Five Routes to the Presidency in the Philippines
With Mayor Rody Duterte’s trail-blazing ascent to the presidency, we may have to rewrite the books on the ins and outs of politics in the country. He was from a marginalized region …
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5 Big Changes That Could Improve Philippine Media
After receiving considerable criticism for my last few articles, I have been asked to offer some suggestions that could improve the Philippine media and, subsequently, its viewers. Well then, you …
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Why People should stop looking up to celebrities
Recently, two TV personalities, RR Enriquez and Jeck Maierhofer (who I never heard of until now) were shown in a video where they bothered a sleeping passenger in another car …
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Showbiz ‘Bakya’ helps keep Filipinos Poor
Sorry, this #DongYan issue won’t die when people keep talking about it. Not just us. Other people, too. Actually, this isn’t about just “show of wealth” – which a wedding …
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Showbiz Kilig: What Intelligent People Don’t Have
The recent wedding of celebrities Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes was a topic of the town, especially with how roads were blocked off to “exclusivize” traffic routes for guests, and …
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Boy Abunda Misses an Opportunity to Defend ‘Showbiz’
I came across a recent piece written by Boy Abunda in The Philippine Star. Abunda contends that “Showbiz” is real as real can get and that he resents the idea …
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Ms Carmi Martin: college graduate at 47!
Congratulations to star of the 1980s Carmi Martin for graduating at 47 with a fine arts degree from the Philippine Women’s University (PWU)! Martin co-starred with Freddie Web in the …
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