Making It Fun in the Philippines

  It's quite easy to rejoice over Maria Ressa's Nobel Peace Prize, right? Well, I thought that the insult can't be added that much to injury with Ressa - not especially after Stephen Sackur had grilled her on BBC HARDtalk . That's why I say don't even bother recalling Ressa's Nobel Peace Prize because of one thing - the Nobel Foundation is already has a lot of questionable choices in the past. The fact that Ressa was even allowed to travel to Norway to get her award is proof that the real issue is NOT between her and the current administration. Though, I was thinking that Vice President Leni Loud Robredo herself might've been the "better" choice. Just reading through Rigoberto Tiglao's site gave me the idea. If Ressa's award was to "slap" the Duterte Administration - it wouldn't be as strong unlike if Leni Loud won the Nobel Peace Prize instead. It doesn't look like Ressa is ever running for politics. It doesn't even...

Maria Ressa can keep getting all the awards she wants . Honestly, I don't care anymore especially if it's from the clueless Western media . Though one "award" that Ressa got that I did care about was the Sackur Punch Award - one that she got on BBC HARDtalk . Ressa's supporters can keep gloating about the awards she gets from arrogant Westerners - it's arrogant people giving awards to each other. I would say keep letting them give awards to each other, right? Now, this reminds me of how Ressa has shown some partisanism in regard to how Rappler operates. There are also questionable figures such as why I think Ressa needs to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics . The wedding of Jover Laurio a few years ago also had Ressa BLATANTLY admitting her side - she served as a principal sponsor for the writer of Pinoy Ako Blog which is just plain mediocrity. Come on, she's pretty substandard even if she's just another blogger. A nobody blogger can still be nobod...

I just love to bring up the bizarre irony that Filipino communists LOVE communism but they hate Communist China . Now, reports of Xiaomi soaring the global market this 2021 are indeed real. Xiaomi, a phone from COMMUNIST CHINA defeated both Samsung and Apple (from democratic countries) all the while the CPP-NPA members are still stuck in the mountains. Jose Maria Sison is still in his exile in the pro-capitalist (and ironically democratic) Netherlands enjoying the fruits of which he hates. This really draws a wedge between contemporary Chinese communism and Filipino communists, right?  A timetable between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) would be a good history lesson. Here are starking contrasts between the two parties: The CCP under the leadership of Mao Zedong took over China after the Second World War. Though Mao ended bankrupting China in the long run. In the 1970s, Deng Xiaoping went as far as go to the USA and announce that ...

SlashGear Years ago, I remembered how I wrote about how protectionism will never be as gorgeous as free trade . One thing I missed is how CNBC reports that  China's Xiaomi now overtakes Apple (and even Samsung) in the global market . This is a very interesting read about how Xiaomi may indeed be the new power phone.  Here's an excerpt from CNBC which makes me think about the future of Xiaomi in the free market with some red-tagging: GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was the second-largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, overtaking Apple, according to analyst firm Canalys. Xiaomi had a 17% share of global smartphone shipments, ahead of Apple’s 14% and behind Samsung’s 19%. “Xiaomi is growing its overseas business rapidly,” Canalys research manager Ben Stanton said in a press release, noting shipments increased 300% year on year in Latin America and 50% in Western Europ e . The Chinese smartphone maker posted year-on-year smartphone shipment growth of 83...

  Well, Happy Human Rights Day, today, right? I was thinking about how the late Chito Gascon really wasn't the best for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and neither were Etta Rosales and Liela Dilemma. It would be best to review the constitutional mandate of the CHR  first which are as follows: Investigate,  on its own  or on a complaint by any party,  all forms of human rights violations  involving civil and political rights; Adopt its operational guidelines and rules of procedure, and cite for contempt for violations thereof in accordance with the Rules of Court; Provide appropriate legal measures  for the protection of human rights of all persons  within the Philippines, as well as Filipinos residing abroad, and provide for preventive measures and legal aid services to the underprivileged whose human rights have been violated or need protection; Exercise visitorial powers over jails, prisons, or detention facilities; Establish a continuing ...

