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January 2, 2012October 12, 2016 benign0 39 Comments

I came across some chatter on Twitter today regarding some kind of issue around something “veteran journalist” Marites Vitug wrote about the Philippines’ University of Santo Tomas reportedly granting a doctorate in law, summa cum laude, to Chief Justice Renato Corona without requiring a dissertation. I’m thinking, whatever. Granting degrees and distinctions on any person,…

Media, Tech Talk

Filipino indie film makers need to stop whining and step up

January 2, 2012December 23, 2013 benign0 90 Comments

A firestorm of “indignation” descending upon Get Real Post article Filipino films: they don’t make us think (written by Ilda) brought to light the plight of hapless Filipino independent film makers in an industry dominated by big studios and distributors out to make a quick buck from a largely vacuous society. To borrow a line…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Filipino films: they don’t make us think

December 31, 2011July 31, 2022 Ilda 1,302 Comments

The type of films Filipino filmmakers make reflect the type of people most Filipinos are — people lacking in substance. Just looking at the list of entries for this year’s Manila Film Festival, you can already tell that not a lot of thinking was involved in the process of making them. Even the titles leave…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media

It Is a Good Time for Change, Starting with Changing to Someone Who Can Actually Do It

December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 BenK 11 Comments

I read with some interest Jaime Garchitorenaâ€™s â€œEnd of Year Thoughts: If thereâ€™s a good time to initiate change I think that good time is nowâ€, and I found it intriguing in that it echoes in many ways my own understanding of the futility of â€˜ideal democracyâ€™: That rules many times are nothing more than…

Government, Politics

StarStruck talent Tyron Perez dead at 26

December 30, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

Rising Filipino actor Tyron Perez was reportedly found dead in a vehicle parked on a service road along the North Luzon Espressway in Valenzuela. Police are exploring the possibility of suicide as the cause of death… Police said Perez died of a gunshot wound on the right side of his head from a caliber .22…

Glitz and Glamour

President Noynoy Aquino’s crooked path justified @JaimeGarch

December 29, 2011 benign0 27 Comments

On his request, I read Jaime Garchitorena’s End of Year Thoughts. The primary payload of Mr Garch’s piece seems to revolve around the notion that to expect any sort of strategic thinking and strategic execution from President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is an exercise in utter futility, and therefore, that expectation is best written off…

Government, Politics

Maria Ozawa, Siri and the next terrestrial intelligence

December 29, 2011 benign0 5 Comments

Admittedly, I’ve been just a wee little bit unfair on the Filipino men who fell for the recent Maria Ozawa hoax. Sign-up scams have been around for as long as the history of mass communication itself. I remember as a child reading about how a clever ad was placed on an American newspaper in the…

Society, Tech Talk

Filipino men fall head over heels for Maria Ozawa scam

December 29, 2011October 15, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

As if to confirm the national delusion described by Get Real Post writer Ilda in her May 2011 article “Do Filipinos suffer from narcissistic personality disorder?”, a number of Filipino men signed up responded to a bogus account of popular Japanese adult movie star Maria Ozawa hoping to be cast in her next adult film….

Glitz and Glamour, Society

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on Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin
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