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Category: Glitz and Glamour

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Miss Earth links global warming to Philippine earthquake

Posted on July 28, 2011 By benign0 6 Comments on Miss Earth links global warming to Philippine earthquake
Miss Earth links global warming to Philippine earthquake

According to 2010 Miss Earth Nicole Faria who is from India, there apparently is some kind of link between “global warming” and the Earth’s continental plate tectonics. This it seems was a conclusion she arrived at after she felt a tremor while in her hotel room shortly after arriving in Manila… “I got scared at…

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Environment, Glitz and Glamour

Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs the Manila Polo Club

Posted on July 22, 2011 By benign0 13 Comments on Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs the Manila Polo Club
Main Event: Manny Pacquiao vs the Manila Polo Club

Lots of populist huffing and puffing going on again after Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao was allegedly refused membership in the über prestigious Manila Polo Club (MPC), which reportedly counts only people who are “the country’s A-listers belonging to the influential and affluent level of the Philippine status quo” as worthy to join its ranks….

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Glitz and Glamour, Society

Flashy cars and brand-new SUVs in car-crazy Philippines

Posted on July 11, 2011 By benign0 3 Comments on Flashy cars and brand-new SUVs in car-crazy Philippines
Flashy cars and brand-new SUVs in car-crazy Philippines

First it was President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and his Porsche, now it is Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos and the other “Mitsubishops,” proud owners of their Pajeros, considered to be luxury sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in a country with a measly 31 motor vehicles per 1000 people (compared to 273 per 1000 for…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

What’s next for Emma Watson as Harry Potter ends

Posted on July 10, 2011 By benign0 No Comments on What’s next for Emma Watson as Harry Potter ends
What’s next for Emma Watson as Harry Potter ends

The end of the Harry Potter series of movies with the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 leaves the stars of the wildly successful franchise wondering what they will be doing next. According to its most revered star Emma Watson, her ten-year career playing Hermione Granger in the Potter films…

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Glitz and Glamour

Maricel Soriano’s alleged abuse of domestic workers reflects Filipino society

Posted on July 4, 2011July 4, 2011 By benign0 2 Comments on Maricel Soriano’s alleged abuse of domestic workers reflects Filipino society
Maricel Soriano’s alleged abuse of domestic workers reflects Filipino society

While much Media airtime is given to the abuse of domestic workers employed in foreign countries, not much interest seems to go the way of domestic workers employed by households in the Philippines. Faded star of the 1980s Maricel Soriano provides the most recent of cases that highlight the plight of domestic workers employed by…

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Education, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Noynoy Aquino and his women: the score so far

Posted on June 29, 2011 By benign0 11 Comments on Noynoy Aquino and his women: the score so far
Noynoy Aquino and his women: the score so far

Malacanang lacks an “official line” on its Chief’s lovelife because, according to Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Manolo Quezon, the “matter” is “too personal.” The Media, as it is inclined to do, of course does not agree. So armed with a small text input field with the word “Google” splashed in colour above it on my…

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Glitz and Glamour

Celebrity power mobilised to commemorate Philippine ‘independence’

Posted on June 10, 2011 By benign0 6 Comments on Celebrity power mobilised to commemorate Philippine ‘independence’
Celebrity power mobilised to commemorate Philippine ‘independence’

The Filipino glitterati is set to fan out across the East Asian region to rally Filipinos around the so-called Philippine de facto “Independence” designated to have been “won” on the 12th June 1898 by presidential edict. Filipino expatriates based in Hong Kong and Singapore will be treated to a chance to see their favourite Kapuso…

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Glitz and Glamour, Government

The genius of Blade Runner

Posted on June 5, 2011 By benign0 6 Comments on The genius of Blade Runner
The genius of Blade Runner

Brilliant sci fi combined with exquisite application of old-fashioned film noir puts the seminal film Blade Runner at the top of my list of all-time greats. Like many sci-fi films and works of the 1980’s Blade Runner paints a bleak picture of the future. The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in…

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