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Pinoy Pride is back on the hotseat as Catriona Gray wins the Miss Universe title. Of course, fantards are willing to overlook her foreign-sounding name and mixed ancestry to the chagrin who seek to champion brown and native looks. But as we at this blog ask, does winning this beauty contest mean anything at all?…
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I watched Aquaman last week and it was enjoyable. I make no apologies that I did not choose a pinoy movie to spend my time and money on. My joy will be short lived though because the trailers preceding Aquaman reminded me about something that I really do not need to be reminded of. In…
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Revolt is the buzzword of the hour after it is claimed that French president Emmanuel Macron gave in to the so-named Yellow Vest protesters, who went to the streets and rioted, calling for Macron’s resignation. But all Macron did was promise to raise the minimum wage (a step that some economists are likely to facepalm…
According to TIME Magazine, the world is in the midst of an information holocaust — a “war on truth” in what had become parlance in an industry being torn apart by a crisis of relevance. If there is any war being waged it is all in the heads of the captains of these sinking boats….
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And traditional media leaders wonder why their industry is in decline. Part of the writing is on the wall seeing how former iconic giants like TIME Magazine are going all out congratulating their own. One of the phoney heroes this beleaguered industry is propping up is embattled Rappler CEO Maria Ressa who is included as…
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Truth endures. No matter how you try to cover it up with lies, it will come out and give scheming, bitter liars like Senator Panfilo Lacson a thousand resounding bitch slaps. I don’t know how Lacson can ever recover from making a huge fool of himself for singling out and accusing House Speaker Gloria Macapagal…
If there is something deeper that would characterise the last two to three years, it is an increased confusion around Filipinos’ sense of identity as a people. Filipinos no longer enjoy the benefit of being told who they are. This is thanks to the rise of the Net and, specifically, its killer app — social…
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The debates on the problems of Filipino society go in many directions, but for Get Real Philippines, one remains the center of them all: unnecessary dependence. All of our writings hinge on this point, that the cause is the Filipino’s mendicant attitude, noticed by American writer James Fallows and by the inspiration of our webmaster’s…
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