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Anne Curtis retires after overdelivering on an underpromise

March 19, 2012April 5, 2021 benign0 15 Comments

It’s just as well that starlet Anne Curtis went into a self-imposed “retirement” from singing even after scoring a successful concert tour billed â€œAnneBisyosaâ€ (a play on the word ambisyosa which means “ambitious”). According to Curtis, she found the whole “singer-performer lifestyle” quite tiring, saying â€œIf they were to ask me [to record an â€œAnneBisyosaâ€…

Glitz and Glamour

Did the Azkals bite off more than they could chew?

March 19, 2012 FallenAngel 9 Comments

It was more than two (2) weeks ago that a report came out that Cristy Ramos filed a sexual harassment case against two members of the Philippine Azkals team, Angel Guirado, and Lexton Moy. Read the story here. It just also happened that a lawyer relative of mine and I were listening to 92.3 when…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

To speak or not to speak? That is the question

March 19, 2012 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Starting about two weeks ago, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona started conducting interviews with the media, and also started appearing more often in public forums. These were the forums wherein he spoke out against every accusation leveled at him by the President, his critics, and the Basas. Was it truly a wise decision for…

Development, Government, Lifestyle, Politics, Society

Noynoying – the Philippine president lends his name to the Filipino Condition

March 19, 2012 benign0 33 Comments

The term may be new but the observations go way back. The term “Noynoying” is a new buzzword that hit home run and stuck. Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III after all is the no-results president — the President who so early in his stint in office had already been criticised for his slack work…

Culture, Government, Lifestyle, Politics

Demetrio Vicente’s bonsai featured in 2000 Inquirer issue

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 benign0 24 Comments

Thank goodness for the brilliant technology of Google News! Barely two days after the venerable Philippine Daily Inquirer let loose a doozey of a front page in its 14th March 2012 issue where “unflattering” photos of Demetrio Vicente, a character witness called by the defense team in the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, were…

Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Tech Talk

Philippines: 16th largest economy by 2050? Here’s the truth!

March 16, 2012September 20, 2013 Ilda 103 Comments

Ugh…if I see another news headline comparing the Philippines to some kind of animal, I might just get physically sick. “Asian Tiger Economy of the World”; “The dark horse of the region”. Speaking of being sick, at least one headline referred to the Philippines as the “healthy man of Asia” as opposed to the perennial…

Economy, Education, Environment

Onion skins are so annoying

March 16, 2012June 28, 2013 FallenAngel 53 Comments

The term we use to describe hyper-sensitive people here in the Philippines is balat-sibuyas, which literally means “onion-skinned”. The analogy is that just as onion skin easily comes off, Filipino people are easily hurt. I aim to derive another analogy using the onion. Attempting to get a message across to Filipinos creatively is like peeling…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Society

On the lameness of the ‘apology’ of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

March 15, 2012August 24, 2022 benign0 38 Comments

And we wonder why — no, we lament that — there is such an astounding culture of impunity in the Philippines. It is because for the trouble of acceding to an invitation to speak the truth before a panel of men in scarlet robes, private citizens cop ridicule from an institution we’ve for so long…

Civics, Culture, Media, Politics

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