Category: Society

It’s time REAL techos take back the discussion on social media influence!

Posted on By benign0 8 Comments on It’s time REAL techos take back the discussion on social media influence!

Social media “experts” like most Rappler “journalists” and “influencers” like Noemi Dado, a.k.a. @momblogger, don’t have tech backgrounds. Yet they contribute so much noise to discussions about subjects like these. When will people like, say, Manila Bulletin Tech Editor Art Samaniego really weigh in on the discussion more assertively? In a Recode interview, for example,…

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Media, Society, Tech Talk

Duterte quip about maid reflects widespread abuse servants cop in Filipino households

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I’m not here to make excuses for a head of state making light of possible abuse of household help in his youth. That’s just not on. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should really put a stop to making comments like that as it only makes him less effective as a leader. At the same time, however,…

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Education, Lifestyle, Society

Communism in the Philippines should be CRUSHED once and for all!

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Why does communism continue to plague the Philippines? Its elements openly defy the government, incite unrest, and spread their obsolete ideology. Across the Philippines, communists infest Philippine university and college campuses, radicalise various “cause-oriented” groups and steal precious classroom hours that could have been used to educate Filipinos students. Communists are also behind labour unrest…

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Culture, Society

We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies

Posted on By benign0 15 Comments on We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies

You know who are the most likely victims of bullying? If you answered “the less fortunate”, the “marginalised”, the “powerless”, or the underdogs”, you answered wrong. Because these types of “victims” are no more than the traditional poster children put up by “activists” who are driven more by a political agenda than by any real…

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Culture, Society

Detoxing from Big Corporate Social Media and a return to REAL “social networking”

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As many of our closest followers know by now, we had recently launched GRPsupport.com (currently in BETA). It’s the equivalent of a home-cooked social networking meal with all-natural ingredients sourced from the Net’s most trusted organic digital farms and none of the artificial toxicity of the mass-produced “services” on offer in Big Corporate Social Media…

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Media, Society, Tech Talk

New #MissUniverse Catriona Gray proves Filipinos need to GET REAL about poverty

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The Philippines’ newly-crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray remarked that there is “beauty” in poverty in the interview section of the pageant which was held in Manila, Philippines this year. The interview sections of beauty pageants are usually the butts of popular jokes. This time, however, Gray, one of the more widely-admired Miss Philippines personalities, drew…

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Glitz and Glamour, Religion, Society

Filipinos should seize the opportunity to define themselves on their own terms NOW

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If there is something deeper that would characterise the last two to three years, it is an increased confusion around Filipinos’ sense of identity as a people. Filipinos no longer enjoy the benefit of being told who they are. This is thanks to the rise of the Net and, specifically, its killer app — social…

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Development, Media, Society

So Now A Christmas Song Is Really Talking About Date Rape

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I am finding the nearest nuclear bunker. Locally we are witnessing the simultaneous crucifixion of Maria Ressa , journalism, good manners, good looks and civilization. Abroad the #metoo movement has worked its way into banning staple holiday songs. Over the next few paragraphs I will make a case about censorship and assignment of meaning but…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society