Better Philippines offered to share his blog with me after learning that my own blog over at Asian Correspondent would be taken off the website’s roster. It will take a couple of days before my original blog www.pinoybiz.blogspot.com becomes visible again and I am now wondering if it will be worth fixing up after having [...] Read more »
More Disappointment Care of Isang Tanong Part Two
If you failed to catch the second part of the GMA Isang Tanong Presidential Forum you didn’t really miss much. Although it aired rather late I tried my best to watch it in full. But, hey, the combination of sleepiness and boredom can be quite a challenge to fight off. The first part, which aired [...] Read more »
Bloggers Lunch With Chiz
Pinoy Buzz has been blogging about the interview he and several bloggers had with Senator Francis Escudero last Saturday. You can read the first two parts of his series titled “Grilled Chiz: Lunch With An Ex-Presidential Candidate” here and here. I was actually planning on joining Pinoy Buzz but I had to beg off because [...] Read more »
Skipping The Thinking Part
(Here’s a guest post from Filo, a regular reader of ours who also happens to be a prolific contributor to the witty, graphic-centric, political blog Utak Ng Tilapia.) Senator Chiz Escudero’s proposals to trim down standard school requirements, like say, make geometry an elective course in high school, will keep Juan a dull boy. Not [...] Read more »
Hype Around Noynoy’s “Honesty” Just A Marketing Gimmick
Is honesty the most important trait we need to see in our candidates especially those for the presidency? Noynoy Aquino’s supporters think so. If they are to be believed, honesty will not only ensure good governance it will also solve unemployment, illiteracy, insurgency, crime, poverty and possibly even baldness. Of course I’m kidding. Honesty can’t [...] Read more »
Get Real Philippines ‘Nuff Of This Hero Crap
A blogger friend called my attention to a banner going around Facebook. It is this one: It’s a nice graphic if I may say so myself. However, I’m not at all impressed with the message it imparts. My apologies to Mark Gosingtian, the artist responsible for this artwork. I’m certain Mark got his inspiration for [...] Read more »
Palabra de Honor by JDV III
Want to get royally pissed? Listen to this audio clip of Joey De Venecia as he tries his hardest to convince you that he cares about your welfare. Just like Jun Lozada, JDV III would like us all to believe that he was a victim in that whole ZTE National Broadband Network deal controversy. Now [...] Read more »
What Winnability?
Should a voter be concerned with a candidate’s winnability? This question has been swimming in my head since yesterday after I got into a discussion with someone who feels that the 2010 presidential elections will be a fight between good and evil. First off, I disagree that the elections should be viewed as a fight [...] Read more »
Noynoy And The Yellow Platform
It’s official: Destiny’s child is running for president and he’ll be doing it on a platform of yellow. Senator Noynoy Aquino finally announced his plan today the 40th day since the death of his mother former President Corazon Aquino. He made the announcement at Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan the same place where Mrs. [...] Read more »
Ban On Cellphone Use While Driving
I was listening to the radio this morning and I heard an interview with Congressman Irwin Tieng. The topic was about House Bill 4917 which was filed by Tieng and several others. The bill seeks to ban the use of cellphones while driving. The bill is given a tinge of relevance at this specific time [...] Read more »
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