Tag: social media

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

October 6, 2014November 9, 2021 Ilda 117 Comments

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…

Crime, Development, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Facebook apologises for crackdown on drag queens and LGBT community

October 2, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

The community of “drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community” can now rest easy after Facebook promised to improve its system for verifying accounts flagged as “fake” by other users. The social media firm also apologised for what many perceived to be an unwarranted…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Society, Tech Talk

You go girl: train to be Batman’s wife!

October 1, 2014 Kate Natividad 1 Comment

So last week, the Philippines had its SM shirtgate scandal where a shirt with the incription “It’s not rape, it’s a snuggle with a cuddle” was seen and snapped, said snap going “viral” of course. Said viral photo then becoming the object of much indignation. Now this: This excellent shirt is currently on sale at…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Why ‘Facebook-killer’ #Ello is not the Next Big Thing

September 30, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

A new “anti-Facebook” social networking site has been making waves lately with some tech pundits going as far as asserting that it is going to be the “Facebook killer”. Billed, “the second coming of Facebook”, Ello.co pitches among its supposed key differentiating features its being ad-free and a network that allows its users to name…

Lifestyle, Tech Talk

We are all still waiting for technology to make our lives better

September 17, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

You gotta give credit to those who cheer on the inroads technology is relentlessly making into people’s personal lives. Technology, they say, is “making lives better” by “empowering” ordinary people to take greater “control over their lives”. The nebulous banter seems to resonate with consumers who remain wide-eyed in anticipation for the coming of the…

Crime, Culture, Development, Government, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Celeb couple ‘Jamich’ in hot water over ‘ipon para sa iPhone 6’ plug

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 Kate Natividad 27 Comments

Yikes! Celebrity couple Jamvhille ‘Jam’ Sebastian and Paolinne Michelle ‘Mich’ Liggayu a.k.a. “Jamich” are in hot water with some of their fans over an update they posted on their hugely popular Facebook page… Excited na ako mga pareee!! iPhone 6 plus! Tagal ko na hinhintay na maglabas ang Apple ng malaking screen ng iPhone. Ayaw…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Gripped by a mounting crime wave: Filipinos increasingly fearful for their safety!

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 benign0 43 Comments

There seems to be a tsunami of crime crashing into Philippine shores nowadays. More and more Filipinos are gripped by fear over their personal safety and the safety of their loved ones. Indeed, we need look no further than the news and disturbing imagery of young victims of “rape-slay” crimes in the Philippines. In his…

Crime, Government, Society

Was the EDSA ‘gun poking incident’ solved only because it was in the spotlight?

September 8, 2014September 9, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

So the mysterious EDSA “gun poking incident” is finally solved. The incident which was caught on camera and went viral over social media involved eight police officers from the La Loma Police Station in Quezon City. The Inquirer reports… Arrested were commissioned Quezon City Police District (QCPD) ‎officers Chief Inspector Joseph de Vera and Senior…

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