Mediocrity in Filipino films evident yet again in 2012 Manila fest

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Default custodians of the already renownedly atrophied imagination of the Filipino; that’s Big Media. In the coming major film event of the year organised by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2012, these corporate behemoths have once again edged out the small players proving yet again that factories and…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Noynoy’s CCT war chest: Ready for dole out in 2013 election year?

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Big budget for cash dole outs on an election year. That, it seems, is a lethal combination in the coming financial year ending 2013 when mid-term will be held. The “centrepiece” of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III’s poverty alleviation program, the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program is set to be allocated P45 billion if…

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Government, Money Talks, Politics

Kuh Ledesma and the Decay of OPM

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Confirming the decaying state of Original Pinoy Music (OPM), Filipino recording artist Kuh Ledesma called for the limitation of the number of foreign artists visiting the Philippines to promote their respective labels. In a recent interview with Pep.ph, the Pop Diva pointed out that because we are a small country with limited resources, our local…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media

Filipinos cannot progress because of an anti-elite mentality

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Thanks to Senator Lito Lapid, Filipinos can continue wallowing in mediocrity and be proud of it. The Senator was lauded by many for his verdict speech, which a lot of melodramatic Filipinos found “touching”. In that speech he proudly justified his guilty verdict in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona which he claims…

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Culture, Education, Government, Media, Society

The folly of economic dependence on foreign employment

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Which does more damage to a child during his/her formative years, the lack of cash or the non-presence of one or even both parents because he/she or they are working overseas? Every example of the humblest of Filipinos being able to extricate themselves from poverty by sheer hard work and discipline within our islands highlights…

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Crime, Lifestyle, Money Talks, Society

To buy or not to buy the new MacBook Pro

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It’s one of those challenging purchasing decisions that make you go hmmmm.. I read that the new MacBook Pro has a “2.3 GHz quad-core Intel i7 processor, 8-gigabytes of RAM, a 256 GB solid state drive, two USB 3.0 ports, and a razor-sharp Retina Display”. My current 2007 MacBook, on the other hand runs the…

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Lifestyle, Tech Talk

‘Awareness’ of poverty is just a fashion statement

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It is interesting the way messages that aim to make one “aware” about the “plight” of the poor proliferate. In many countries, such awareness does not come at much of an effort as it is an in-your-face reality of daily life. But with affluence comes the insidious effects of our Christianic upbringing on a diet…

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Civics, Culture, Society

Politicizing the Judiciary: Campaigning for Chief Justice

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It is quite ironic that in the newly-born desire of government figures to actively push for a more transparent, fair and apolitical selection of the next Chief Justice in light of recent events (specifically ex-Chief Justice Renato Corona’s removal from office), did the said process become more politicized than ever. While I have explained in…

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Government, Politics