Category: Culture

Perhaps abolishing the pork barrel isn’t really good for Filipinos’ health after all

September 10, 2013September 10, 2013 benign0 40 Comments

All quiet on the western front. First the outrage, now the quiet. Surprisingly, even the Inquirer.net editor’s curiosity was aroused today… But why was there no remark whatsoever on the reported involvement of certain legislators in the scam? Why the tepid—some say safe—response from the business community in general? What do the employers’ group, the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The tragedy…

September 9, 2013September 10, 2013 Ms. Mike Portes 7 Comments

This cover of the BizNews Asia magazine has been making the rounds in social media. I shared many skeptics into thinking that this could be another well rendered fake magazine cover remiscent of the Time magazine parody that trolled Inquirer. So to quell doubts, off I went to the nearest bookstore. I was supposed to…

Pork outrage vs viral videos: Filipinos get angry with the wrong head

September 6, 2013 Kate Natividad 29 Comments

Another week another viral video. I saw Ms Ilda’s earlier tweet where she expressed what seems to be exasperation over the attention “leaked” intimate videos routinely get… Sigh…accdng to the site stats, most Pinoys would rather read about Chito, Neri, Wally & Yosh’s s*x video than about #porkbarrelscam That kinda makes me angry. There is…

Crime, Culture, Media

With The Pork Barrel Scandal Comes Opportunity

September 2, 2013 Gogs 15 Comments

I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. Jason Collins current NBA free agent Ilda told me last week (via FB ) that I should bend while the metal is hot. The challenge of course knowing if your “metal” is hot or what hot really is or what your metal is…

Culture, Government, Politics

Everywhere There’s Lots Of Piggies Living Piggy Lives

August 29, 2013 Gogs 69 Comments

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…

Civics, Culture, Government, Society

Celebration of Ninoy Aquino’s Death Anniversary Continuously Baffles Me

August 24, 2013August 22, 2018 Gogs 73 Comments

“I have been fighting for the truth since Day 1 and thank God I am surviving… I am energized by the truth and truth is God… “ Imelda Marcos on Ninoy Aquino’s assassination. So we “celebrated “the 30th anniversary of the killing of Ninoy Aquino. Hindsight is 20/20 as the great…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Hindi Pwede Kami Magtagal Dito.My Impressions of Sean Ellis’ Metro Manila

August 16, 2013July 14, 2015 Gogs 24 Comments

And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out, “Nickels for your pity.” And them downtown boys sure talk gritty It’s so hard to be a saint in the city Bruce Springsteen “Hindi pwede kami magtagal dito. “- that is the Tagalog phrase as I…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

‘Metro Manila’ – (The Film): Anything but Cliché

August 15, 2013July 14, 2015 John Bay 17 Comments

To a jaded moviegoer who thinks he has seen it all, “Metro Manila” offers a compelling reason for viewers to revisit Philippine cinema. I was recently invited for the press screening of “Metro Manila” last Tuesday August 13, at “The Block” in SM North Edsa. “Metro Manila” was directed by the UK’s Academy Award nominee…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society