Category: Politics

Turning Ana Patricia Non into a celebrity is not going to end well…

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 benign0 6 Comments

It’s official. Ana Patricia Non, founder of the Maginhawa Street Community Pantry is now a celebrity. She’s become the postergirl of the latest charity industry that is this week’s buzz on the social media spaces populated by the Philippines’ politically-passionate. Initially, “progressive groups” — the Yellowtards (the bloc of partisans loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan)…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics

Tina Panganiban-Perez was right to ask if #CommunityPantry organiser Ana Patricia Non had links to communist groups

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 benign0 14 Comments

You either are or aren’t a communist. How difficult is it to answer a “yes” or “no” when asked, Are you a communist? Evidently, very difficult. This fact about the Philippines’ political and cultural minefield was brought to the fore when, in a recent press conference given by Ana Patricia Non, founder of the Maginhawa…

Media, Politics

So now #CommunityPantry initiatives are being “red tagged” according to the communists

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 benign0 16 Comments

It’s been just several days since “community pantries” had become a social media sensation and over that short period they’ve been reduced to a political ball being kicked around in the vast football field that is the Philippine national political “debate”. The Philippine Opposition have pretty much taken possession of this ball and their game…

Civics, Politics, Society

Community Pantry initiatives desperately being POLITICISED by Yellowtards and communists!

April 18, 2021 benign0 2 Comments

Small stands and kiosks have been springing up all over Metro Manila offering various donated goods and food that anyone can pick up for free. The only condition is that people collect only what they need. These initiatives have become the buzz in both traditional and social media which helped spread the inspiration behind them….

Politics, Society

Petition for Duterte to “resign” proves just how LAZY the Philippine Opposition is!

April 15, 2021 benign0 5 Comments

A Change.ORG petition supposedly “signed by 500 medical frontliners, educators, youth leaders, religious, lawyers, civic leaders and concerned citizens” is currently making the rounds — shared and re-shared by no less than the top chi chi “thought leaders” and “influencers” of the Philippines’ wokedom. The petition given the title “Save the Nation! Duterte Resign!” asserts……

Politics

Elections are just around the corner and the Opposition are still PRAYING for Duterte’s death

April 13, 2021 benign0 1 Comment

Goes to show that there is no sincerity in the Opposition’s regard for the future of the Filipino people. Rather than work on something constructive in the lead up to the 2022 elections (like coming up with a forward-looking platform), they remain hopelessly fixated on taking lame potshots at Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Hey we…

Politics

How to be happy in a time of COVID-19 lockdown

April 10, 2021 benign0 34 Comments

The biggest challenge facing Filipinos nowadays is how to stay sane under a pandemic lockdown. Filipinos are suffering among the most severe restrictions to their movements in the world as well as facing the prospect of several more months of uncertainty around whether or not the spread of COVID-19 will be under control soon. Indeed,…

Lifestyle, Politics

Thank You, Celebrities!

April 1, 2021January 9, 2024 Hector Gamboa 7 Comments

We have been seeing a barrage of tweets from the paragon of knowledge and virtue of our society lately – the celebrities of the entertainment world in the Philippines. Never mind the actual health experts, scientists, and reputable think-tanks. No! If it weren’t for the celebrities, mere mortals like us would not know that Filipinos…

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Glitz and Glamour, Politics

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