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Category: Civics

When Social Media Ain’t Sosyal

Posted on October 11, 2013 By P. Farol 19 Comments on When Social Media Ain’t Sosyal
When Social Media Ain’t Sosyal

A friend sent me a text message on the afternoon of October 4, the day when the second Million People March was supposed to have happened. “Hir na mi, wr na u?” (Translation, “I’m already here, where are you?”) I read the message while I was being kneaded and pummeled on a massage chair at…

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Civics

Three recent events that could divert the Filipino’s attention from current government blunders

Posted on October 3, 2013October 5, 2013 By FallenAngel 11 Comments on Three recent events that could divert the Filipino’s attention from current government blunders
Three recent events that could divert the Filipino’s attention from current government blunders

Even without external forces exerting much effort to do so, Filipinos can be easily distracted from whatever they are engaged in. When they manage to eke out some sort of civic responsibility or outrage against the ineptitude of their government is certainly no exception. Are they angry at the government? Just give them some feel-good…

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Civics, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Everywhere There’s Lots Of Piggies Living Piggy Lives

Posted on August 29, 2013 By Gogs 69 Comments on Everywhere There’s Lots Of Piggies Living Piggy Lives
Everywhere There’s Lots Of Piggies Living Piggy Lives

  Everywhere there’s lots of piggies living piggie lives, You can see them out for dinner with their piggie wives, Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon. The Beatles      For me it always begins and ends with “kung walang corrupt walang mahirap”. In one sentence this election slogan promised an end to…

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Civics, Culture, Government, Society

Masbate Government Doesn’t Want You People All Up In Their Business

Posted on August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 By BenK 17 Comments on Masbate Government Doesn’t Want You People All Up In Their Business
Masbate Government Doesn’t Want You People All Up In Their Business

About a week ago, I wrote a column for my regular Manila Times gig praising the efforts of a Facebook group called “Masbate Talks” for taking the ordinary social media group format a couple productive steps farther, and turning it into a model of public attentiveness and interaction with their local government that could easily…

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Civics, Government, Politics

Questions that must be answered before the rally to abolish pork barrel

Posted on August 19, 2013 By FallenAngel 29 Comments on Questions that must be answered before the rally to abolish pork barrel
Questions that must be answered before the rally to abolish pork barrel

I would have to say that the outrage being shown at the persisting pork barrel anomalies – at least in social media as far as I can see – is both unprecedented, and quite frankly, a bit astonishing. There are calls to assemble at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta on August 26, 2013, to call…

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Civics, Crime, Government, Society

Bloody libel! Janet Lim Napoles versus Maria Ressa’s ‘social news network’ Rappler.com

Posted on August 7, 2013July 8, 2022 By benign0 68 Comments on Bloody libel! Janet Lim Napoles versus Maria Ressa’s ‘social news network’ Rappler.com
Bloody libel! Janet Lim Napoles versus Maria Ressa’s ‘social news network’ Rappler.com

Funny how just a short time ago, Rappler.com CEO Maria Ressa was crying bloody libel over Katrina Stuart-Santiago’s article Going to the dogs — an article about the manner with which Ressa’s self-described “social news network” startup precipitated (and possibly encouraged) a broader “ganging up” on the University of Santo Tomas over a perceived favour…

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Civics, Media, Politics

Jeane Lim Napoles… Guilty of What Exactly?

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 By P. Farol 64 Comments on Jeane Lim Napoles… Guilty of What Exactly?
Jeane Lim Napoles… Guilty of What Exactly?

Jeane Lim Napoles is really getting viciously thrashed and pummeled on almost all social media platforms.  If there was ever hate on the internet, Jeane has been somewhat subjected to it on account of her mother, Janet Lim Napoles — who has been accused of masterminding the P10 Billion Pork Barrel Scam. Using “Who Talking”,…

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Civics, Crime, Glitz and Glamour

Three reasons why Filipinos are not as outraged by Jeane Lim Napoles’s lifestyle as they are by squatters

Posted on July 31, 2013 By benign0 47 Comments on Three reasons why Filipinos are not as outraged by Jeane Lim Napoles’s lifestyle as they are by squatters
Three reasons why Filipinos are not as outraged by Jeane Lim Napoles’s lifestyle as they are by squatters

To be sure, alleged Anak ng Pork socialite Jeane Lim Napoles copped more fame (more like infamy, actually) than she had bargained for thanks to the ironic orgy of self-promotion she engaged in on social media over the last several years. Tough luck for the 23-year-old. Wrong place at the wrong time — kids do…

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Civics, Lifestyle, Society

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