  I was thinking about the criticism that was done on President Rodrigo R. Duterte when he danced during his campaign. Some might say that the late Noynoy Aquino was better because he didn't dance. Now, Dilawans turned Pinklawans are now supporting Vice President Leni Loud Robredo as she entered the dance floor. Well, it wasn't the first time Leni Loud went dancing since she also became a cultural dance and even joined Zumba. There's even a video of Leni Loud dancing to Taylor Swift's song with the youth during her campaign. Bong Revilla danced budots after facing some charges bringing him back to the senate. Isko Moreno Domagoso having been an entertainer also danced for his presidential campaign. This is one question that the FAILED #OtsoDirestso needs to ask themselves - why the konting sayawan gets someone a seat of honor. The answer is simple - BLAME IT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM. The problem of the presidential system is all about popularity-driven politics. It do...

  Here's a scenario where two wrongs never make a right, right? I'm amazed that, until now, people don't have a complete view of why the Marcos Years weren't the golden years. Here's a viral video where a reporter in ABiaS-CBN got "napikon" or "irritated" in English. Okay, I'm not condoning what the Bobong Marcos supporters are doing here. However, the ABiaS-CBN reporter showed the true colors of the network - FAKE DECENCY or PEKENG DISENTE to the public. Yup, fake decency is shown once more by a network that supposedly is the "paragon of virtue" of the Filipino. The best thing that the reporter could've done was to LEAVE. This reminds me of how Jim Paredes tried to appear to look decent when he isn't. Okay, if the DDS Youth did intrude their area then he has the right to get mad. However, Jim showed himself to be a BULLY  with how he responded to the DDS Youth. There were other ways to resolve it if they were intruding in h...

  Is it me or is the Philippines really fond of band-aid solutions? What I didn't realize is how Vice President aspirant, Representative Lito Atienza, really has to be one of the writers of a very stupid bill. I just read of a bill that requires planes to play Pinoy music upon landing . This really shows just how shortsighted Filipin lawmakers can be. I would also present some parts of this proposal that makes it rather STUPID even for a nobody blogger like myself. The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a draft measure that would mandate the playing of Filipino songs in hotels, resorts, restaurants, tourist buses, and all inbound international flights . Voting 179-0-0, the chamber approved on Monday House Bill No. 10305, which requires international flights, upon landing in the Philippines, to devote at least 50 percent of its piped-in music to Filipino songs. Under the bill, 50 percent of the playlist of tourists buses must be local song s while the ...

I remembered writing about  waiting for the Marcos Wealth to be recovered is like Juan Tamad's waiting for the guava to fall down . It's been more than 30 years and have we truly recovered the Marcos Wealth? Leni Loud herself vows that she would do everything she can to bring back the ill-gotten Marcos Wealth. However, there's a huge question that Leni Loud and the Lenitards need to answer right now -- can recovering the Marcos Wealth be enough to create jobs and make the Philippines more than a rising tiger of Asia?  I really find it amazing that people think that just because I criticize the Yellows that I'm automatically pro-Marcos. Now, people might be panicking that Bobong Marcos may become the next Philippine president alongside Sara Duterte-Carpio. Calls to support the Pinklawan Movement by Vice President Leni Loud Robredo are there. It's very common to hear people talk again and again about the Marcos Years. I can agree with the Yellowtards in that regard th...

  Yesterday was the commemoration of the coup against the late Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino. The coup happened on December 1, 1989, so it would be 30 years ago last 2019, and 32 years ago yesterday. I decided to write on this matter to finally show why PRESIDENTIALISM sucks. The irony is that the name of Cory was mentioned in the film Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat - a film that showed the perils of the presidential system . The film showed why it's no joke to run a nation when Leni Loud Robredo ahem Ina Montecillo became the president and screwed things up. Cory was also made to run just because she was the widow of the late Ninoy A. Aquino - a death whose murderer may still remain a mystery. Some still insist that the dictator, the late Ferdinand E. Marcos, had nothing to do with Ninoy's death, and it was masterminded by the late Danding Cojuangco. Until now, some people say to cut it some slack because Cory was just an inexperienced housewife. The point is it's because she...