Philippine opposition reduced to exaggerated cartoons to advance their politics

Apparently there’s a new online sensation whetting the appetites of every Pinoy woke while waiting for the next outrage fad for their grandstanding pleasure. A satirical cartoonist called Tarantadong Kalbo apparently made a simple illustration about clenched fists bowing down to some unseen figure while a solitary one is standing in open defiance. Simply called…

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Wokes and the cycle of intergenerational grousing

I just realized something in light of the recent events where the loudest voices are composed of the millennials and their younger ilk. In a recent article written by fellow contributor Chino Fernandez, he wrote: The wokes tend to complain about some oldies as being dictators and micromanagers of other people, or even right-wing and…

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DEFEND UPLB page’s sloppiness cost the group and their cause their credibility

The thing about catastrophic errors and their impact when it happens to a product or idea you’re selling is that you’re bound to lose A LOT from that single oversight. Like the amusing incident that happened to the Facebook page DEFEND UPLB. I’m sure everyone is now aware of how an innocuous phone number demolished…

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I call on my right to be Ambivalent

There was a post saying “take a stand on the ABS-CBN” issue. Either you support ABS-CBN or you are a supporter of dictatorship and corruption, the post implies. It’s again “either you’re with us or against us.” Hogwash. I call on my right to be ambivalent on the issue because there is middle ground. I…

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On last minute cancellations of food deliveries

Part of the lifestyle changes brought about by the long quarantine is the increased dependence on food delivery riders. I have used this service myself a few times using the popular mobile apps and can attest to its usefulness when you cannot prepare your own food for whatever reason; especially when venturing out to purchase…

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Rappler’s heavily-slanted “report” on Dasmariñas issue

  The newest social media circus fodder is the Dasmariñas Village incident that involved an expat who was supposedly been “manhandled” by law enforcement personnel. News broke out via Rappler, who wasted no time presenting the details using the video taken by the expat’s wife, his testimonies, and proceeded with the narrative that did not…

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