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What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 benign0 55 Comments

A lot of Filipinos have been following closely the massive pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong in recent days. After Beijing announced that it will be vetting candidates for the coming 2017 election there, Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, virtually paralysing the prosperous former British colony…

Politics, Society

Why ‘Facebook-killer’ #Ello is not the Next Big Thing

September 30, 2014 benign0 3 Comments

A new “anti-Facebook” social networking site has been making waves lately with some tech pundits going as far as asserting that it is going to be the “Facebook killer”. Billed, “the second coming of Facebook”, Ello.co pitches among its supposed key differentiating features its being ad-free and a network that allows its users to name…

Lifestyle, Tech Talk

FHM Model Alyzza Agustin caught in ‘Please assist’ scandal!

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Kate Natividad 39 Comments

Lol! Lesson for the day, don’t trust a ditz with your personally-autographed “privilege” cards. In the Philippines, it is common for motorists with connections with top military and police officials to have an autographed business card of one of these contacts tucked beside their drivers’ licenses in their wallet so that in the event that…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Gilas Pilipinas and the Filipinos’ continuous tradition of ZERO results inspiration

September 29, 2014May 16, 2023 FallenAngel 16 Comments

As I write this, the Philippine men’s national basketball team, better known as Gilas Pilipinas, has just won against Kazakhstan in the 2014 Asian Games basketball tournament currently being held in Incheon, South Korea. According to reports, however, Gilas needed to win by eleven (11) points in order to advance to the semifinal round. They…

Culture, Development, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

Question to activists: After resorting to violence against Sec Butch Abad, what next?

September 28, 2014 benign0 22 Comments

I can understand the rage felt by those UP students who mobbed Department of Budget Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad in mid-September. The behaviour of these activists represent an explosion of pent-up anger over what many believe to be an astounding case of wholesale national thievery that will likely go unpunished. Abad is widely-regarded…

Civics, Crime, Government, Politics, Society

#Bendgate debunked: Force to ‘break 3 pencils’ will not bend iPhone 6 Plus

September 28, 2014 benign0 2 Comments

Week 2 into the Apple iPhone 6 Plus “bendgate” controversy and a couple of independent parties have now weighed in on the issue of whether or not Apple’s new phablet is prone to bending under normal use. “Normal” use here is defined as something like stowing a big phone in the pocket of your tight…

Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Apple breaks silence on iPhone 6 Plus #bendgate

September 26, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

Following the brouhaha over “bending” iPhone 6 Plus phablets rippling across social media, Apple Inc has finally spoken up. The Wall Street Journal reports Apple’s claim that “only nine customers have contacted the company about a bent iPhone 6 Plus.” The following is the full statement issued by Apple on “bendgate” published by The Huffington…

Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Filipinos should address the Philippines’ negative image by fixing its problems

September 26, 2014 Ilda 18 Comments

Are Filipinos more concerned about projecting a positive image to the international community rather than finding a solution to the negative images that keep finding their way into the hands of international news media organizations? It would seem so. This was evident when a lot of Filipinos felt outraged and demanded an apology from a…

Development, Economy, Government, Media

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