Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Just a short rant before we resume regular programming. To anybody and everybody who is forwarding messages about where the next bomb will explode and when, shut the fuck up and save your load on mushy quotes and jokes instead. Forwarding messages like that is grossly irresponsible and only contributes to serve terrorism the attention [...]

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My daughter CJ will turn three this December, and increasingly, the most usual question that people pop when we talk about kids is “wala pa bang kasunod yan?” I usually laugh it off, but sometimes it becomes irritating when the questions grow in number. I mean, sometimes the way the question is asked almost sounds [...]

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The Doing Business 2008 report, an annual study conducted by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, states that the Philippines ranked 133rd out of 178 economies surveyed in terms of ease of putting up and doing business in the country: Regulations affecting 10 stages of a business life are measured from the perspective of [...]

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The news this past week amuses me, in the sense that it appears that god (or at least, as interpreted by man) in all forms and religions has been too getting too many headlines in different parts of the world for different reasons — enough perhaps for atheists to take notice. And be amused as [...]

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I made the following comment on Torn And Frayed in Manila‘s post, Erap: It never happened: Nothing surprises me in Philippine politics anymore, torn. I think you should get used to it — in a morbid kind of way — like a coroner getting used to the dead. and it irked a fellow named Cogs: [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve been a member of the Pwede Na! Complete Pinoy Guide to Personal Finance Yahoogroup since 2004, ever since I’ve bought the book, but I rarely join the discussions there. However, an email sent by a member of the group containing yet another analysis of the country’s problems caught my ire, which started a fiery [...]

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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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