We beg to differ.
And them South Side sisters sure look pretty The cripple on the corner cries out, “Nickels for your pity.” And them downtown boys sure talk gritty It’s so hard to be a saint in the city Bruce Springsteen “Hindi pwede kami magtagal dito. “- that is the Tagalog phrase as I…
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To a jaded moviegoer who thinks he has seen it all, “Metro Manila” offers a compelling reason for viewers to revisit Philippine cinema. I was recently invited for the press screening of “Metro Manila” last Tuesday August 13, at “The Block” in SM North Edsa. “Metro Manila” was directed by the UK’s Academy Award nominee…
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I happen to be one of those lucky enough to make it to a screening of the movie “Metro Manila.” Starring Jake Macapagal and Althea Vega, it won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. I’ll try to figure out why. Let me rehash the synopsis from Benign0’s preview. METRO MANILA centers around…
Janet Lim Napoles is now on the run. That makes her the perfect fall guy for the P10-billion “pork barrel scam” that is rocking the Philippines’ political establishment. A high-profile fugitive attracts all the attention and, not necessarily living up to the principle of scientific criminal investigation, all law enforcement resources. Never mind that the…
Yet another scandal video has gone “viral” and this one doesn’t involve sex, but someone who looks like Land Transportation Office (LTO) Chief Usec. Virginia “Virgie” Torres playing a slot machine inside a casino. Here is a link to the video which allegedly shows Usec. Torres playing slots, click here. Philippine government officials are prohibited…
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(Before my commentary, please watch the video announcement from the Manila Goldcoast Development Corporation which is developing the Manila Solar City in partnership with the City Government of Manila. It is a development project I am openly supporting as a Manilenyo chiefly and mainly because I believe it is the right direction to pursue in…
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Tsk tsk. We continue wonder whether Pinoy-style basketball really brings out best the best in Filipinos if even “respected” social media personalities engage in low-brow racist sports fan rhetoric. Dr. Rodolfo “John” Ortiz Teope, PhD, EdD, DSD, DES is National President of the First Philippine Pro-Democracy Foundation, Inc and is host of the online video…
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Something has been bothering me these past few days. Something smelled quite fishy, but I couldn’t quite put a bead on it. The words to describe it had been escaping me. Then it just hit me: Filipinos stink. In more ways than one. They showed this more than ever just recently, if you saw how…