We beg to differ.
We’d like to believe that we deserve a society that treats people fairly regardless of how well they speak and write English and regardless of whether they speak it with a regional accent or not. We think, if we continue stomping our feet enough in a loud appeal to nationalist sentiment, that we could one…
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News about Anne Curtis suffering from a box jellyfish sting has been all over the internet for the past several days now. Not that we didn’t notice that news of Anne Curtis getting treatment from several hospitals for what she and her publicists say could have been an “almost fatal” jelly fish sting follows another…
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“The price of finding me was losing you” – The Theme to WKRP in CIncinnati by Steve Carlisle I first encountered David Letterman not on TV in person. This was in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and my parents took us to see magician Doug Henning. Doug Henning must be part Pinoy because…
Talk surrounding who might be Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III’s successor in 2016 is getting more and more interesting by the week! On Jimmy Kimmel Live, former US President Bill Clinton issued his view on the prospects of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao moving up the political ranks in the Philippines… “He’s already in…
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A TV report on Bandila that aired some time this week had me a little flabbergasted. According to a report from Jasmine Romero, the Department of Tourism had created yet another “master plan” to “level up” the country’s tourism and part of that masterplan involves turning Roxas Boulevard into a tourist attraction. Let’s forego the discussion…
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If we are to believe Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino, the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will “finally seal genuine, lasting peace in Mindanao”. In fact, one can be forgiven for wishing that the President’s statement is true especially since, for too…
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At the coffee shop where I routinely get my morning fix, customers mill around the counter in a way that often makes it difficult to distinguish those who are (a) in the process of ordering and paying, or (2) waiting for a concluded order to be served. So it is a normal and routine courtesy…
So now it’s Kris Aquino and Derek Ramsay?! What a gal! Kawawa naman si Bistek. The reports are sketchy, as usual… The speculations started when Kris posted a quote about having a second chance in love on her official Instagram account on Tuesday and thanking Derek Ramsay for always being there for her. “For every…
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