Category: Government

The hypocrisy of condemning Mocha Uson’s appointment to the Duterte government

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 FallenAngel 4 Comments

Mocha Uson elicits a consistently predictable reaction from President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics: disdain. No surprise then that her appointment as part of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has kept the social media class busy for a while now. The main criticism from the “decent” crowd – private citizens and members of mainstream media included…

Government, Politics, Society

Mocha Uson fit for Duterte’s social media messaging but more needed to engage critics productively

May 12, 2017 benign0 4 Comments

Building a credible media machine to counter the anti-government bias of traditional media led by big corporate networks is not a simple matter of fielding “die-hard” loyalists on social media. It involves building a consistent media brand that, in the long run is perceived to be apolitical or, at the very least, non-partisan. It is…

Government, Media

Duterte Cabinet Post Vacancies or Game of Turons

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 P. Farol 2 Comments

There are now three vacancies in President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s cabinet. After Perfecto Yasay was rejected by the Commission on Appointments and Ismael Sueno was fired by President Duterte comes the rejection of Gina Lopez’ appointment. Those opposed to administration may read this as proof of the President’s failure to either attract real talent into…

Government

The death of old-school ‘journalism’ proves that democracy is ALIVE in the Philippines

April 29, 2017January 3, 2020 benign0 9 Comments

Roles have been reversed. Mainstream “journalists” are now the loud and noisy shills who cry bloody “persecution” and peddle unfounded conspiracies. It is hardly surprising that people nowadays now rely on alternative sources of information. Old school journalists are just too self-important to have decent discussions with. How does the news media industry old guard…

Government, Media

Oddball Moments of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña

April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

So in my previous post, I wondered what was eating Cebu City mayor Tomas “Tommy” Osmena and recounted how I had met him six or seven years ago. The portly local politician who feasted on endless rounds of Japanese barbecue with me and my friends certainly left an impression on me that night. His other stories,…

Government

What’s Eating Good Ol’ Tommy Osmeña?

April 24, 2017 P. Farol 4 Comments

Several weeks ago I came across several articles about Tommy Osmeña on my timeline. Some had to with accounts of how he was driving out business in Cebu City and other accounts linked him to a big time drug dealer who had been recently killed. First I wondered why the name struck me as familiar…

Government

Bringing back the “Holy Alliance of Throne and Altar” is deadly

April 22, 2017 Carlo de Leon 10 Comments

The background The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the European nations that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte to establish a new balance of power in Europe and prevent a resurgence of Napoleonic imperialism. The secondary reason was to prevent political revolutions such as the French revolution and the preservation of the status quo.1 Shortly…

Government, Politics, Religion

@TIME exaggerates De Lima’s “heroism”, paints the Philippines as lawless under Duterte

April 22, 2017 Ilda 22 Comments

As someone who still pays for a weekly subscription, I’m very disappointed at TIME Magazine editors. I just realised that after all these years reading about and admiring people featured on their annual 100 most influential list, it turns out that some on the list include people whose achievements were simply romanticised, exaggerated or completely…

Crime, Government, Politics