on television. However mass media giants use this medium, whether to educate the population or turn them into mindless, loyal, zombies, its power cannot be underestimated. If they do decide to show nothing but dancing…

Civics, Culture, Education, Media

President Noynoy Aquino shows discomfort with question from Sunstar’s Oscar Pineda

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 FallenAngel 57 Comments

In a Facebook status which has garnered some attention, it was highlighted that Oscar Pineda, a journalist working for Sunstar Cebu, asked president Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino during a press briefing about the apparently inadequate support for typhoon victims and the snail-paced rehabilitation efforts in northern Cebu. Two Thumbs up for Oscar Pineda of Sunstar…

Civics, Government, Media

Zombie panic! When will Philippine Media own up to the routinely irresponsible journalism it feeds to Filipinos?

February 27, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

The Philippine province of Pangasinan continues to reel from the aftermath of a fatal scoop propagated by giant media conglomerate ABS-CBN through its tele-tabloid Bandila. The “scoop” involved reports that victims of a “terrible flesh-eating disease” were found in Pangasinan and that the disease as “prophesied” would engulf the rest of the planet and cause…

Crime, Media

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