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You need more than Star Margarine to breed taller Filipino beauty contestants

December 5, 2011December 5, 2011 benign0 8 Comments

The 2011 Mutya ng Pilipinas (“Muse or Lady of the Philippines”) pageant which was held Saturday (3rd December) at The Arena in San Juan City was reportedly dominated by “Eurasian and Filipino-American contestants”… British-Filipino Vickie Marie Rushton from Bacolod was crowned the Mutya ng Pilipinas-International while Filipino-American Felicia Baron won the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism title….

Culture, Lifestyle, Media

Why ad agencies are paid the big bucks: Coca Cola and The OFW Project

December 3, 2011 benign0 26 Comments

Persuasion 101. Lay out a strong emotional context, extend sharp emotional hooks, feel the bite from the audience, reel in the catch, then flash the brand. This is the science that earns the ad agencies the big bucks. Using flashy moving visuals — and lots of money to cobble these into an “inspiring” video —…

Culture, Development, Economy, Media

Why I think Kris Aquino may be President someday

December 1, 2011 benign0 85 Comments

She is charismatic and animated. Perhaps she is the only child of the late national “hero” Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr who actually took after him. Indeed, she not only stands out among her dowdy, dull, and uninspiring siblings, she outshines celebrities that are far more glamorous in her industry. Kris Aquino was the face of…

Glitz and Glamour, Politics

Ten reasons why Filipinos blame Gloria Arroyo for everything

December 1, 2011November 6, 2013 Ilda 915 Comments

I can’t help but think that Filipinos who blame former Philippine President and Congresswoman, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) for everything bad that has happened in the country have a squatter mentality. By my own definition, people who have a squatter mentality have this strong sense of entitlement. They believe that the government owes them benefits or…

Culture, Development, Featured, Government, Media

The Latest Jaw-Dropping Stupidity from the Dept. of Tourism

November 30, 2011 BenK 23 Comments

Yesterday as I was browsing my Facebook wall, I followed a link posted by BlogWatch to a Philstar article about a plan by the Department of Tourism to launch a new â€˜country brandâ€™ next month. Since the last outcome of a DOT branding project was the catastrophically hilarious Pilipinas Kay Ganda, I found reason for…

Development, Economy, Government

KC Concepcion is not Piolo Pascual’s sunshine

November 29, 2011November 30, 2011 Ilda 24 Comments

Most women who are recovering from a bad break-up have to settle for a crying session with their close friends while drinking themselves silly a la Bridgett Jones. This can be followed by getting a new radical haircut a la Gwyneth Paltrow in the film Sliding Doors as if to symbolize a â€œnew lookâ€ to…

Glitz and Glamour

Aquino-Cojuangco feudal clan: Too wealthy to fail?!

November 28, 2011June 24, 2013 benign0 27 Comments

Irony of ironies is how a mad rush to scratch a vindictive itch from the bite of the previous administration of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has backfired badly against the the government of current President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. A bomb dropped by the Supreme Court on the long-festering row between the Aquino-Cojuangco feudal…

Development, Economy, Politics

Conrado de Quiros makes like Nazi monster Amon Goeth

November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 benign0 1 Comment

Of course Inquirer.net ‘columnist’ Conrado “Noynoy-is-Aragon” de Quiros would first have to cite (yet again!) how the Philippines’ Supreme Court (SC) is (1) made up of appointees of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and, as such, (2) the “timing” of the SC order to parcel out the Aquino feudal feif Hacienda Luisita to its tenant farmers….

Development, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics