Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Since the other day, the link to an audio cast entitled “Gary Granada vs. GMA Kapuso” (Audio – in Tagalog/Filipino & English) has been making the rounds primarily in email, and later Plurk and Twitter.
In a nutshell, Mr. Granada, a noted Filipino singer-composer, voiced his sentiments against GMA Kapuso Foundation, regarding a jingle that he [...]

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Nick of Tingog.com renews his campaign to boycott the Manila Standard Today in light of its decision to reject Malu Fernandez’s resignation and keep her in its roster of writers. She resumed writing last Monday.
In his campaign, Nick implores everyone to boycott the Manila Standard Today, by not buying their paper or accessing their site.
While [...]

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When I watched the replay of ANC’s Media in Focus regarding the reactions to the Malu Fernandez controversy (you can watch it here, courtesy of Ria Jose), they showed a statement from Manila Standard Today which stated that the editors of the said paper have not accepted Malu Fernandez’s resignation. A few days before that, [...]

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A few weeks ago, in response to a meme, I posted LaTtEX, In the Spotlight, which posed an interesting question with regards to morals and blogging:
Do your moral values affect the way that you blog, and if yes, how?
Of course; I don’t think morality is an extricable aspect of any writer’s pieces. People write about [...]

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Reading from a letter to the editor on The Philippine Star, it appears that Malu Fernandez, who has been the subject of widespread criticism (to put it mildly) with regards to her From Boracay to Greece article in People Asia magazine, has resigned from the said magazine and Manila Standard Today.
The following is the text [...]

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Madalas na ginagamit ngayon ng mga programa sa telebisyon ang salitang “karera” bilang pagsasalin ng Inggles na salitang “career.”
Noong una’y hindi ako sang-ayon sa paggamit na ito lalo pa’t palaging nag-iimbento ng salita ang mga brodkaster maging sa radyo (halimbawa, paggamit ng salitang “pesante” sa halip na “magsasaka”, “kaganapan” imbis na “pangyayari”, “kalalakihan” imbis na [...]

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This article from Inquirer a few days amuses me to no end.
Gladys Vergara, a “software development enthusiast” as described by the article (I wonder what that means, really?), offered free international calls in the light of the Israel-Lebanon conflict, using a device she designed herself:
To offer free international calls, Vergara used a customized adaptor, built [...]

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Not more than a week after the case of a student who died after being made to eat pencil shavings by her teacher, yet another teacher put her students to humiliation — and this time had the gall to defend herself.
Susana Quiambao, a Grade 6 teacher of New Mabuhay Elementary School in General Santos City, [...]

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This news item came as a bit of shock to me this morning:
According to the news report, nine-year old Delmar Redota died last Wednesday. According to the report:
Redota, a Grade II pupil at the Silangan Elementary School Main in Barangay Upper Bicutan had died before dawn, exactly a week after a teacher allegedly forced her [...]

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Forty-nine years ago yesterday, President Ramon Magsaysay died in a plane crash in Cebu.
I never understood why the elderly have always had fond memories of Magsaysay. The mention of his charisma and popularity among the masses has been so casually written in history books (as far back as third grade I think my Sibika at [...]

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