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Time for Globe and Smart to stop giving Filipinos unlimited Facebook access

November 3, 2019 benign0 7 Comments

It’s time. Many Filipinos and their “thought leaders” have been criticising the role social media giant Facebook had supposedly been playing in skewing political chatter. Many argue that it had become a platform for “disinformation” and “fake news”. More importantly — in particular, to the oligarchs who are losing money in their once-profitable media businesses…

Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

Bookshop Owner Hits Social Media Shallowness

November 3, 2019 ChinoF 4 Comments

Being an avid reader, I couldn’t help but jump for joy when an independent, inexpensive bookshop opens up nearby. That was my feeling upon finding Bookay-Ukay at Maginhawa street in Teacher’s Village, Quezon City some years ago. It has inexpensive books, mostly older, outdated pieces, but still nice to read. I especially go for the…

Culture

Filipinos too paralysed by partisanism and superstition to implement modern disaster relief

November 2, 2019December 21, 2021 benign0 10 Comments

In the aftermath of yet another devastating “natural” disaster — this time an earthquake hitting southern Mindanao — Filipinos are again exhibiting the lack of decisive and deliberate fast action required to deliver timely relief to its victims. Much of the action being instigated by local governments are the usual appeal for aid from the…

Environment, Science

Leni Robredo’s MOUTH is her worst enemy

October 30, 2019 benign0 5 Comments

Leni Robredo got herself into another embarassing pickle again. Back on the 23rd October, Reuters published the report “Philippine vice president says time for Duterte to halt failed drug war”. Most political observers would agree that this headline pretty much sums up Robredo’s position on the matter. In a subsequent statement translated to English by…

Government, Media

Is The Greedy Monopolistic Angkas Also Violating Philippine Foreign Ownership Laws?

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 P. Farol 12 Comments

We should throw Angkas on top of the pyre of online discussions generated by news of Chinese intruding into Philippine territory. Not only is Angkas getting very very special treatment from the Department of Transportation and the Metro Manila Development Authority — BEING THE ONLY MOTORCYCLE TAXI SERVICE ALLOWED TO OPERATE. Angkas is also a…

Development, Government

The Barretto family’s excellent national catfight is an entertaining social commentary on Philippine society

October 27, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

The saga of the Barretto sisters had gripped the minds of Filipinos for weeks now. In a society obsessed more with people and less with ideas, this recent circus is a bonanza for eyeball-starved mainstream media. Stepping back from the noise and the brain-dead detail of this showbiz fracas it is easy to sse the…

Glitz and Glamour, Society

SANA ALL, Not Only Angkas, Should be Included In The Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Implementation

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 P. Farol 4 Comments

A couple of friends, business associates, members of my staff, and myself, frequently use the ride hailing services Grab. it was great at the start, especially during the time when we still had Uber as the primary alternative to regular taxis and other modes of public transport. Back when there was some manner of competition…

Government, Politics

The word “charot” reflects Philippine society’s cowardly COP-OUT culture

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 benign0 4 Comments

Why say something if you don’t intend to mean it? That, in essence, is the dishonest underpinnings of Charot Culture. The word charot in normalspeak is “joke only”. Filipinos who say something tongue-in-cheek, sarcastically, or to convey a sense of irony often have to resort to appending their statement with either one or even both…

Culture, Education