Category: Lifestyle

Being “poor” does not exempt jeepney drivers from complying to road safety standards

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Opposition and left-leaning “activists” are up in arms over a photo of what is said to be a list of requirements jeepney drivers need to meet in order to comply with government efforts to improve the quality of public transport and air quality in major Philippine cities. Jeepneys are 1940s-vintage design vehicles and remain a…

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Development, Government, Lifestyle

You can’t destroy Mocha Uson by dragging her through the mud — because she’s already been there

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The amount of time and space being given to the “issue” that is the awarding of distinction to Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson by the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Alumni Association is amazing. I may not be a big fan of the current Philippine Opposition and, specifically, the bloc of bozos who currently lead them,…

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Education, Lifestyle, Society

So what if Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called “Netizens” ‘ulol’ and ‘gago’?

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If we recall, current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said far worse things. And yet here he is, the winner of the 2016 Philippine presidential elections. Democracy, right? Gatchalian is the current Yellowtard flypaper of the moment. A who’s-who of Yellowtards are buzzing around him after he called “Netizens” who responded to a tweet he fielded…

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Lifestyle, Politics

Why the family of Ica Policarpio is not entitled to their privacy — according to the rules of social media

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The very moment Bea Policarpio issued an appeal for help for her then-“missing” sister Ica Policarpio on Facebook on the 21st December, the whole affair became public domain. For some reason, perhaps with some “help” from well-connected or influential people, or perhaps simply because Ica Policarpio herself appealed to the average Netizen’s itchy Share, Like,…

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Lifestyle, Society

Isabelle Duterte’s photoshoot in Malacanang is a problem for people with fragile egos

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Members of the Opposition are seething with anger after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s granddaughter did a pre-debut photoshoot inside the Malacanang Palace supposedly for her 18th birthday celebration. Isabelle Duterte has been the talk of the town in social media and her critics are not ready to let go of the issue just yet insisting…

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Lifestyle, Politics

Filipinos are poor because their “activists” teach them to be obsessed with the rich

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Most Filipinos would like to believe that the outrage they feel (or are encouraged to feel by their “activists”) about excessive displays of wealth comes from a deep need to see social justice delivered. Thus, the typical screeching lament we hear when such “social justice warriors” (SJWs) are confronted with displays of wealth goes like…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Why did Isabelle Duterte have a photoshoot in Malacanang Palace? Because she can.

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Isabelle Duterte, granddaughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has been receiving a lot flak lately for a photoshoot she had in Malacanang. Why, key “thought leaders” of the Philippine Opposition ask, should Duterte’s granddaughter be allowed to use Malacanang as the setting for her pictorial? Simple. Because she can. Circuses like these are the reason…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Politics