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When he is not playing the role of his party mates’ campaign manager, you can find Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino playing the lead role of their defense counsel. Yes, defending members of his inner circle, particularly cabinet secretaries who have been implicated in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam or pork barrel…
Since the release to the public of lists of government officials and members of Congress who’d allegedly had dealings with alleged pork barrel scam ringleader Janet Lim Napoles, the scramble to clear names and deny, deny, and deny has been pure madness. One of the more notable of the names mentioned in these lists is…
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This post stems from an article titled “Five Simple Ways to Say ‘Thanks’ to a Journalist” that was sent to me by a friend and colleague. After reading it again (completely this time around), I now regret having dismissed it as one of those ‘know-it-all, outside-looking-in, PR insider tip’ fluff and making an off-the-cuff remark that…
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A leaked internal report observes that the New York Times is clearly “winning in journalism” with a daily report that is “deep, broad, smart and engaging”. However, the same report acknowledges that the Times is “falling behind” in “the art and science of getting [their] journalism to readers.” The report provides valuable insight on where…
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I desperately need to ask all the idiots who made a lot of noise clamouring for the release to the public of all these Napoles Lists this simple question: What now? See, I’ve long asserted that a proper and modern investigation of the pork barrel scam can be mounted without these lists. For that matter,…
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According to the IESE Business School website post on the subject, the Cities in Motion Index (ICIM) is basically a ranking of the world’s “smartest” cities along ten dimensions: “governance, public management, urban planning, technology, environment, international outreach, social cohesion, mobility and transportation, human capital, and economy.” The aim of the ICIM initiative is to…
I had a good laugh at what a colleague of mine said when she heard the news that Pinoy rocker Chito Miranda was proposing marriage to sweetheart Neri Naig; “Ha? Paano yan? Everybody knows di na siya virgin…” Lol! You don’t say. She was referring, of course, to the sensational viral sex video scandal that…
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So, yeah, the gay thing. Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago makes a big deal about former Senator and Philippine National Police Chief Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson’s sexual orientation seemingly to save her ass which had been included in a list of alleged crooks. On the other side of the planet, there is on-going chatter about upcoming…