During the International Debate Symposium I recently attended, courtesy of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and the National Democratic Institution (NDI), I got the opportunity to interact with Martha Raddatz. Raddatz, together with Anderson Cooper, moderated the 2nd Presidential Debate. In the process, she has earned more than a few plaudits for keeping the […]
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I mean, like, please? As if it weren’t bad enough that even people who try to make <a href=”http://jamesjimenez.com/home/2016/10/25/jessys-grammar/”>news reporting</a> their living mangle the English language something awful, or that <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/BudjetteTanStories/posts/902801943153338″>school kids</a> are either incapable or unwilling to exert effort enough to carry on a conversation in English, do we really have to put […]
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So there’s a longer version of PPAP. I swear. If Ramon Bautista doesn’t show up at a Halloween costume party as Pikotaro, that’ll be one wasted opportunity.
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Halloween in the Philippines has gotten as badly commercialized as Christmas. For one thing, some folks now actually feel obligated to spend a considerable amount of money on sweets to give away. I admit, that for the past few years, I’ve been drinking from that Kool-Aid too. More in an effort to get along, to […]
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If you missed reading this news, I recommend you take the time to do so. The Philippines is one step closer to having its own national space agency. https://t.co/BOiZsqkIHh pic.twitter.com/2d0m5Xnu2y— GMA Integrated News (@gmanews) October 27, 2016 Before y’all get excited and whining about the absurdity of a country building space rockets when it can’t […]
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The venue for the International Debate Symposium sponsored by the CPD and NDI, the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) was also the site for the 3rd Presidential Debate. Due to the tight security at UNLV, delegates were constantly reminded to always have their credentials with them while on campus. Long may she wave… […]
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I’ve spoken about the role of the youth in elections many times. It is a subject that I feel passionately about. And yet despite having listed down innumerable examples of the roles the youth can – and should – play in democratic elections, I have apparently failed to point out what may be the single best example […]
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You feeling irony deficient? Check out this post on <a href=”https://kami.com.ph/57024-jessy-mendiola-wrong-grammar-wtf-moment-star-magic-ball.html”>kami.com.ph</a> and you’ll get a mega-dose of irony that’ll probably last you until well into November. Entitled “Jessy Mendiola wrong grammar in Star Magic Ball interview goes viral,” the post is, itself, a mess of errors, grammatical and otherwise. And I’m not even counting the construction […]
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If nothing else, these petitions to suspend Mocha Uson’s blog ought to be taken as a cue by the <a href=”http://sws.org.ph”>Social Weather Stations</a> and <a href=”http://pulseasia.ph”>PulseAsia</a> to find out whether Filipinos are getting more and more intolerant of free speech. Last year, the New York magazine published an article on pretty much the <a href=”http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/11/false-alarm-on-millennials-and-free-speech.html”>same topic,</a> initially […]
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I know, I know. This is coming kinda late to the party (although I must say an article coming less than a month after its subject matter first exploded onto the planet’s collective consciousness can be construed as being “late to the party” is a strictly millennial notion), but I’d like to talk about Pen Pineapple Apple […]