Tag: Carlos Celdran

Senator JV Ejercito exacts groundbreaking apology from Napoles List mongerers!

May 19, 2014 benign0 22 Comments

Until recently, the core dysfunction in the collective thinking faculties of Philippine society has largely gone unpenalised. Careers have been broken, people unjustly imprisoned, and suicides committed because of this. The current imbroglio that Philippine politics has now found itself neck-deep in following the grossly-misguided release of various lists of alleged pork barrel thieves by…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Demand for disclosure of ‘Napoles’s List’: Is the #ScrapPork Network a serious activist movement?

May 8, 2014 benign0 15 Comments

The clamor to have a document containing a list of members of Congress who allegedly had dealings with accused pork barrel scam ringleader Janet Lim-Napoles is growing louder, fueled by indignation mongering drummed up by both traditional and social media. Leading the charge is a certain “Scrap Pork Network” (or just #ScrapPork), a coalition of…

Crime, Media, Politics

Mamser Carlos Celdran and The Ugliness of Self-Aggrandizement At The Expense of Disaster Victims

October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 P. Farol 22 Comments

The racket over epal relief good distribution in Bohol has made me wonder if calling out the self-aggrandizement and credit claiming actually promotes instead of demotes the politician or organization committing it. When the Habagat last year flooded Provident Village in Marikina, I really didn’t bother to read the names printed on the rescue boats,…

Civics, Politics

What Ban on Manila Bay Reclamation?

July 8, 2013July 8, 2013 P. Farol 3 Comments

Meh….? Over the weekend, the online editions of Manila Bulletin and Tempo as well as Yahoo News Philippines came out with articles with various titles suggesting that the Manila City council had banned reclamation on Manila Bay. Manila Bulletin and Yahoo News Philippines basically ran the same article titled “No Manila Bay Reclamation” and Tempo,…

Development

Does Manila Really Need A Slogan?

June 26, 2013June 26, 2013 P. Farol 21 Comments

When it comes to changing things for the better, dilettantes masquerading as activists and self-professed experts will often prioritize creating superficial hype because of their profound lack of understanding and insight into what the real problems are. Case in point is Carlos Celdran and his brain-fart on Facebook where he proposes that “Manila needs a…

Development

Pining for Manila’s Old Glory is a Sign of a Lack of Vision

June 7, 2013 P. Farol 12 Comments

My Fascination for Old Manila and my Quiapo Roots I have been engaged in a rather long running hobby of hunting for old pictures of Manila on the internet. So much so that it led me to create Lumang Tao Moments a few years back — it is a site where I curate all the…

Development, Environment

Outraged Over A Misleading BillBoard On The CCP Lawn?

April 29, 2013April 29, 2013 P. Farol 2 Comments

My first reaction to the “Sunset View Block Condominium” Billboard on CCP’s lawn would have been outrage, if I didn’t know better. If I didn’t take to heart GMA TV New’s Howie Severino’s slogan, “Think Before You Click”, I might have clicked SHARE or TWEET immediately without reading the article, checking the facts, or thinking…

Development, Environment

WD-40 Is Made Out of Fish Oil

April 5, 2013 P. Farol 22 Comments

And Other Stupid Things People Will Believe Because Its Retweeted or Reposted on Facebook Remember a while back, Tim Yap mistakenly tweeted that some reporter had won the biggest Lotto prize? Â A lot of people re-tweeted it and believed it because they thought that Yap was a credible journalist. TV host and active Twitterer Tim…

Culture, Development