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Author: BenK

Crime / Economy / Politics

Did Butch Abad just out an Aquino SC justice for perjury?

November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 - by BenK - 8 Comments.

In the aftermath of the announcement of the unexpectedly disappointing third-quarter GDP figures earlier this week, Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad offered a rather strange explanation for part of it, …

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Development / Media / Politics

BUSTED: JICA Refutes Pnoy’s Claim on Tacloban Airport Move

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 - by BenK - 34 Comments.

For all the stupid things President BS Aquino v. 3.0 says to provide fodder for online and offline critics, it is actually rare to catch him in a flat lie. …

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Media

Understanding the Media

June 30, 2014 - by BenK - 8 Comments.

For about a month now, I have had what I will call “an expanded role” beyond the column I write three times a week at The Manila Times. The specifics …

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Education / Religion / Science

Wacky Church-Supported Doctor Plays the Antivax Card and Says Condoms Give You HIV

April 26, 2014April 26, 2014 - by BenK - 39 Comments.

Leave it to the Philippines, a country where one of the largest daily newspapers keeps a medium on the payroll, where psychic surgery is still a thing, and where, for …

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Charter Change / Development / Politics

Constitutional Reform: What it Looks Like from the Outside

April 24, 2014 - by BenK - 15 Comments.

The idea of ‘charter change’ is nothing new to outsiders, but being able to observe and discuss the movement as a serious idea rather than cynically dismissing it as the …

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Environment / Media / Money Talks

The Business of Earth Hour

March 29, 2014 - by BenK - 3 Comments.

Author’s note: This article first appeared in the Manila Times on March 23, 2013. Since it is no longer available online, and since, more to the point, absolutely nothing has …

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Economy / Money Talks

MERALCO: If at First You Don’t Succeed…

March 16, 2014 - by BenK - 5 Comments.

One has to wonder exactly what Meralco’s power suppliers are holding over the company’s heads, because the nation’s largest electricity distributor obviously really, really wants to collect that 73% increase …

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Media / Religion / Society / Uncategorized

ABS-CBN’s “Flesh-Eating Disease” Hoax Takes a Sadly Predictable Turn

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 - by BenK - 57 Comments.

So the story goes like this: Sometime in April of last year, a self-styled “prophet” — an Indian man whose name is either “Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj” or “Vincent” — of …

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