Category: Media

RH Bill debate: PacMAN not KO’d by LagMAN but beaten on points

May 19, 2011May 19, 2011 benign0 11 Comments

Unfortunately, the much-promoted “debate” between boxing champ Manny Pacquiao and House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman — billed “PacMAN vs LagMAN” — aired on ABS-CBN’s Harapan (literally “face-off”) was inaccessible from Australia. But it does not really take a genius to imagine how such a spectacle might have transpired. Blogger Joe America in a recent comment…

Culture, Development, Education, Media, Religion

Media storm raised on prospect of American military return to the Philippines!

April 29, 2011May 16, 2023 benign0 4 Comments

Don’t look now, but some people are getting a bit defensive soon after the Inquirer.net published reports of “high level visits” by American officials to meet with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and Olongapo City officials. Specifically US Senators Daniel Inouye and Thad Cochran who respectively chair and officiate the US Senate appropriations committee reportedly…

Economy, Government, Media, Politics

Sexuality in Philippine society: imprisoned in an obsolete tradition-religion complex

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011 benign0 11 Comments

In her article â€œBetween Sensationalism and Censureâ€ (Philippine Journalism Review, April 2002, pages 35-37), Diana Mendoza observed how the bizarreness of Filipinosâ€™ regard for sexuality is reflected in Philippine cinema. Her observations are gleaned from among others, comments made by sociology professor Michael Tan of the University of the Philippines in the Sixth International congress…

Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Do Filipinos know how to use their freedom of speech?

April 21, 2011October 20, 2011 Ilda 110 Comments

What is up with some modern day proponents of freedom of speech? Do they really know what they are talking about? Sometimes they give me the impression that all they are good at is quoting some dead bigwig who advocated freedom of expression in the past. Unfortunately, these same bigwigs could never have imagined that…

Culture, Development, Media, Politics, Society

Lawsuits flying back and forth over Jan Jan: a good show in the making!

April 14, 2011 benign0 10 Comments

There are certain “battles” that are worth one’s while choosing a side and joining the fray. And then there are some where it is best to just step out, sit back, and enjoy the show. The whole “Jan Jan Incident” is one of these “battles”. The whole thing had just turned into a circus. This…

Culture, Media, Society

A tragic life is one spent noisily demanding respect instead of quietly earning it

April 13, 2011 benign0 9 Comments

Defeated, humiliated, freshly nuked, and under American military occupation, Japan rose from the ashes to become, within three decades, one of the biggest, most prosperous, and most powerful nations on the planet. South Korea, also utterly devastated by a war with the Communist Bloc beavered away; and one day the world woke up to find…

Culture, Development, Media, Society

Noynoy publicly criticizes his own speechwriting staff

April 12, 2011 benign0 17 Comments

In another demonstration of his lack of a deep understanding of the concept of command responsibility, Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino dissed his own speechwriting staff in public. Choosing instead to speak extemporaneously in front of an audience made up of participants in the 10th Student Catholic Action of the Philippines (SCAP) National Leadership Conference…

Government, Media

Filipinos should use the power of social media wisely

April 11, 2011April 13, 2011 Ilda 20 Comments

Social media is less than a decade old. Obviously, when I was a teenager there was no Facebook or Twitter yet. I am so glad for that. At one point or another in our teenage years, we all acted like space cadets. But at least only a handful of people close to us will remember…

Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Technology