Gripped by a mounting crime wave: Filipinos increasingly fearful for their safety!

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Gripped by a mounting crime wave: Filipinos increasingly fearful for their safety!

There seems to be a tsunami of crime crashing into Philippine shores nowadays. More and more Filipinos are gripped by fear over their personal safety and the safety of their loved ones. Indeed, we need look no further than the news and disturbing imagery of young victims of “rape-slay” crimes in the Philippines. In his…

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Crime, Government, Society

Thinking twice about the iPhone 6

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Thinking twice about the iPhone 6

There is something about the launch of the iPhone 6 that makes it different from all the other iPhone launches that preceded it. Its key selling point — its bigger screen — seems to have been a direct response to competitor Samsung’s leadership in that area. I’m not a close follower of Apple’s movements, but…

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Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Who the next president of the Philippines should be

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Who the next president of the Philippines should be

It’s election season again. So, as expected, a lot of people ask us who we think should be president. Personally I think that is a rude question. Ballots are cast in secret for a reason — because who one votes for is none of anyone else’s business. To be fair, good manners are really not…

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Government, Politics, Society

Where there is no Andray Blatche, there is no Gilas Pilipinas

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Where there is no Andray Blatche, there is no Gilas Pilipinas

As we asserted a few times earlier, Gilas Pilipinas is really just The Andray Blatche Show. This reality about the Philippines’ flag bearer to the FIBA World Cup in Spain this year was punctuated this week after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) ruled against Blatche being included in the Philippine basketball team playing in…

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Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

Was the EDSA ‘gun poking incident’ solved only because it was in the spotlight?

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Was the EDSA ‘gun poking incident’ solved only because it was in the spotlight?

So the mysterious EDSA “gun poking incident” is finally solved. The incident which was caught on camera and went viral over social media involved eight police officers from the La Loma Police Station in Quezon City. The Inquirer reports… Arrested were commissioned Quezon City Police District (QCPD) ‎officers Chief Inspector Joseph de Vera and Senior…

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What I learned from Boy Abunda’s and Billy Crawford’s personal dramas

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What I learned from Boy Abunda’s and Billy Crawford’s personal dramas

Fascinating the way life’s common vicissitudes are somehow magnified and celebrated when celebrities experience them. Whether it be falling into and then rehabilitation from alcohol or substance abuse, getting sick then recovering, suffering a nervous breakdown, or experiencing the heady bliss of romance, showbiz folk make a big drama out of it. I guess that’s…

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Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Religion

Why Metro Manila’s horrific traffic will NEVER be ‘solved’

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Why Metro Manila’s horrific traffic will NEVER be ‘solved’

Just what we need. More requests for “patience” and “understanding”. That is what Malacanang beseeches Filipinos to show while the government pays lip service to the decades-long but fruitless effort to “solve” Metro Manila’s infamously hellish traffic. According to Malacanang mouthpiece Herminio Coloma Jr, the government puts foremost importance in the livelihood of Filipinos and…

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Development, Economy, Government, Lifestyle

Why do we like circulating photos of dead victims of violent crime?

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Why do we like circulating photos of dead victims of violent crime?

Nobody will disagree that there are a lot of heinous crimes being perpetrated today, and a lot of it is going unpunished. Recently I saw a photo of the latest murder-rape victim making the rounds on Facebook. The photo depicted what the poster claimed to be “Sarah”, a 14-15 year old girl who was allegedly…

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Crime, Media, Society