Category: Media

MalacaÃ±ang spokesman Edwin Lacierda caught trolling on Twitter!

March 4, 2013 benign0 13 Comments

As social media “thought leader” Maria Ressa once extolled all who apply the wondrous technological phenomenon known as “social media”, just be yourself. Caught on record is MalacaÃ±ang top spokesperson Edwin Lacierda (a.k.a. @dawende on Twitter) being himself in a Twitter exchange with a certain @ComplainerChua on the 3rd of March… * * * TheComplainer…

Government, Media, Tech Talk

Premature ERickyulation

March 3, 2013March 21, 2014 Gogs 17 Comments

Do you have any idea how the Nobel Peace Prize came to be? Back in 1888 Ludvig Nobel died and a newspaper printed what would have been Alfred’s obituary. He had this moment of clarity and made a conscious effort to alter his legacy. Alfred Nobel was the Swedish chemist who made his…

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Government, Media, Politics

DSWD relief goods in Davao: looted or confiscated by Typhoon Pablo survivors?

February 28, 2013 benign0 5 Comments

Perhaps it is a bit too much to ask of a government agency such as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to implement leaps in improvement in the efficiency with which they operate within four years. Back in 2009, in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, then blogger…

Civics, Environment, Government, Media

Traditional media: the single biggest roadblock to efforts to ‘educate’ Filipino voters

February 27, 2013 benign0 7 Comments

What is really the crux of any effort to ‘educate’ Filipino voters? To design a solution you need to clearly define the problem. And for us to clearly define a problem, we need to understand its true nature by taking stock of the situation that surrounds it. Much of the initiatives that aim to “educate”…

Crime, Culture, Education, Media, Politics

Team PNoy campaign and poll statistical extravaganza splashed all over Yellow media!

February 27, 2013 benign0 28 Comments

Thanks to the heightened intensity with which “social news network” Rappler is covering the ‘Team PNoy’ campaign in the Philippine hinterlands, we are getting a fair idea of how far the quality of Da Pinoy Vote has progressed in the last 27 years. Aside from joining the administration ticket on their campaign trail in northern…

Civics, Media, Politics, Society

President Noynoy Aquino shows he is at his best when campaigning and not when working

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Ilda 104 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is reportedly the subject of a complaint filed by officials of Anakpawis party-list to Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. BS Aquino is being accused of blatantly using bribes to buy votes for his â€œTeam PNoyâ€ for the coming mid-term elections in May 2013. Apparently, the…

Government, Media, Politics

Assault on free speech: Iceland mulling ban on internet pornography

February 18, 2013 benign0 15 Comments

Iceland may become the first Western democracy to ban internet pornography. CNN.com reports a “strong consensus” building in the Scandinavian island nation noting mounting convincing arguments from many experts on the matter. “At the moment, we are looking at the best technical ways to achieve this. But surely if we can send a man to…

Media, Society, Tech Talk

Life, It’s More Cheap In The Philippines. Who Cares? We Have Jessica Sanchez!

February 17, 2013June 20, 2014 Gogs 27 Comments

“Even regular soldiers and police are often recruited into private armies through money or political favours. They are paid as little as US$ 58 a month to become enforcers in executions, abductions and drug-related crimes.” Asianews This piece started off in the remnants of my brain around late December. It was going to…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society, Technology