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Does being photographed in a private jet make Jolo Estrada a bad person?

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 Kate Natividad 25 Comments

Wow, so another child-of-notorious-person has emerged as the Achilles Heel of said notorious person. I’m talking about Jolo Estrada, son of Senator Jinggoy Estrada who is now in prison for his (alleged) involvement in the pork barrel scam. First it was Jeane Lim Napoles whose blog gained instant fame (or infamy) when people had that…

Civics, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

Would you throw a 90-year-old man like Senator Juan Ponce Enrile in prison?

June 25, 2014 benign0 28 Comments

Now that two of the three Philippine Senators charged with offenses related to the ‘malversation’ of their pork barrel funds through bogus non-government organisations associated with alleged ‘scam’ mastermind Janet Lim Napoles are in prison, it is Senator Juan Ponce Enrile’s turn to get his wrists cuffed. But this is no ordinary suspect. Enrile is…

Crime, Government

Deeply mysterious: Philippine President BS Aquino’s veto of Nora Aunor’s National Artist bid

June 25, 2014October 23, 2018 benign0 13 Comments

Strange that a government that gives the time of day to the adolescent rants of has-been starlets like Lani Mercado, wife of embattled Senator Bong Revilla (who languishes in prison awaiting trial for alleged pork barrel thievery), would suddenly invoke that all-too-familiar Filipino-style debate-ender when it came to explaining why it had reportedly “snubbed” popular…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

All eyes on the chi-chi lifestyle of Joseph Luis ‘Jolo’ Estrada!

June 25, 2014 benign0 7 Comments

Joseph Luis ‘Jolo’ Estrada, son of beleaguered Senator Jinggoy Estrada may have set his Instagram account joloestrada17 to private (or deleted all his photos), but not, it seems, before someone captured screenshots of his erstwhile public photos and posted them on the site BV-Patrol.com. Indeed, as the would-be ‘patroller’ quipped, “Jeane Napoles is so yesterday!”…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

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