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MB Claims Philippines Attractive to FDI Based on the “Because We Said So” Metric

August 14, 2011 BenK 2 Comments

Here’s an interesting claim from an article in today’s online edition of the Manila Bulletin, which is apparently too exciting to attribute to a particular author: Two factors â€“ skilled workforce and competitive labor cost â€“ account for investorsâ€™ choice of the Philippines as an ideal investment site. Many foreign companies reportedly prefer Filipino workers…

Economy, Media, Money Talks, Uncategorized

Rachel Weisz in ‘Agora’ – experience religious zealotry first-hand

August 14, 2011 benign0 11 Comments

Check out Alejandro AmenÃ¡bar’s Agora starring Rachel Weisz. It is a film that dramatises how the early Christian movement morphed from a small annoyance in Alexandria in then Roman-ruled Egypt in the 4th century into a massive lynch mob powerful and violent enough to bully the Roman provincial government into tolerating their own intolerance for…

Glitz and Glamour, Religion

Melanie Marquez tells Miss Ph-Uni Shamcey Supsup to speak Tagalog

August 13, 2011 benign0 28 Comments

According to Miss International 1979 title holder Melanie Marquez, she will “support” Miss Philippines-Universe candidate Shamcey Supsup if she will speak in Tagalog in the coming Miss Universe 2011 beauty pageant to be held in Brazil on the 12th of September this year. Tagalog is a southern Luzon dialect that was branded as the Philippines’…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour

Rioting in London: How it could happen in the Philippines

August 12, 2011August 12, 2011 Ilda 33 Comments

Rioting. Looting. Mugging. Stealing. These are activities people would normally associate with street gangs. But the recent mayhem in London that involved all those activities has baffled every expert in every society. They are baffled because the people involved didnâ€™t just come from the â€œalienated poor, those without hope, lashing out in rage and despair.â€…

Crime, Culture, Education, Society

The Establishment Blogger and the Globe Tattoo Tatt Awards 2011

August 12, 2011 benign0 15 Comments

Again, we have an on-going “blog contest”, the Globe Tattoo Tatt Awards that applies some veeerrrryyyy familiar mechanics around who they consider to be deserving of “recognition” across a handful of categories. These categories divide up the general subject areas that blogs tend to focus on — activism, issues, technology, fashion, and entertainment — and…

Lifestyle, Media

Twitpic founder launches Twitter clone Heello.com

August 12, 2011 benign0 2 Comments

I just signed in on the new Twitter knock-off site Heello.com. Look again, though, Heello is not just any Twitter knock-off site. It was founded by TwitPic founder Noah Everett and pretty much rips off all of what makes Twitter, well, the Twitter. It looks and feels like Twitter. It limits posts (called “pings” instead…

Tech Talk

Let’s ask Eric Manalang: Would an all-powerful infinite god find offense in Mideo Cruz’s work ‘Poleteismo’?

August 11, 2011 benign0 6 Comments

If you are a scientist, have some semblance of a background in science, or even just simply listened to your high school physics teacher and understood what she said, you’d be able to wrap your head around the single biggest point I make in a comment I posted on Get Real Post the other night:…

Culture, Religion, Science

Shutdown of the CCP ‘KULÃ”’ exhibit proves the point Mideo Cruz makes in ‘Poleteismo’

August 10, 2011August 12, 2011 benign0 35 Comments

Seems to me artist Mideo Cruz succeeded in proving the point he wanted to make in his collage Poleteismo which was exhibited along with other works in the main gallery of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In Poleteismo, Cruz depicted through a collection of images and artifacts representing celebrities, religious icons, and public personalities…

Culture, Politics, Religion, Society