Category: Society

What Marian Rivera’s being the Philippines’ sexiest woman means

July 12, 2013 Kate Natividad 15 Comments

Another SMS voting contest, another so-called winner. So Marian Rivera is this year’s “sexiest” woman in the Philippines according to the results of a popularity contest organized by men’s magazine FHM. Congratulations, Ms Marian. I suppose one can be considered to be “sexy” when there is enough of yourself routinely publicly exposed for the highly…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Mosquitoes, Zombies, Yellow Fever, and Despicable Him

July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Mosquitoes In a recent article of his, Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao revisited the term “Mosquito Press”, apparently first coined during the last years of the Marcos rule as president. Any paper that wasn’t aligned with the current regime at that time was considered “merely irritating like mosquitoes”, so to speak. Now times have changed….

Government, Media, Politics, Society

Makati Medical Center fire further highlights the health and safety hazards posed by squatter colonies

July 12, 2013 benign0 12 Comments

Just when you think squatters and the waste they dump in Manila’s storm drains have already been discussed to death enough, suddenly another risk posed to health and safety by the proliferation of “informal settlers” all over the Philippines’ premier metropolis has emerged: fire. This was highlighted in a huge blaze that erupted next to…

Environment, Society

Expanded Manila vehicle reduction scheme continues to penalize law-abiding private motorists

July 10, 2013 benign0 24 Comments

It wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to predict the response the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will get if it extends the proposed expansion of the ‘number coding scheme’ to the city’s privately-operated public utility vehicles (PUVs). Under Metro Manila’s current Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), vehicles ending in any one of two license…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Society

A lot of decent Filipinos are getting fed up with arrogant squatters

July 10, 2013March 29, 2022 Ilda 745 Comments

The squatters in the Philippines have wreaked havoc in the country and they are out of control. The problem is quite obvious and the solution is staring everyone in the face; there are just not enough public servants with enough guts to address the issue. But someone has to put an end to the vicious…

Crime, Development, Lifestyle, Society

Debunking the Singaporean Laksa

July 9, 2013 John Bay 2 Comments

Before the Laksa goes by the way of “chopsuey”, I would like to say my piece that I myself had been deceived that the origins of the Laksa (A rich and spicy noodle soup supposedly of Peranakan origins) came by way of Singapore and to the world. It did not come as a surprise, that…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Bianca Gonzalez speaks out on Manila’s squatter infestation!

July 9, 2013August 20, 2022 benign0 788 Comments

Was it because it was said in Tagalog? Or was it because popular celebrity babe Bianca Gonzalez (with a “z” at the end) tweeted it? Whatever the reason, an outrage fad was born yet again after the modelling and social media superstar let out this gem on Twitter: Ang dami nating nagtatrabaho para makaipon para…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

In Celebration of the Human Worth: In Defense of the Physically-Handicapped

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 6 Comments

Every 3rd of December, The United Nations observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. According to their Enable website: The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December was established by the International Year for Disabled Persons (1981). The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a…

Civics, Society