They are not new issues, but these three points are worth reexamining in the time of ABS-CBN’s second closure. 1. Most media in the Philippines are either owned by politicians or business interests with political connections. Even the vaunted “fact-checkers” such as CMFR and Vera Files have admitted this. ABS-CBN has long been connected…
Hey Alan, here’s a song for you from Yano before Dong Abay became a certified whack-o shitting nonsense in social media: Wala kang silbe! Walakang silbe sa amin! Trapo, trapo ka kasi Trapo! Trapo, trapo ka kasi! Di na binoboto, pero nanalo Di na binoboto, pero nanalo Enjoy it while you can, Uncle Fester. People…
Ang hindi mapigilang gawain ng maraming tao ay palabasin na problema ng buong bansa o kahit ng buong mundo pa nga ang isang bagay na, sa totoo, ay personal mo lang na problema. Bakit ba nahihiya ang mga tao aminin na pansariling kapakanan nila ang pangunahin nilang isinusulong? Ano ang nakakahiya doon? Ano ba ang…
Looking at the recent wave of posts from ABS-CBN talents, one cannot deny the anger and frustration that comes out of them. You can accuse them of bad acting or being talentless hacks if you want, but you cannot deny that at this point, a lot of them aren’t acting anymore when they posted on…
While I have no pleasure and couldn’t care less about celebrating what happened to the recently jobless personnel of ABS-CBN (no, the regular workers behind the camera, not the bratty “stars”), I’m also left with another imagined scenario of what would have happened had that violation been ignored. A very loud argument coming from the…
No less than a week has passed since the shutdown of ABS-CBN and social media is already on fire with hurtful words and arguments from both sides of the divide. It practically made the COVID 19 arguments appear civil by comparison. To be fair to those who keep on defending the recently-“martyred” media network, some…
I might be jumping the gun, but there might be people who will make that emotional appeal or moral blackmail that if you don’t support ABS-CBN or even any of our local entertainment, you are a traitor. Because you are Filipino, it is your duty should watch and praise Filipino-made shows. Patriotism, they say. Hogwash.…
Looks like the key to all this talk about the ABS-CBN franshise and shutdown is FICTAP (Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines). In a recent interview given to GMA 7, FICTAP President Neng Juliano Tamano explained the franchise issue clearly; not muddled by legalese most pro or anti administration lawyers were prone to.…
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…
FICTAP (Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines) President Neng Juliano-Tamano Re: ABS-CBN Franchise renewal Keypoints: 1. ABS-CBN applied for franchise renewal in 2014 under Pnoy’s admin which was denied because of the opposition of FICTAP. 2. ABS-CBN’s application for franchise renewal includes 6 more channels(ANC, S&A, MYX, etc) which should have been…