Category: Media

Barack Obama re-election: But the Philippines remains a third-rate copycat democracy

Posted on By benign0 41 Comments on Barack Obama re-election: But the Philippines remains a third-rate copycat democracy

As the presidential elections in the United States draw to a close, Filipinos who closely followed it can only sigh and treasure the moments that they felt they were participating in something truly big. The United States after all is the daddy of Philippine “democracy”. And in this age of social media, ‘citizen journalism’, and…

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Media, Politics, Society

Philippine President Noynoy Aquino leads like a dim light shining in a darkened room

Posted on By benign0 34 Comments on Philippine President Noynoy Aquino leads like a dim light shining in a darkened room

Rather than spell out absolute measures of what his recent series of overseas trips aim to achieve, Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III justifies these by highlighting how much less mileage he’s so far racked up compared to former President Gloria Arroyo. That’s like a drunkard justifying the latest bottle of whisky he polished…

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Government, Media, Politics

Looking to the United States for lessons? Why bother?

Posted on By FallenAngel 49 Comments on Looking to the United States for lessons? Why bother?

In light of the recent hurricane Sandy that struck New York, and the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, it seems that our political leaders here in the Philippines are now suddenly striking up platitudes of “looking to the United States for lessons” on how to do this or that, what not to do,…

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Culture, Government, Media, Politics

Darth Vader, meet Mickey Mouse

Posted on By benign0 4 Comments on Darth Vader, meet Mickey Mouse

In the last 24 hours, I’ve been seeing lots of updates and memes being published on Facebook and Twitter timelines as well as mainstream media sites expressing one opinion or another about the recent purchase of Lucasfilm and, of course, its all-time epic Star Wars franchise by media giant Walt Disney. Many of these shoutouts…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media

PNoy’s continued ranting about GMA highlights mission to secure Hacienda Luisita from CARP

Posted on By benign0 30 Comments on PNoy’s continued ranting about GMA highlights mission to secure Hacienda Luisita from CARP

Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte continues to fail to answer a very simple question that her boss President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III has faced since the beginning of his term — What’s next with Hacienda Luisita? Of course it comes as a convenient feature of the most recent fielding of this question that the asker…

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Media, Politics

Call to action: Sayaw Pinoy, sayaw

Posted on By Kate Natividad 49 Comments on Call to action: Sayaw Pinoy, sayaw

You can easily tell that Filipinos aren’t a very reflective people. Go to any public place — a mall, a department store, a train station — or take a ride in a public utility vehicle like a bus or jeepney and chances are your senses will be assaulted by loud monotonously-throbbing music punctuated by tacky…

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Culture, Lifestyle, Media

PNoy’s bum stomach, and feigning illness: ‘Anything Gloria can do, I can do better!’

Posted on By FallenAngel 94 Comments on PNoy’s bum stomach, and feigning illness: ‘Anything Gloria can do, I can do better!’

A bum stomach. It is indeed unfortunate that President Noynoy Aquino (BS Aquino) fell ill during most recent trip to Australia. It is due to this illness that he had to cut short his attendance to a state banquet hosted by Australian Prime Minister (PM) Julia Gillard. Not that I, or any of BS Aquino’s…

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Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Politics