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Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

June 24, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Global outrage has erupted over the harsh prison sentences meted out to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed last Monday. The three were successfully prosecuted in an Egyptian court for allegedly “undermining” Egypt’s “national security” supposedly by supplying false news and aiding terrorist movements deemed threats to the Egyptian government. Being…

Media, Politics, Religion, Society

Crime does not pay in the Philippines – or so Filipinos would like to think

June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 benign0 13 Comments

With Senator Jinggoy Estrada now on his way to the slammer, it’s two down, one to go. That’s right, Filipinos are keeping score. With glee. They see the imprisonment of Estrada along with Senator Bong Revilla and soon, presumably, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile as vindication that, indeed, crime does not pay. The three Senators are…

Crime, Culture, Society

Malacanang gives former starlet Lani Mercado the time of day

June 24, 2014 benign0 6 Comments

It’s as if it weren’t an infantile enough act that Lani Mercado, Cavite Representative and wife of imprisoned Senator Bong Revilla would announce her plans to spitefully skip attending the 28th July State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III on account of her fears that she and Revilla…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

Dear Lucy Torres: Why not a COMPREHENSIVE Anti Bad Manners bill instead?

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 benign0 9 Comments

Seriously? A honk-free day in the Philippines? We need to get to the bottom of the kind of thinking House Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez (wife of movie idol Richard Gomez) was applying when she came up with House Bill 4542 which, according to this Gulf News report, “aims to bring to the people’s attention the importance…

Civics, Culture, Education, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Religion, Society

Whistleblower app SecureDrop takes investigative journalism to the 21st Century!

June 23, 2014 benign0 2 Comments

A system that allows anonymous informants to send electronic documents without fear of disclosure developed by the late Internet ‘hacktivist’ Aaron Swartz and investigative journalist Kevin Poulsen back in 2011 is gaining traction amongst big-name international media organisations. Originally named DeadDrop, management and rollout of the system has since been taken over by the Freedom…

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Did Bong Revilla Take The Lord’s Name In Vain?

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 P. Farol 39 Comments

I didn’t want to comment about Senator Bong Revilla’s t-shirt scripture, but tonight, for some reason, I feel compelled to do so. I’ve been avoiding writing about Christian stuff not out of fear, but because I know that I don’t know enough about Christianity despite being a Catholic all my life and I tend to…

Politics, Religion, Society

Does Philippine Senator Bong Revilla deserve to be treated harshly while in prison?

June 22, 2014June 23, 2014 benign0 33 Comments

The Philippines is abuzz over the latest misfortune porn craze, the surrender to the police and imprisonment of movie-star-turned-Philippine-Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. Over the last several days Netizens are posting and sharing updates on the minutiae of Revilla’s fall from grace since he and Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile were implicated in…

Crime, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Religion, Society

The real dangers of artificial intelligence Tesla founder Elon Musk leaves unsaid

June 19, 2014April 28, 2015 benign0 13 Comments

Much is being written about what Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk said about how rapid advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead humanity to a “Terminator” scenario. The Terminator series of films which star former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger paints a bleak picture of a future where human stragglers battle intelligent…

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