Category: Media

Philippine Elections 2016 is not a vote for Duterte but a vote AGAINST Aquino

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 benign0 52 Comments

Indeed, everybody is shocked — just shocked! — by where this year’s presidential elections are headed. Rodrigo Duterte the crass, irreverent, and possibly murderous candidate who came out of left field from the Philippines’ deep south is leading the polls, handily beating the elegant Grace Poe, the debonaire Jejomar Binay, the prayerful Mar Roxas, and…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Duterte trolled, Roxas lost his cool during the presidential debate #PiliPinasDebates2016

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Ilda 82 Comments

The final Philippine Presidential debate was boring. Most of the candidates did not say anything new and significant. Half of the blame should go to the organizers. They should have known not to ask questions that were already asked during the previous debates. The only consolation is that there weren’t a lot of commercials and…

Media, Politics

Rodrigo Duterte was a clear standout in the 3rd and last presidential debate #PiliPinasDebates2016

April 25, 2016 benign0 30 Comments

In tonight’s last presidential debtate endorsed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dubbed the hashtag #PiliPinasDebates2016, the candidates really did not have much to work with. They had no credible military capability to put teeth in the rhetoric they spewed about the China threat to the Philippines’ sovereignty in the South China Sea, no sharp-enough…

Media, Politics

Pinoy-style morality sets the wrong priorities

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 rsurtida 16 Comments

Suddenly everyone has an opinion. People who normally can’t be bothered to comment, post, or even glance at any political information you regularly provide are now so involved with what’s going on in the country. That’s good. Despite the obvious bandwagoning typical of Facebook users for the hoped-for ‘likes’ and adulation for their posts, at…

Civics, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Bandwagoners: The Real Problem With Pinoy Society

April 20, 2016 Grimwald 15 Comments

Okay, before I begin, I want to cite three incidents found in the Bible, specifically the New Testament, since a lot of you just love to use it to justify your wrongdoings, bigotry and general stupidity… Scenario 1 Okay, Jesus had just recently begun His career as a preacher in the land of Israel. A lot of…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

On Jessica Zafra’s pseudo-psychoanalysis of Duterte’s appeal to Filipino voters’ id

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 benign0 17 Comments

Jessica Zafra is right about the substance behind Rodrigo Duterte’s rise to prominence, of course. Duterte’s campaign appeals to the Filipino’s id. Id is one of three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche. Id, together with the other two, ego and super-ego, form Freud’s hypothetical mutually-counter-balancing psychical…

Culture, Media, Society

Why do Filipinos find rape jokes so hilarious?

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 benign0 21 Comments

The interesting thing about democracy is that it introduces inconvenient transparency to societies that adopt it as a form of government. In a democracy, the truth comes out in many ways unexpected. In the Philippines which is in the midst of election campaign fever, many such uncomfortable truths are coming out. One of them is…

Crime, Culture, Media, Society

Pinoys Really Need To Develop Their Sense Of Humor

April 18, 2016 Grimwald 26 Comments

Okay, so I finally got to see the video wherein Mayor Duterte of Davao allegedly made fun of the tragic death of Jackie Hamill, the Australian missionary who was raped and killed in a prison back in 1989. I also heard more details of the tragedy and, from watching the video, hearing the man’s later statements and…

Crime, Culture, Media, Society