Allan Bantiles: Parent who allegedly threatened CSA student at gunpoint still at large

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Allan Bantiles: Parent who allegedly threatened CSA student at gunpoint still at large

Colegio de San Agustin (CSA) student Jaime Garcia who was the alleged victim of a serious bullying and assault incident within the CSA campus has been seeking assistance from the Philippine Media to progress his cause versus his tormentors. Garcia’s grandmother, Sony Lopez Gonzales, started by bringing the matter to the attention of ABS-CBN personality…

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Crime, Education, Media

Possible psych war being waged in SC as Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno snubbed anew by peers!

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Possible psych war being waged in SC as Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno snubbed anew by peers!

Just how long will newly-appointed Philippine Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno be able to maintain her trademark smile over the next 18 years she will be serving her post? The stresses of the job are piling on, which does not bode well for Sereno who, according to the supposed findings of a psychological…

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Culture, Government, Politics

PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

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PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

According to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, history taught in Philippine schools should consist only of “truthful information” and not “the web of lies spun by propagandists and revisionists.” This is what he makes the underlying principle in his latest project — to rewrite Filipino history books according to what he thinks actually…

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Development, Education, Politics

Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

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Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

Following a threat from tycoon Manny Pangilinan to leave the Philippines and take with him his money, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II has warned that the Philippines may be in for a crisis of confidence, presumably if this sort of thing becomes a trend… The House majority leader warned Pangilinan’s move would become “a…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks

How to explain Pinoy Pride to a foreigner

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How to explain Pinoy Pride to a foreigner

Jessica Sanchez, one of the latest symbols of Pinoy Pride, came to the Philippines for the American Idol finalists’ concert last Friday, September 21. Now if you all remember who Charice (Pempengco) is, her manager Courtney Blooding came out with a rather innocent and innocuous tweet where she asked “why do the Philippines claim Jessica…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Drilling in Recto Bank gas field possibly set back by Trillanes adventurism

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Drilling in Recto Bank gas field possibly set back by Trillanes adventurism

When it comes to China, money is the primary currency of any kind of negotiation. And in light of the big tiff between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and “Senator” Antonio Trillanes IV, the cast of characters is a lot bigger and includes one of the Philipines’s biggest mining companies, Philex Mining Corporation, and its…

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Development, Money Talks, Politics

Senator Trillanes to Senator Enrile: Hasta la vista, baby!

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Senator Trillanes to Senator Enrile: Hasta la vista, baby!

The Bourne Legacy director Tony Gilroy reportedly said that he decided to shoot his movie in Manila because it felt so “Bourne”-ish. In his own words he said that the city is “just so colorful and ugly and gritty and raw and stinky and crowded.” The director was spot-on in describing what his naked eyes…

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Government, Politics

National Press Club, Your Freudian Slip Is Showing

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National Press Club, Your Freudian Slip Is Showing

freudian slip freud·i·an slip Noun: An unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings. We don’t know anything for sure (is that libel) but a Freudian slip is what seems to have happened . The National Press Club initially said that the libel portion of  the Cybercrime Act was “society’s weapon against bloggers”.  They had since…

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Culture, Media, Politics, Society