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Category Archives: In The News
Jaime Licauco passing off psychic quackery as a news feature on the Inquirer.net
Is it just me or has the Inquirer.net become a channel for infomercials? I noted on the “Lifestyle” section of the Inquirer.net how columnist Jaime Licauco published an article asserting that “Remote viewing is ‘scientifically validated’“. First of all, what’s … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Lifestyle, Media, Religion
Tagged ethical journalism, jaime licauco, paranormal, psychic, responsibility, superstition
47 Comments
In the News: Charice Pempengco undergoes cosmetic enhancement
Philippine society is full of contradictions. One of its many contradictions is that the Philippines is populated mostly by religious zealots and yet its people are quite tolerant of sexual and lifestyle deviants. About ninety percent of the population in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, In The News, Lifestyle, Religion
Tagged charice pempengco, cosmetic, glee, kris aquino, vicki belo
187 Comments
In the News: The 2010 Elections was 'a new People Power'
The lowness of the standards we apply to ourselves never ceases to amaze me. Even while we aspire to world-class achievement, we measure ourselves using scales that make our uniquely-Filipino flavor of mediocrity look golden. So too in what we … Continue reading
Posted in Government, In The News, Lifestyle
Tagged artemio panganiban, noynoy aquino, people power
26 Comments
In the News: Aquino oath taking issue "settled"? Guess again!
According to the Inquirer.net Editor, the issue of Aquino’s swearing into the Office of the President is “settled“. MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has apparently accepted presumptive presidential winner Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s declared intention to take his oath before a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Government, In The News
Tagged chief justice, delicadeza, Inquirer.net, noynoy aquino, Renato Corona, supreme court
30 Comments
In the News: Kudos to Cardinal Rosales and to the Inquirer.net for running his story
Thank God (literally!) for Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and to the Inquirer.net for doing the right thing and running a story on what the Cardinal had to say about moronic talk of “People Power” by popular candidate Benigno “Noynoy” … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Elections, In The News, Religion
Tagged cardinal rosales, edsa revolution, Inquirer.net, noynoy aquino
25 Comments
In the News: Conrado de Quiros on "the wasted vote" c. Feb 2004
Like a stubborn rash, two key concepts continue to infect the vacuous halls of the Philippine National “Debate”. It is a “Good vs Evil” election – The Top Media Emo couldn’t have said it better: “The choice is between life … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, In The News, Media
Tagged conrado de quiros, noynoy aquino, Winnability
44 Comments
In the News: Is Conrado de Quiros inciting rebellion?
Is Conrado de Quiros already planting the seeds of a rebellion that constitutes much of the Plan B of popular presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino in the event that he loses this year’s election? Let our insightful readers be the … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, In The News
Tagged automation, bayani fernando, loren legarda, noynoy aquino
28 Comments
In the News: The Inquirer.net FAILS the 'So What?' test again!
Amazing. You’d think there is enough important news to report. The Straits Times of Singapore reported three Filipino soldiers killed in the outskirts of Davao City by communist thugs. Interestingly (and to digress a bit), suspected New Peoples Army Grand … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Media
Tagged ellen tordesillas, Inquirer.net, satur ocampo, wowowee
19 Comments
In the News: 63 percent of Filipinos give a thumbs down to Noynoy Aquino!
In his article Noynoy’s approval ratings sunk by 10% between Jan-March 2010 published on the ThePoc.net, blogger BongV couldn’t have made a more insightful reality check on popular presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s and the Inquirer.net‘s crowing about Noynoy’s … Continue reading
In the News: It's déjà vu all over again for Conrado de Quiros!
In his most recent article in the Inquirer.net creatively given the title Déjà vu, esteemed thought leader Conrado de Quiros goes off on a mini tililing rampage to highlight some “parallels” between 2010 and 1972. The obvious intention there (because, … Continue reading
