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Philippine ISPs emerge winners in gov’t ban on Internet adult content!

January 18, 2017 benign0 31 Comments

Certain adult sites are now supposedly banned in the Philippines — or, at least, users have noted that some of them are no longer accessible. BBC News reports… The Philippines government has not given any official explanation of why the sites have suddenly been blocked. However, the country’s National Telecommunications Commission confirmed to CNN that…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Tech Talk

Leni Robredo and the epidemic of voter remorse gripping the Philippine public

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 benign0 18 Comments

The lesson around the need for Filipino voters to choose wisely sinks in the most with those who supported — and, worse, voted for — “vice president” Leni Robredo. One tweetizen proposed a pretty good term to encapsulate this: “voter’s remorse”. Before we go on, recall first that there is a major precedent to all…

Culture, Society

Was the Philippines’ mainstream media hoodwinked into reacting to #LeniLeaks?

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 benign0 4 Comments

That, of course, is a question that will underlie countless debates over the foreseeable future. Was there a conspiracy to oust sitting President Rodrigo Duterte in the works behind the shadowy non-security of a YahooGroups message forum? Is there really evidence to support sedition charges against Leni Robredo’s camp sitting in those “leaked” emails? Only…

Media, Society

Do “BoBo Activists” know how to Care for the World?

January 15, 2017December 8, 2022 ChinoF 16 Comments

Once again, “activists” who esteemed webmaster Benign0 calls “hipsters” rode another outrage fad. This was the recent report of entertainment company Nickelodeon opening a water-themed park in Coron. Benign0 rightly said that the protest was ill-framed. Not to mention protesters got something wrong – Nickelodeon said the theme park was to be made on land…

Civics, Culture, Society

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is right not to trust current VP Leni Robredo

January 14, 2017 Ilda 46 Comments

Current Vice President Leni Robredo has been constantly under fire from the public ever since she was declared the “winner” of the second highest position in Philippine government in the 2016 Presidential Elections. She has never earned the respect of the voters who believe that her “win” was the result of electoral fraud and that…

Government, Politics

Filipino hipsters unite around #CoronIsNotBikiniBottom to rail against Nickelodeon’s Palawan plans

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 benign0 27 Comments

The Philippines is not exactly among the most pristine tropical island destinations listed in most tourist brochures. Why? Because of a lot of things owing to Filipinos’ renowned Reverse Midas Touch syndrome. Look no further than how Manila, the country’s premiere metropolis, is managed. Decrepit public utility buses and jeepneys belch toxic black smoke as…

Civics, Environment, Lifestyle

Proposed articles of impeachment against “vice president” Leni Robredo #LeniLeaks

January 10, 2017 benign0 29 Comments

Assuming for argument’s sake that Leni Robredo actually is the duly-elected vice president of the Philippines, there are possible grounds for lodging an impeachment complaint against her just six months into the new administration. * * * Article 1.0: Conspiring to disrupt public order by way of tacit tolerance of agents mounting efforts to incite…

Crime, Government

#LeniLeaks: The Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC) is the new CIA!

January 10, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

Conspiracy theories of yore singled out the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as the key culprit in foreign-led covert operations that sought to shepherd Philippine politics towards certain agendas. A Newsweek report cites observations that the United States has long ago “gone beyond interfering with elections” in countries around the world and has “overthrown…

Crime, Government