Tag: Metro Manila

Digital transport network Uber: Could it cure Manila’s jeepney infestation?

May 23, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

What’s hot in the public transport innovation scene today? It’s Uber. The top (arguably) “digital transport network” in the world is looking at a possible USD12 billion valuation if efforts to raise a reported USD500 million in its most recent funding round bears fruit. Why is Uber hot? Because it applies well the same simple…

Development, Government, Politics, Tech Talk

Philippine tourism touted as key to ‘inclusive’ growth while decay of key infrastructure continues

May 20, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

Climate change continues to loom as one of the biggest risks to the Philippines’ long-term future. Speaking before the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s ASEAN International Conference on Tourism and Climate Change in Legazpi City yesterday, Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III, asserted that the ‘new normal’ it will bring will compromise the long-aspired-for…

Development, Economy, Environment, Government

Metro Manila, as seen through Sean Ellis’ lens

August 19, 2013August 19, 2013 FallenAngel No Comments

The film “Metro Manila” by British director Sean Ellis had its media screening last August 13. Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega as Oscar and Mai Ramirez, respectively, the movie tells the story of a family who come to the city from the province in search of work and a better life. However, what they…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Hindi Pwede Kami Magtagal Dito.My Impressions of Sean Ellis’ Metro Manila

August 16, 2013July 14, 2015 Gogs 24 Comments

And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out, “Nickels for your pity.” And them downtown boys sure talk gritty It’s so hard to be a saint in the city Bruce Springsteen “Hindi pwede kami magtagal dito. “- that is the Tagalog phrase as I…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

‘Metro Manila’ – (The Film): Anything but Cliché

August 15, 2013July 14, 2015 John Bay 17 Comments

To a jaded moviegoer who thinks he has seen it all, “Metro Manila” offers a compelling reason for viewers to revisit Philippine cinema. I was recently invited for the press screening of “Metro Manila” last Tuesday August 13, at “The Block” in SM North Edsa. “Metro Manila” was directed by the UK’s Academy Award nominee…

Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Metro Manila: A Film Review

August 15, 2013July 14, 2015 ChinoF 6 Comments

I happen to be one of those lucky enough to make it to a screening of the movie “Metro Manila.” Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, it won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I’ll try to figure out why. Let me rehash the synopsis from Benign0’s preview. METRO MANILA centers around…

Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

Award-wiinning British film ‘Metro Manila’ trailer exclusive on UK Telegraph!

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 benign0 18 Comments

Winner of this year’s Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the trailer of Sean Ellis’s thriller Metro Manila is now an exclusive on the Telegraph! Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, the film, which won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of Oscar Ramirez (Macapagal) and his family’s…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

Social Media and Big Telco emerge as Filipino heroes

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 benign0 3 Comments

In another one of its infomercial articles that it would like to pass off to the average sucker as a news “report”, ABS-CBN trumpeted another one of those dubious “achievements” Filipinos owe mainly to their enormous population — our undisputed place in the global scheme of things as the “social media capital of the world”….

Development, Environment, Money Talks, Politics