Category: Media

PNoy reportedly laughing at jokes amidst the tragedy unfolding in CDO and Iligan

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PNoy reportedly laughing at jokes amidst the tragedy unfolding in CDO and Iligan

Social networking sites keep undoing the impeccable image President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) is trying to project. Gone are the days when Malacañang Palace officials can keep their shenanigans hush-hush while regular folks battle for survival outside in the real world. Facebook and Twitter are social networking sites that act as double edge swords for high…

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Civics, Environment, Government, Media

Valerie Concepcion allegedly wows PNoy as Sendong strikes Mindanao

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Valerie Concepcion allegedly wows PNoy as Sendong strikes Mindanao

The last thing a nation needs in time of extreme crisis is more political intrigue. It seems however, that the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III simply attracts that scourge of useless chatter and even fans its flames. The other night as, reportedly, “the nation mourns”, Noynoy was apparently busy “laughing at [the] jokes”…

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Culture, Development, Environment, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

What Typhoon Sendong’s destruction of Cagayan de Oro City says again about us

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What Typhoon Sendong’s destruction of Cagayan de Oro City says again about us

While scanning the news the other day, a friend of mine made a rather glib remark. She said that Filipinos have lately been so fixated on their petty politics — the bickering among politicians and justices over the jurisdiction of their respective offices — that the only way to force people to step back from…

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Development, Environment, Media, Politics, Society

Constitutional blitz – Is President Noynoy Aquino not as dumb as we all thought he was?

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Constitutional blitz – Is President Noynoy Aquino not as dumb as we all thought he was?

I think it’s time I gave President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III some credit where it is due. In the span of less than two months, he had pulled off a successful blitzkrieg across two venerable institutions of the Philippine Government — the first involving a swift and decisive flattening of a series of roadblocks both…

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Development, Economy, Government, Media, Politics, Religion

Lame historical ‘perspective’ on Corona’s impeachment provided by Raul Pangalangan

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Lame historical ‘perspective’ on Corona’s impeachment provided by Raul Pangalangan

I spied some people crowing about the bit of expert “historical perspective” provided by Inquirer.net “columnist” Raul Pangalangan in his recent piece that is given the presumptuous title ‘Save the Constituition from the Court’. I must say, the Inquirer Editor should re-evaluate the mix of writers she employs lest the reputation of the venerable “newspaper”…

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Education, Government, Media

Punditry stalwart Manuel L Quezon III now back online! @mlq3

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Punditry stalwart Manuel L Quezon III now back online! @mlq3

They said a short time ago that the “gloves are now off” in the epic battle between the three “co-equal” branches of the Philippine government. Not quite. Seems like the gloves are coming off only now seeing that Malacañang have started to dispatch their elite troops into the PR jungle, and this is my nod…

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Government, Media, Tech Talk

Hypocrisy at a national scale: The bid to impeach Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona

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Hypocrisy at a national scale: The bid to impeach Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona

Last week, in one of my very rare fits of writer’s block, I said to myself, “Not to worry. The next Philippine political circus is just around the corner.” I kinda admit, it gets boring when I’m always right. Filipinos have so far proven that they are great at using the awesome power of democracy…

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Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics

Worth the trouble: Impeaching Chief Justice Corona will promise corruption-free and poverty-free Philippines

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Worth the trouble: Impeaching Chief Justice Corona will promise corruption-free and poverty-free Philippines

Due process is better than no process. After much talk on the matter of the Philippines’ Supreme Court (SC) allegedly being beholden to and therefore supposedly necessarily opposed to whatever “reforms” President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III claims to be looking to institute, an impeachment complaint against SC Chief Justice Renato Corona has finally been filed…

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Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics