Category: Media

Four questions for the call center and BPO industries that need to be asked

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 FallenAngel 49 Comments

Let’s keep it simple. Certain members of the call center/business process outsourcing (BPO) industry took the “offending” lines from GMA-7’s drama series “The Borrowed Wife” way too personally. But why dwell on a perceived slight over something that may or may not be true when there are bigger things to worry about? Because these bigger…

Culture, Development, Economy, Lifestyle, Media, Technology

ABS-CBN saturation coverage of Vhong Navarro and Deniece Cornejo causing Filipino intellectual bankruptcy

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 benign0 133 Comments

In recent days, that unsavory aspect of the character of Philippine society has yet again reared its ugly head. As the saying goes, a distracted mind is a happy mind. In no other place in the world does this truism apply better than in the Philippines where, despite monumental wretchedness casting a long-term pall over…

Crime, Culture, Development, Education, Government, Media, Politics, Society

The Big Lie: Senator Bong Revilla’s disgusting privilege speech before the Philippine Senate

January 28, 2014 Virtual Vigilante 29 Comments

The notion of siring 38 children (“officially acknowledged” or as much at 72 children, including unrecognized ones) with different women is not only irresponsible but downright perverted. Hence, I couldn’t help but puke at the sight of the old man (Nardong Putik himself) cry on cue, looking the part of the beaten underdog, while his…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Cedric likely crooked, Vhong probably the REAL victim, Deniece just plain clueless

January 28, 2014 Kate Natividad 111 Comments

I could be wrong about this but I think Vhong Navarro is the real victim here. I mean, have a close look at Deniece Cornejo and her artificially-engineered face. I mean, her nose, lips and even her chin all look done up. Perhaps the police should pay ol’ Vicki Belo a visit and check out…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

Vhong Navarro or Deniece Cornejo: Who is the real ‘victim’?

January 28, 2014September 21, 2022 benign0 14 Comments

Journalist and TV personality Ramon Tulfo started it. His award winning show Isumbong mo kay Tulfo (“Report it to Tulfo”) encouraged Filipinos to approach the media first before the police. In the Philippines, the common sentiment is that the police may itself be a party to the crime, so get the media involved as well…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Why the outrage over the call center agent ‘slur’ in ‘The Borrowed Wife’ fails to move me

January 27, 2014January 29, 2014 FallenAngel 257 Comments

The outrage being expressed by certain members of the call center agent population, or business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, over a perceived affront in the script of media giant GMA 7’s latest series “The Borrowed Wife”, frankly just fails to impress me: Indignant call center agents vowed to boycott the newest GMA television series, “The…

Development, Economy, Media, Money Talks

Is PNoy a real ‘chicks boy’ or is it all just an overcompensation?

January 25, 2014January 25, 2014 Kate Natividad 43 Comments

So it comes down yet again to that age-old question: Does being a “chicks boy” validate a guy’s sexual orientation? In one wedding I’ve been to, the underlying theme of the toast speech of the best man was about how the groom’s “chick-boy” ways were supposedly “tamed” after meeting his future wife. Way before that,…

Glitz and Glamour, Government, Lifestyle, Media

Top smut consumers: Filipinos just need some stimulation on the fly

January 24, 2014 Kate Natividad 11 Comments

Hey, here’s another item to chalk up for “Pinoy pride”! According to a GMA News report, Filipinos are among the top viewers of Internet porn in the world. Filipinos, it seems, are renowned for their “stamina” when it comes to their duration of visits to the porn site P0rnHub_dot_com [Editor note: Spelling changed as a…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society