Category: Politics

Do showbiz politics and ‘brown presidents’ make a good mix?

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Do showbiz politics and ‘brown presidents’ make a good mix?

Things haven’t changed much in Philippine politics despite efforts to impart upon Filipino voters the finer cognitive skills involved in choosing their leaders. Of course, it is really foolish to expect more from candidates like Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada and Jejomar ‘Jojo’ Binay… [Photo courtesy When in Manila.] Some people may express “shock” at such spectacular…

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Culture, Lifestyle, Politics

Modern Idolatry and the Social Media

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Modern Idolatry and the Social Media

Two days after April Fools’ Day and I am still reeling in from the bitter truth that we are living in the days of a perpetual practical joke, with the general public being its perennial victims. Where jokes usually end in laughter, the Filipinos are on apparent overdose. It is a subtle and addictive substance…

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Culture, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Democracy in the Philippines and the victorious return of Joseph Ejercito ‘Erap’ Estrada!

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Democracy in the Philippines and the victorious return of Joseph Ejercito ‘Erap’ Estrada!

Funny when we recall how back in April 2001, Howie Severino wrote how just “months later” in the aftermath of a second Edsa ‘revolution’, deposed President Joseph Ejercito Estrada “was grimly posing for a mug shot in Camp Crame.” Then he was shown lying on a cot inside a cell with wire mesh windows. The…

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Politics, Society

Hallelujah I Have Seen The Light!

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Hallelujah I Have Seen The Light!

  Your perceptions will not change reality, but simply color it.   Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (2002)       I just had what alcoholics call a moment of clarity.   To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality… to see those who dwell behind. I was once a…

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Culture, Government, Media, Politics

Social media circus acts: Filipino ‘New Media’ gone traditional

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Social media circus acts: Filipino ‘New Media’ gone traditional

Just when we think “civil society” has gotten up to speed with regard to the concept of regarding politics and our politicians with a critical mind, we are still arrested by the familiar sight of the lemming-like behaviour of people who merely follow self-described “heroes” and dance to the tune of those who beat the…

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Politics, Society, Tech Talk

Non Sequiturs are poor policy, and even worse credit references

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Non Sequiturs are poor policy, and even worse credit references

If there is one thing that has been thoroughly regrettable about the apparent economic progress of the Philippines in the Aquino 2.0 era, it is that it has led the Administration to believe that what it is doing is actually working. Perhaps we should not judge them too harshly for that – after all, far…

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Economy, Money Talks, Politics

Kris Aquino doesn’t have to worry about becoming irrelevant

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Kris Aquino doesn’t have to worry about becoming irrelevant

Like her or hate her, Kris Aquino is not going to go away and fade into oblivion anytime soon. Especially not after she was recognized for her talk show Kris TV at the USTv Students’ Choice Awards early this month. That award which she won had got her declaring that she’s happy to still be…

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Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

Shock activism! Have Filipino ‘activists’ become the very politicians they presume to criticize?

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Shock activism! Have Filipino ‘activists’ become the very politicians they presume to criticize?

It seems when things happen to be convenient for us, we are willing to lower the bar of the standards of decency we apply and the principles we presume to pontificate about. Recall how jeepneys were once regarded as “ingenious” quick solutions to what at the time was a grossly-misunderstood issue of mobility in a…

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Culture, Media, Politics