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Jeffrey Laude was 7 years older than US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, just 19 and a recent hi-school grad

Posted on October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 By benign0 77 Comments on Jeffrey Laude was 7 years older than US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, just 19 and a recent hi-school grad
Jeffrey Laude was 7 years older than US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, just 19 and a recent hi-school grad

Turns out United States Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton is just 19 years old and graduated High School only last year. In a report published by the American news site South Coast Today, Pemberton is described by his uncle as “a really good kid” while a neighbour called him “a friendly person” and…

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The hypocrisy in Filipinos’ anger towards US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 By benign0 139 Comments on The hypocrisy in Filipinos’ anger towards US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton
The hypocrisy in Filipinos’ anger towards US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton

Within the mounting virtually national initiative to demonise not just United States Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton but the entire US military over the murder of Filipino transgender Jeffrey Laude, it is difficult to find any semlance of credibility among the noisiest of Filipino ‘activists’. The Philippines is home to one of the…

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Crime, Culture, Government, Society

The transgender life: It’s not just about becoming a girl, it’s about becoming an ATTRACTIVE chick!

Posted on October 16, 2014 By benign0 21 Comments on The transgender life: It’s not just about becoming a girl, it’s about becoming an ATTRACTIVE chick!
The transgender life: It’s not just about becoming a girl, it’s about becoming an ATTRACTIVE chick!

One thing that the brouhaha over the murder of Jeffrey Laude (allegedly by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the United States Marine Corps) revealed is that Filipino transgenders live in legal limbo in the Philippines. No less than the Philippine Supreme Court is reportedly “confused” over how to regard them. The publisher of…

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Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Science, Society

Was Jeffrey Laude a prostitute who concealed his true gender in the practice of his trade?

Posted on October 15, 2014October 19, 2022 By benign0 140 Comments on Was Jeffrey Laude a prostitute who concealed his true gender in the practice of his trade?
Was Jeffrey Laude a prostitute who concealed his true gender in the practice of his trade?

As expected, gay activists are now all over the case of the murder of transgender Jeffrey ‘Jennifer’ Laude. According to Benjamin Pimentel who wrote about the incident in the context of Gay Pride in his Inquirer piece Death of a Filipino transgender, “Despite progress and victories on many fronts, violence is still a frightening reality…

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Crime, Culture, Lifestyle, Society

Was the murder of Jeffrey Laude in Olongapo a case of the ‘Crying Game’ syndrome?

Posted on October 14, 2014 By benign0 49 Comments on Was the murder of Jeffrey Laude in Olongapo a case of the ‘Crying Game’ syndrome?
Was the murder of Jeffrey Laude in Olongapo a case of the ‘Crying Game’ syndrome?

Whether the victim was gay or straight, looks like a girl and is a girl, or looks like a girl but is really a man is really a non-issue, isn’t it? The case of Jeffrey Laude, a Filipino transgender found murdered in a hotel room in Olongapo city is really just that — a murder…

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Crime, Culture, Government, Society

Why Voters Should Not Vote for the ‘Right’ Candidates

Posted on October 11, 2014 By Hector Gamboa 17 Comments on Why Voters Should Not Vote for the ‘Right’ Candidates
Why Voters Should Not Vote for the ‘Right’ Candidates

There is a saying that goes: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result”. Of course if we think about it, it’s not entirely true. Tom Chivers, assistant comment editor of The Telegraph in the United Kingdom, correctly points out the flaw of the cliché. He points out…

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Government, Politics

Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress

Posted on October 6, 2014November 9, 2021 By Ilda 117 Comments on Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress
Filipinos give Philippine history’s ‘bad’ guy a second look due to lack of progress

Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos passed away in 1989 but seeing the way people are talking about him lately, it’s as if he is still alive today. This is evident in the way some members of mainstream media keep reliving the “horrors” of the Marcos years. There are quite a number of articles highlighting the…

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Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

Posted on September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 By benign0 55 Comments on What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution
What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

A lot of Filipinos have been following closely the massive pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong in recent days. After Beijing announced that it will be vetting candidates for the coming 2017 election there, Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, virtually paralysing the prosperous former British colony…

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