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What’s next for the Philippines following the visit of Pope Francis?

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 benign0 17 Comments

In my experience attending corporate training programs — specially those involving team dynamics and motivation approaches — I have always been impressed with the way the really good trainors are able to create a euphoric pumped-up vibe in the participants over the course of the session. The courses that are conducted away from the office…

Culture, Development, Religion, Society

President Noynoy Aquino showed his vindictiveness during a speech for Pope Francis

January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Ilda 105 Comments

Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino’s speech to welcome Pope Francis was outrageously inappropriate. It was so wrong. Some of us didn’t see it coming. It was shocking to hear him talk about himself and complain about how some of the members of the Church in the country are being mean to him. Who would…

Politics, Religion

The #BeastModePresident! The New Official National Cringe

January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 John Bay 42 Comments

In an attention grabbing stunt, the President Vowed Not to Smoke for a Day for the Papal Mass scheduled for today January 15, 2015. Not to say that such a sacrifice was not worth the PR it was intended for, I could not help but think that perhaps he thought the presence of The Vicar…

Politics, Religion

Transcript of #PopeFrancis’s speech at Malacañang 16 Jan 2015

January 16, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you, Mr President, for your kind welcome and for your words of greeting in the name of the authorities and people of the Philippines, and the distinguished members of the Diplomatic Corps. I am most grateful for your invitation to visit the Philippines. My visit is above all pastoral. It…

Government, Religion, Society

Yikes! Pope Francis with Filipino celebrities in commemorative painting!

January 12, 2015 Kate Natividad 52 Comments

Ok, just when the whole brouhaha over the grandiose wedding of Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes is simmering down, I came across this supposedly recently-completed painting by Dante Hipolito… Apparently Hipolito is known in art circles as a “hyper-realist” and his favorite subject involves depictions of scenes of traditional Filipino rural life. Well, the scenes…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Religion, Society

Was the #DongYanWedding really Dingdong Dantes’s and Marian Rivera’s wedding?

January 3, 2015January 3, 2015 benign0 57 Comments

It’s been several days since the spectacular wedding of Filipino starlets Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera (referred to as the “DongYan” couple on social media) and the Net is still abuzz about the circus. The event was said to have cost more than 100 million pesos and was purportedly shouldered by the GMA Network, one…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Will Pope Francis’s 2015 visit to the Philippines bring out the best or worst in the Filipino?

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014 benign0 29 Comments

Pope Francis’s visit to the Philippines is shaping out to be the country’s biggest coming event. Already there’s a scramble to fill precious slots that would bring ordinary folk within the pontiff’s breathing space — whether it be seats in the pope’s flight from Rome to Manila, or a place in His Eminence’s dining table,…

Culture, Education, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Why Senator Bongbong Marcos should read the Holy Bible

December 10, 2014December 10, 2014 benign0 45 Comments

It does not take much to attract media attention in the Philippines. You just need to do something “special”. Fortunately for Filipinos, their society had set a low bar for specialness. For many politicians, simply taking a bus or a train along with the peasants makes them special enough to be elected to government posts…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society