Category: Media

Outrage erupts as Singapore implements licensing for Net news sites!

June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 benign0 10 Comments

The new licensing scheme will require sites with a defined volume of content relating to Singaporean news and current affairs to be issued a license to operate following notification from Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA). Under the licensing framework, online news sites will be individually licensed if they (i) report an average of at least…

Media, Tech Talk

Reporter Michelle Mediana of TV5 wows Taiwanese public

June 4, 2013 Kate Natividad 3 Comments

To the legend of Helen of Troy launching a thousand ships, the Philippines has Michelle Mediana whose beauty could prevent the launching of a thousand missiles. Perhaps this lady’s classy presence is a welcome break amid testosterone-fueled tensions between the Philippine and Taiwanese governments that was sparked by the alleged shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Showbiz government set to rule as Grace Poe and Erap Estrada take early leads in poll count

May 14, 2013 benign0 23 Comments

There’s really not much you can say about the outcome of the 2013 elections other than to invoke those famous last words: Told ya so. The proverbial pig is a lot bigger than its proverbial lips. So you may put as much lipstick as you want on said lips, and the fact will still remain…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Filipino voters should be blamed for the Philippines’ problems

May 12, 2013May 30, 2013 Ilda 187 Comments

I don’t think there is a point in holding elections in the Philippines. It’s so expensive and the whole process just disrupts normal activities and keeps Filipinos from moving forward. What is the point in going through something that won’t even change or improve how things are being run in the country anyway? Before every…

Education, Featured, Media, Politics, Society

What Vice Ganda’s tongue-in-cheek remark says about us Filipinos

May 12, 2013May 30, 2013 FallenAngel 8 Comments

The latest buzz that has been circulating around the chattering classes is how ABS-CBN comedic talent Vice Ganda made a tongue-in-cheek remark when asked if he had any plans to pursue a career in public service. “Gusto ko president ako agad, yung wala kang background, pero mataas agad, parang ‘yung mga pulitiko lang ngayon. Walang…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media

Malaysia and the Philippines: corruption and cheating are all part of ‘the game’

May 8, 2013May 10, 2018 Ilda 73 Comments

While I was reading news about Malaysiaâ€™s recently-concluded election, I could not help but shake my head; it was as if I was reading about the Philippines. Some of the things that were being said about the Malaysian government and its society could likewise be said about the Philippine government and its society too. It…

Government, Media, Politics, Society

How To Win Friends And Influence People Noynoy Style

May 7, 2013January 27, 2018 Gogs 33 Comments

But the thrill we’ve never known Is the thrill that’ll getcha When you get your picture On the cover of the Rollin’ Stone Wanna see my picture on the cover Wanna buy five copies for my mother Wanna see my smilin’ face On the cover the cover of the Rollin’ Stone Cover of…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics

Oakley: Killer Eyewear?

April 29, 2013September 18, 2021 P. Farol 51 Comments

(Rajiv Dargani, the President of Sunglass Hut Philippines, who killed one person and maimed another in a series of carÂ collisionsÂ on Mckinley Road in Makati, has not yet surrendered. Â Police say he is liable forÂ homicide, physical injuries and abandonment of oneâ€™s victim. Â Other online articles hint that Dargani may have been under the influence when he…

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Crime, Media

Gabsboy
on Why are Filipinos so irrevocably corrupt?
If you're familiar with concepts such as learned helplessness, parentification,
benign0
on Why are Filipinos so irrevocably corrupt?
All of the above on point. Notice that many of
Gabsboy
on Why are Filipinos so irrevocably corrupt?
There's several underlying factors, not necessarily in order: 1. A
megget
on Blocking Grok and other AI chat apps in the Philippines is a good idea
we dont really need the dumb 90% , let these
megget
on Blocking Grok and other AI chat apps in the Philippines is a good idea
AI , right now , is 10x smarter than any
Drex
on Killing “Fascists” will never save the world
It's not even worth arguing inside an already convoluted mess
Tim
on Blocking Grok and other AI chat apps in the Philippines is a good idea
AI in its current state would make way better laws
Grey
on The ultimate theory on why woke people are such mental cases
The first mistake is to think that the world can