Category: Media

MB Claims Philippines Attractive to FDI Based on the “Because We Said So” Metric

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MB Claims Philippines Attractive to FDI Based on the “Because We Said So” Metric

Here’s an interesting claim from an article in today’s online edition of the Manila Bulletin, which is apparently too exciting to attribute to a particular author: Two factors – skilled workforce and competitive labor cost – account for investors’ choice of the Philippines as an ideal investment site. Many foreign companies reportedly prefer Filipino workers…

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Economy, Media, Money Talks, Uncategorized

The Establishment Blogger and the Globe Tattoo Tatt Awards 2011

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The Establishment Blogger and the Globe Tattoo Tatt Awards 2011

Again, we have an on-going “blog contest”, the Globe Tattoo Tatt Awards that applies some veeerrrryyyy familiar mechanics around who they consider to be deserving of “recognition” across a handful of categories. These categories divide up the general subject areas that blogs tend to focus on — activism, issues, technology, fashion, and entertainment — and…

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Lifestyle, Media

The Chris Lao flood incident: what the MMDA could have done

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The Chris Lao flood incident: what the MMDA could have done

Poor Christopher “Chris” Lao. He is not your average guy. He seems like the type of person who would not hesitate to just do things. Whether it is driving through a flooded street or speaking his mind in front of millions of people in front of a TV camera, he apparently would not think twice….

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Civics, Media

Empathising with flood ‘victim’ Christopher Lao

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Empathising with flood ‘victim’ Christopher Lao

The latest “victim” of the most recent media (both old and new) circus is a guy named Christopher “Cris” Lao. The poor sod apparently drove his car past motorists who had prudently stopped at both ends of a recessed and flooded section of a Manila road and ended up with a car submerged and, perhaps…

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Civics, Culture, Lifestyle, Media

Facebook exec: Let kids play more video games

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Facebook exec: Let kids play more video games

It’s a surreal WTF moment. In a gathering of Silicon Valley “technorati” in Palo Alto, California yesterday to “dole out advice” on “job creation,” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg emphasised the need for “better education” to “foster growth, competitiveness, innovation, and job creation.” Sounds good so far. But then she lets out these doozies: Sandberg talked…

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Education, Media, Society, Tech Talk

The catch-phrase administration of President Noynoy Aquino

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The catch-phrase administration of President Noynoy Aquino

Score so far in this game of clever marketing that Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is playing on the Filipino people — three. As in three catchy slogans that have so far proven to be effective in its stickiness to the Filipino psyche: – Use of the Yellow pedigree platform and its symbols —…

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Development, Media, Politics

What Metro Manila billboards tell us about the Filipino character

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What Metro Manila billboards tell us about the Filipino character

Driving up or down EDSA, the main road transport artery through the Philippine megalopolis of Metro Manila, is like navigating a badly-designed website. The huge billboards that line the iconic thoroughfare competing for the attention of motorists and their passengers are monuments to the aesthetic sensibilities of Filipinos. Manila, after all, is the cultural capital…

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Culture, Environment, Media

Military hardware – not digital whining – makes it right

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One degeneration after another. The emo-style with which Filipinos think they could initiate reform — Edsa “revolutions”, “unity” walks, “interfaith” rallies, and then online “petitions” and now blog “action” days, Twitter barrages, and Facebook “meme” spreading — yields flaccid one-time results at best. Perhaps there were small wins (Heritage of Smallness, remember?) — a missing…

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Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Technology