Imagining a Millenials-led Philippine government
Last weekend, while having dinner with my wife, I asked her this question: You know, at some point in the future, we will be led by the youth we now …
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You don’t need “Big Data” and “woke” culture to predict election outcomes in the Philippines
There are two key things Americans learned from the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in 2016: (1) traditional pre-election polling is no longer reliable and (2) Google search activity provides …
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Few weeks to go ’til election day and the Opposition have already lost. Here’s why…
Despite all efforts — mostly dirty and dishonest — on the part of the Philippines’ Opposition partisans to gain traction with the broader Filipino voting public, the bid for control …
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Jim Paredes apologists are going about their apologism the wrong way
Apologists of singer Jim Paredes are in a state of profound confusion. As the scandal surrounding a private video of Paredes that somehow fell into the wrong hands and got …
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To Jim Paredes: Good luck and have a nice life
Presumably the “scandal” is over now that Jim Paredes has owned up to and apologised for the grief a private video had caused after it somehow found its way onto …
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Opposition influencers like @GretchenHo need to come up with better arguments than “paid troll”
Of late, “thought leaders” and “influencers” of the Philippine Opposition have been cheering the removal of a couple hundred Facebook pages associated with Nic Gabanuda, purported “social media manager” of …
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Is Rappler still worth saving?
It’s a wonder Rappler remains online underneath the crushing weight of a growing pile of legal troubles. The most recent charge of securities fraud this week has resulted in an …
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The Philippine Government should shut down Facebook and make Maria Ressa happy
If we take the time to sift through what some personalities in the “journalism” and corporate “news” media communities have been screeching about, it would seem that Facebook is increasingly …
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