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

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

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…

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Civics, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle

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

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

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…

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Crime, Government

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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!”…

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

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

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…

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Media, Politics, Religion, Society

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

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

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…

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Malacanang gives former starlet Lani Mercado the time of day

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Malacanang gives former starlet Lani Mercado the time of day

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…

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Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

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

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

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…

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