Making It Fun in the Philippines

I guess Kayabangan Partylist will forever deny their affiliation with the CPP-NPA. As I was doing some research -- it turns out that they may actually be ripping off from the decades-old Communist youth group in Vietnam called the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU). The HCYU was founded on March 26, 1931, created by none other than Ho Chi Minh himself.  Before anybody forwards this to the NTF-ELCAC -- this is the HCYU  and not Kayabangan Partylist. The color blue represents youthful energy. Both groups wear blue but the HCYU has a different logo that differentiates them from Kayabangan Partylist. Both are into youth recruitment. HCY is proud to declare itself a COMMUNIST youth organization. Historically, HCYU was a combination of revolutionary youths and labor youths.  However, the ideologies of Communist Vietnam vs. the CPP-NPA drift away with economics. The CPP-NPA doesn't honor Ho or subscribe to the Ho Chi Minh School of Thought. Vietnam adopted Doi Moi. Vietnam...

Altermidya As talks to change the charter are on - CPP-NPA legal fronts umeepal for the nth time. The concerns are always, "ANO? UMAASA KA NAMAN SA MGA DAYUHANG INVESTOR?" I'm laughing at that thought because Communism ISN'T A FILIPINO INVENTION. Last I Googled it - Karl Marx was from GERMANY. Mao Zedong was from China. Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin were from Russia. In short, Communism IS a foreign ideology. They may reply that ideologies aren't foreign investors trying to steal away the resources. Again, do they know the difference between INVESTMENT and INVASION?   They have this fear or irrational statement that it means the Philippines will be sold to foreigners. They would say that FDIs are there to invade the Philippines and enslave Filipinos. Even funnier, why are they using COMMUNIST China as a boogeyman of sorts?  If these people love Communism so much then why aren't they welcoming a Communist country to invade the Philippines ? They should all r...

Happy Fall of Saigon anyone? The Fall of Saigon was the conclusion of the 19-year armed struggle of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975. North Vietnam was a Communist country while South Vietnam had the Vietnamese First Policy. Ngo Dimh Diem (who was later assassinated in Ho Chi Minh City). One might compare Ngo Dimh Diem to Emperor Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.  Isn't it ironic that Ho Chi Minh NEVER got honored by the CPP-NPA? Ho's portrait is nowhere to be seen compared to Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Vladimir Lenin (who hated palamunins), Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong. Ho led a revolt that eventually toppled Ngo's regime. Ho started out as a pastry chef and became a revolutionary leader. Think about it Ho himself is more honorable than Sison. Ho stayed in the mountains with his recruits. Do I need to mention Ho succeeded where Joma failed? The History website mentions this about the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV) victory against Saigon : In January 1973, the United Stat...

  A few days ago, a news I missed was that Janella Salvador called out the dismissive attitude of Filipinos towards Filipino films . Here's her statement that may make one wary:  "There’s nothing wrong naman with having a preference. Kumbaga, you can watch the films you want, there’s no problem with that. Pero, I think just saying that you have no time for Philippine cinema is too much.  I'd look at this and it seems that Janella herself is actually calling for FILIPINO FIRST POLICY. Better call it FAILIPINO FIRST POLICY. I'm not going to mince words here like she didn't mince words. Sure, she did say that there's nothing wrong with having a preference. However, the part where she says that it's too much to say that one doesn't have time for Philippine cinema. This is where things can be very alarming. I'm reminded of the article by Get Real Support called " Filipinos are not obliged to support local media ". I even wrote an article where ...

One time, Senator Unggoy Estrada nearly got into hot water for his dumb proposal (which he later recanted) namely banning K-Dramas . What teleseryes need is COMPETITION with other TV dramas - not more protectionism. Whether we want to admit it or not - local Philippine TV networks are KEPT ALIVE through badly dubbed imported TV dramas. A recent update is that Vagabond Seaosn 2 will film in the Philippines . I'm either surprised (or not). Suzy Bae has a couple of shows that made it big in the Philippines such as Uncontrollably Fond on GMA-7 and Dream High on ABiaS-CBN. Lee Seung Gi is remembered not just for a couple of K-Dramas such as Shining Inheritance and My Girlfriend is a Gumiho . Seung Gi is also remembered for being Gong Cha's endorser for some time. Many Filipinos probably still remember those shows. A possible cause of the delays was the Legacy Virus pandemic. I could imagine that Koreans were treated like the mutants in the X-Men: The Animated Series "Time Fugit...

  It can be very easy for people to say I'm just jealous of Maria Ressa's awards. One can say that I'm jealous of Ressa's Nobel Fish Fries . What can't be denied is that Stephen Sackur didn't want to believe everything Ressa said. Before the Nobel Fish Fries and the Sackur Punch Award - she had her Golden Pen of Freedom award in 2018 . We have Ressa's desperate appeal to the clueless Western media . The big question is, "Did any of those awards generate jobs for Filipinos?"  I checked the #FactsFirstPH initiative which was last 2022 . However, the many members of #FactsFirstPH are really questionable like Bulatlat, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBPC), Tarantadong Kalbo, and the IBON (IPOT) Foundation. Like wut? They had invited Human Rights Watch to help, and should I mention ABiaS-CBN among the people Rappler is joining forces with. One can always shout, "Hooray! Maria Ressa won an award!" However, none of the award...

Migraine International is really getting laughable. They still honor the late Flor Contemplacion as if she's some heroine . One photo of Migraine International is that their members in HONG KONG are protesting against charter change. A funnier part of the tarpaulin says, "Wala sa dayuhan ang ikauunlad ng Bayan!" All the while they're PROTESTING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. This comedic moment is totally and REALLY FUNNY at epic levels. It's because Hong Kong is now PART OF CHINA.  Read about all the police brutality in Hong Kong . Hong Kong citizens are constantly in fear for their lives. I'm amazed that Migraine has chosen to ANTAGONIZE China for the nth time . The CPP-NPA could've chosen to ally with China. They could've taken over the Philippines years ago if they allied with Deng Xiaoping. The late Joma Sison could've been a vassal ruler under Deng's leadership. Instead, Joma failed to secure an alliance with China. The CPP-NPA is still a laughing...