Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I thought yesterday’s post would be the last time I’d blog about this issue, but a statement jumped right out of Inquirer Entertainment’s article on Orange and Lemons this morning, almost making me spit the coffee I was drinking: “We have no malicious intent,” says vocalist and guitarist Clem Castro. “In fact, we’re not even [...]

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