Three highly influential appointments of the incoming Marcos Jr. administration

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The Uniteam ticket of the Marcos-Duterte tandem cruised to power when they successfully won their respective positions astoundingly. This unprecedented moment is historical in a sense that they’ve gained a supermajority that gives the incoming administration a powerful mandate not only to continue the gains of the outgoing Duterte presidency but also to materialize their…

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Development, Economy, Government

Hospitality and Hospital Industries: Pillars of Philippine Economic Growth

Posted on By zaxx 10 Comments on Hospitality and Hospital Industries: Pillars of Philippine Economic Growth

Entertaining tourists and guests, and making them feel welcome and at-home make up a crucial pillar of the Philippine economy. Our national-pastime-turned-industry of singing, dancing, cracking jokes, and playing basketball provides our valued international and local visitors a good time to sit back and relax over San Miguel light and chicharon bulaklak pulutan while the…

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Culture, Development, Economy, Society

Why Rappler should be BANNED from covering Malacañang

Posted on By benign0 71 Comments on Why Rappler should be BANNED from covering Malacañang

President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ran under a “unity” platform and it seems he is making good on this. He is now putting together a diverse team to help run the new Philippine Government and has even included a strong economic team with a good number of noted and highly-qualified technocrats. This is contrary to…

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Media

What next for the Philippines’ DISCREDITED mainstream corporate news media?

Posted on By benign0 117 Comments on What next for the Philippines’ DISCREDITED mainstream corporate news media?

The Philippines’ mainstream news media is in a death spiral. Many of the country’s top media outfits led by ABS-CBN, Rappler, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and even relatively professional CNN Philippines went for broke in this year’s elections. They bet their entire reputations on the campaign of now-failed Yellowtard presidential candidate Leni Robredo. They tossed…

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Media

If Professor Clarita Carlos is a “pet analyst”, then JC Punongbayan is a quack “economist”

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Rappler kiddie “reporter” Lian Buan should be careful what she calls esteemed University of the Philippines Professor Clarita Carlos. A “report” she authored published on the disgraced “social news network” was headlined “UP political science department distances from Marcos pet analyst” effectively denigrating the qualifications of this veteran academic with no apparent bases. Buan uncritically…

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Media

Character-based politics and why it should stop

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The Philippines concluded its recently held general elections, where we witnessed the beginning of a new chapter in Philippine history. The Marcos-Duterte tandem, together with a number of their publicly endorsed senatorial candidates, are expected to serve their national positions this coming June. The Marcos-Duterte ticket won by a landslide, garnering around 60% of the…

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Charter Change, Development, History, Politics

What to do now with all those People Power memorial relics and other Yellowtard statues and monuments

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What does one do with all those statues of Ninoy Aquino and Cory Aquino littering the Philippines? What is the plan for all these buildings and spaces appropriated to the commemoration of Yellowtard “heroes” and their “glorious” stories? These are now all but quaint legacies of an era that ended this year — one that…

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Culture, Politics, Society

Modern Culture vs. Traditional culture: Why I choose the former

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In a previous article, I mentioned a 1990s or early 2000s cable TV advertisement which showed people of different cultures later morphing into people in black modern suits. The narrator was saying that diversity and culture are in danger because of modernization by globalization. I’m still looking for this ad, but I also still disagree…

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Culture, Economy