Category: Culture

Bad taste rules: Morbid photos of a dead Jeffrey Laude released by his family!

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 benign0 34 Comments

So the reason Harry Roque, legal counsel for the family of slain Filipino transgender Jeffrey Laude, released photos of the victim’s body to the public is reportedly “to gain public sympathy for the case.” “It’s high time the Filipino people understand the family’s and Suselbeck’s sense of anger,” Roque said. In short, Roque confirms that…

Culture, Media, Society

Trees Need More Than Just Hugs And Kisses

October 29, 2014 P. Farol 6 Comments

Yes guys, I know this post is like a log in the dark. The last time trees were being discussed in social media was months and months ago. That discussion didn’t go as viral as I thought it would, at least not in the way that other issues have. Tree? What about them? Who cares?…

Culture, Environment

Sorry, Joe. No more boom-boom in Manila and Olongapo City

October 29, 2014November 22, 2022 benign0 25 Comments

If I were a businessman of any sort in the Philippines, I’d be fuming. In most NORMAL countries, the arrival of shiploads of young, cashed-up, and physically vigorous American military personnel would be greeted with joy and eyes flashing with $$ signs. Not in the Philippines though. The other day, the United States aircraft carrier…

Crime, Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Rubbish at the Manila International Airport: Nakakahiya sa mga Kano!

October 27, 2014 benign0 28 Comments

When I posted that photo tweeted by former Bureau of Customs chief Ruffy Biazon of the rubbish mess left by passengers in a lounge at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, I didn’t realise what a big wave it was going to make. Indeed it was interesting to note how deeply-revolted many Filipinos…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Education, Lifestyle, Society

Rubbish-littered Manila NAIA Terminal 3 airport lounge tells the real story

October 25, 2014October 25, 2014 benign0 221 Comments

A photo of a waiting lounge littered with rubbish in Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has caught the attention of many people and is making the rounds on social media. The photo was originally posted by former Philippine Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon on Twitter with the caption: NAIA 3…trash left behind by…

Civics, Culture, Development, Environment, Lifestyle, Society

I am Joseph Scott Pemberton

October 25, 2014 benign0 72 Comments

I am Joseph Scott Pemberton. I’ve been that boy in the wrong place at the wrong time. I’ve been in dark alleys, rented rooms, and in the company of strange women. But I was lucky (like you’ve been lucky) that the person who could have harmed either of us just didn’t harm us at that…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

What if US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton was a Filipino-American navy man?

October 24, 2014 benign0 12 Comments

The United States aircraft carrier USS George Washington sailed into Manila for a port call today after two days of exercises with the Philippine Navy. The Nimitz-class warship played a big part in the rescue and relief operations in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) which ravaged the central islands of the Philippines in late…

Crime, Culture, Society

No, his name is NOT Jennifer. It’s Jeffrey

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 benign0 54 Comments

Sure. As Marrian Pio Roda Ching asserts in an Inquirer article, Jeffrey Laude’s “right” to be addressed by the alias “Jennifer” is all about his “right to identity and to self-determination” as stipulated in a certain body of work called the “Yogyakarta Principles” where Article 3 supposedly stipulates, that these assertions of “identity” constitute every…

Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Society