Category: Media

Out of Touch: Over-reaction to the Official Gazette post on Marcos’s birthday

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 34 Comments

Once again, the issue of burying former President Ferdinand E. Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani has divided the nation. People on both sides of the issue have thrown tirades against each other. The anti-Marcos camp has been more aggressive, citing the so-called Marcos loot and human rights violations under the martial law era….

Media, Politics, Society

Philippines’ extrajudicial violence traces roots to Aquino admin according to The New York Times

September 13, 2016September 29, 2018 Ilda 80 Comments

A New York Times article has confirmed what some of us have been saying all along – that the root of the problem in the Philippines that the current government is facing today can be traced to former President Benigno Simeon Aquino. It is funny though how it had to take foreigners to validate what…

Crime, Media

The Real Pinoy Problem: Colonial Mentality Or Cultural Ignorance

September 10, 2016 Grimwald 36 Comments

There’s certainly been a lot of hullabaloo after President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly cursed American President Barrack Obama. As a matter of fact, there have been more than a few articles written about it as of late. There are those that say that President Rodrigo Duterte should learn some manners or at least some diplomatic tact and then…

Culture, Education, Media

Irresponsible journalism in Philippine Media almost ruined US-Philippine relations

September 8, 2016April 6, 2022 benign0 123 Comments

Thanks to US President Barrack Obama being such a good sport, the flames lit by the irresponsible journalism of both local and foreign media had been doused. “As I said when I was asked about this in China, I don’t take these comments personally because it seems that this is a phrase he’s used repeatedly,…

Media

Should we really be worried about President Duterte’s conduct at international gatherings?

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 FallenAngel 178 Comments

One could reasonably expect Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to cause an uproar even before he gets on a plane. And he did; the issue, however, should be framed less around what he said about the United States and its president Barack Obama, as the source of uproar, and more around the people interpreting what he…

Media, Politics

Transcript of Ph President Duterte’s video where he supposedly swore at US President Obama

September 6, 2016 benign0 28 Comments

Transcript of the above video (recorded the 5th September 2016 before President Rodrigo Duterte’s departure for a summit in Laos in which he was scheduled to meet with US President Barrack Obama) follows: * * * “You know, the Philippines is not a vassal state. We have long ceased to be a colony of the…

Government, Media

News media LIED about Duterte’s plan to call Obama a son-of-a-bitch

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016 benign0 129 Comments

Did Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte really plan to call US President Barrack Obama a “son of a bitch” when he meets with him in Laos this week for a regional summit? According to many “news” reports, he did — and Filipinos believed them. Unfortunately, the truth no longer resides in the work of corporate media…

Media, Politics

Defining Filipinos through their reactions to the Davao incident

September 4, 2016 FallenAngel 47 Comments

It was as if the mayor never really left. Following the explosion that occurred in Davao city, last Friday night, September 2, which left more than a dozen dead and many injured, President Rodrigo Duterte was on the ground only after a few hours. Duterte went along when the crime scene was surveyed, visited the…

Crime, Media, Politics, The South