Better Philippines

getrealphilippines.net

• Dismantling the tyranny of the Philippine Media
  The old notion that digital content does not reach the masses is no longer that clear-cut. This is an important thing to note in our campaign to find progressive alternatives to Big Media as a setter of trends and an originator of ideas in our chronically backward society. For it is not so much the poor masses as those who wield influence via their means to […]

The Anti-Pinoy

• Noynoy Aquino: in contact with extraterrestrials
  The late great scientist Carl Sagan once wrote about how he often gets letters from cranks who claim to have been abducted by aliens and have since remained in contact with them. Many of these letters ask Sagan if he’d like to send in any questions he would like relayed to these aliens. Presumably these [...] […]
  benign0

A Foreigner’s Perspective On The Philippines

• Do, or Do Not: There is no Be
  Over at AntiPinoy, benign0 makes some interesting insights into the creeping establishmentisation of the Philippine blogosphere. Among them is this particular gem:The blogosphere is held up by modern-day philosophers to be a classless flat Earth of freely-competing ideas.Benign0 goes on to explain thatBlogging is rewarding because of the prospect of one’s em […]

Sanamagan

• Love the Infamy!
  Yeahha…Thought I’ll put this here. Away from AP. As BenK puts it You know you are starting to make a difference when you really start pissing people off, it just goes with the territory. There is no available legal recourse for her to do anything, if she wants to make a complete fool of herself in Federal [...] […]
  BongV

Unmoderated Filipino Voices

• Noynoy Aquino: in contact with extraterrestrials
  The late great scientist Carl Sagan once wrote about how he often gets letters from cranks who claim to have been abducted by aliens and have since remained in contact with them. Many of these letters ask Sagan if he’d like to send in any questions he would like relayed to these aliens. Presumably these [...] […]
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LeadPhilippines

• Supreme Court under Attack?
  The following is a commentary to be read tonight at Sentro ng Katotohanan:SUPREME COURT UNDER ATTACKKahapon po, naglabas ang Supreme Court ng desisyong nagsasabing pwede raw mag-appoint ng Chief Justice and Pangulong Arroyo, at hindi raw nag-aapply ang election ban on appointments sa pagkakataong ito.Malinaw na malinaw po ang desisyon ng korte. Pwede raw pon […]
  Arnel B. Endrinal

Chinocracy

• The Trouble with Santino
  Santino is the star of the ABS-CBN program "May Bukas Pa". He's based on San Marcelino Pan y Vino. He is a "miracle boy" who regularly speaks with Jesus Christ and creates miracles for people. It becomes such that the people want to steal him and make him slave away to make miracles at their bidding. It's a typical "miracle […]
  Chino

Plain Honest

• Ninoy/Noynoy Fanatics are Insane
  People always say: Too much of anything is bad. I’ve always thought that all this fanaticism towards the late Ninoy is going way overboard not to mention, exaggerated. This way of thinking has probably got to do with the fact that unless a person delivered results, I will not see him as someone who has [...] […]
  Iya Justimbaste

The Critical Thinker

• James Cameron: Failure Is An Option
  Leading up to Avatar, James Cameron talks about his mindset on creativity, and the fascination with Science Fiction that led him into filmmaking and ultimately into the blockbuster movies he has produced over the years. My main takeaways from this talk is about not establishing boundaries to creativity, and furthermore pursuing one’s dreams with a passion. [ […]
  Mark T. Market

Utak Ng Tilapia

• Accountability
  At the end of the day, crooks go to jail or at the very least resign from their positions – in Japan and the US. The Philippines is a different story. […]
  BongV

Indolent Indio

BotoMoto

• Updates On Ballot Printing, PCOS Machine Testing
  The Commission on Elections will be working overtime to finish the printing of ballots. This means no Holy Week vacation for everyone involved in the printing process. Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal says a total of 750,000 ballots are produced everyday. An increase in the daily output is expected as soon as the Comelec plugs in 5 [...] […]
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Music

• Michael Jackson Tribute
  I was in elementary school when I first heard of Michael Jackson. His hit songs "Thriller", "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" were enjoying heavy airplay at that time. I wasn't into music back then so I didn't really pay much attention to those songs. I did, however, enjoy watching other kids my age copying Michael's da […]