Category: Media

Philippines Scores Another First: NAIA Now Officially the Worst Airport in the World

October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 BenK 134 Comments

Hard on the heels of a thoroughly uncomplimentary review of Manila (interesting fact: itâ€™s a dump) by regular visitor Geoffrey James on Travelblog.org, Filipinos have a new reason to feel persecuted with the announcement that NAIA was rated the Worst Airport in the World by the Guide to Sleeping in Airports website. The rating is…

Development, Media

Willie Revillame strikes again!

October 16, 2011October 16, 2011 benign0 5 Comments

Filipino television star Willie Revillame certainly earns the big bucks the networks pay him. Recently he again exhibited his ability to draw crowds in stampede proportions to one of his shows. This time it was TV5’s Will Time Big Time which drew hordes hoping to score tickets being doled out for free for the show’s…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Has being ‘pro Reproductive Health’ become a mere fashion statement?

October 13, 2011October 13, 2011 benign0 3 Comments

First it was “constitutional reform” and now it is “reproductive health”. The thing with issues and the advocacies that seek to address them is that they follow an all-too-familiar lifecycle. They first start out as nice ideas firmly rooted in a robust intellectual construct. And then the simian behaviour starts. Hold that thought for now…

Media, Religion, Society

The PALEA Assault on the Filipino People

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 BenK 25 Comments

I have been following the bizarre drama of Philippine Airlines, â€œthe worldâ€™s most entertaining air carrierâ€, for nearly a year as it has struggled mightily â€“ and at times, comically so â€“ towards implementing an outsourcing plan which PAL hopes will turn its financial fortunes around. The sticking point throughout the whole sorry saga has…

Economy, Media

Yahoo! CEO ‘f–ked over’ by Board

September 13, 2011September 13, 2011 benign0 No Comments

Perhaps it has something to do with the rise to business prominence of the ADD (attention deficit disorder) generation. This was, after all, the generation that was made to believe that they were necessarily entitled to a “rewarding career” where it was mainly their “creative potential” to contribute to “shareholder value creation” that would be…

Media, Tech Talk

Recalling Senator Tito Sotto’s Pepsi Paloma connection

September 5, 2011March 5, 2016 benign0 67 Comments

Pepsi Paloma was best known as one of the “softdrink” beauties along with starlets Coca Nicolas and Sarsi Emmanuel in Philippine Cinema of the early eighties. Her career and life were tragically cut short after an unfortunate alleged crossing of paths with comedy stars and noontime variety show personalities Joey de Leon, Richie d’Horsey, and…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

English vs Tagalog: James Soriano owes no one any apologies

August 27, 2011 benign0 117 Comments

Whatever it was said by whoever this James Soriano is, if it is the truth about the utter lack of intellectual tools Tagalog provides its speakers, then no apologies are needed to be given to those who take offense from these words. A Manila Bulletin column published on August 24 titled “Language, learning, identity, privilege”…

Culture, Education, Media

How popularity trumps talent in most ‘contests’ nowadays

August 26, 2011 Ilda 13 Comments

Popularity contests seem to have taken a new turn in the last decade. It has become literally, just about being â€œlikedâ€. Forget about working on your talent or congeniality. Joining a contest takes less effort than that. If you have no problem with shameless self-promotion, you can win just about anything. Gone are the days…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

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