Duterte shocks the Opposition anew in appointing Teresita De Castro as Chief Justice

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Duterte shocks the Opposition anew in appointing Teresita De Castro as Chief Justice

The bad news just keeps on coming for the Philippine Opposition. It has not been a good year for them. In fact, things haven’t been good for them since President Rodrigo Duterte won the election in 2016. Members of the Opposition particularly those allied with the Liberal Party have tried every trick in the book…

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Government, Politics

Not really an “Asian” movie but I’m excited to see Crazy Rich Asians nonetheless

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Not really an “Asian” movie but I’m excited to see Crazy Rich Asians nonetheless

I’m gonna see Crazy Rich Asians as soon as I can. How can I not? It’s been promoted ’til Kindgom come! There’s also all that hype surrounding Queen of Philippine Media Kris Aquino’s millisecond appearance. Lol! If I were her I wouldn’t make such a big deal of it. When you are The Queen and…

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Culture, Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

Zaxx to Charice (Jake Zyrus): False Voice was your beginning. Will Fake Voice be your end?

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Zaxx to Charice (Jake Zyrus): False Voice was your beginning. Will Fake Voice be your end?

False advertising, fake news, fake election results, and guess what’s trending next… Below is an open letter to the former diva Charice (Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, 26) who now goes by the name Jake Zyrus, a transgender “male”. This is in response to her coming out in the recent interview at the Tonight with Boy…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour

More Filipinos would take public transport if sando and shorts are deemed acceptable attire

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More Filipinos would take public transport if sando and shorts are deemed acceptable attire

Filipinos should start to rethink their office attire. Wearing long-sleeved shirts and a tie is really impractical in a tropical climate. Perhaps if Filipino office workers are allowed to wear sando and shorts, more people would be willing to take public transport. For that matter, tens of millions of kilowatt-hours are expended on air-conditioning every…

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Culture, Lifestyle

Kickoff For The 2018 NFL Regular Season Is Almost Here

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Kickoff For The 2018 NFL Regular Season Is Almost Here

The National Football League is back. The good news is that even here in basketball myopic Philippines we get the NFL on TV albeit on standard definition. Instead of nice looking extreme sports when there is a break in the action we get commercials for US shows dubbed in Tagalog Think about whatever TV series…

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Glitz and Glamour

No Single Driver rule on EDSA is sweet revenge for Manila’s long-suffering commuting public

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No Single Driver rule on EDSA is sweet revenge for Manila’s long-suffering commuting public

The No Single Driver rule. It’s the bane of the miniscule minority of Filipino private motorists who can afford to tool around Metro Manila alone in their own personal cars. With the implementation today of this rule along EDSA today, one can expect only a small proportion of EDSA users to be up in arms….

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Civics, Lifestyle

Why ‘Who Sings This ? ‘ Is Usually A Dumb Question

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Why ‘Who Sings This ? ‘ Is Usually A Dumb Question

The question ” who sings this?” usually tells me everything I need to know about the person posing the question in terms of their level of music appreciation. I will not call it a stupid question. Though Mr.Garrison once said something else.  I can’t help it that when I started really paying attention to music…

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Glitz and Glamour

Mayor Tommy Osmeña And The Dopesickness of Cebu City

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Mayor Tommy Osmeña And The Dopesickness of Cebu City

A friend in law enforcement says the Duterte Administration’s war on illegal drugs has caused a number of areas in the country to experience a violent sort of dope sickness. Unlike the kind of dope sickness that drug addicts go through when they are starved of their drug of choice, the dope sickness he refers…

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Crime, Government, Politics