I got a call from a former comrade, they are now converging on the streets of the EDSA, waiting for the imminent yet another uprising to unfold.
I was inside the former US base where I currently hold my office. It was another period of turmoil and political uncertainty. Then Philippine President Erap Estrada is facing impeachment charges at the floors of the Senate.
I wanted to go to the capital, and join the ongoing protests. But something I felt at that time was out of line. The dreams of the …

I saw this horrible video on CNN and I can’t help but analyze what’s going on.
Slide 1 – We won’t know what happened to these two vehicles before they appeared on the video. But if you look at the video and this picture, it appears that the truck was passing the car just normally.

Slide 2 – But I can’t help noticing that the truck came very close to the car. Or was it the other way around?

Slide 3 – The car moved away.

Slide 4 – But I noticed he …

ANALYSIS ni: Amando Doronila
(Ito’y pagsasalin sa Filipino ng Inggles na artikulo ni G. Amando Doronila na nalathala sa Philippine Daily Inquirer, pahina A1, karugtong sa p. A23, nitong 03 Mayo 2010. Ano mang mali sa salita o konteksto ng pagsasalin ay pawang gawa ng tagasalin, hindi ng orihinal na may akda.)

Lalong napabilis ang pagbagsak ni Manuel Villar sa mga “poll ratings” nang nakaraang dalawang linggo nitong buwan ng Abril nang sumabog ang dalawang isyu na nakaperhuwisyo sa kampanya niya sa pagka-pangulo.
Ang una ay ang ulat noong Abril …

By: Noel Esquela
Very recently, Manny Villar disclosed (nay, bragged!) to Karen Davila in an exclusive interview that the money he is spending on his campaign – wantonly, with reckless abandon – came from the IPO (Initial Public Offering) of Vista Land & Lifescape, Inc. He said that the total IPO proceeds amounted to P23.5BILLION, and P10BILLION of this went to him and his wife.
Soon after, former President Estrada and Senator Juan Ponce Enrile came with the stunning accusation that Villar arm-twisted and exerted influence on the Philippine Stock Exchange to …

“Just remember, any issue whether big or small can affect you. Be informed, ask questions. Together, let’s find the answers. ~Professor Winnie Monsod (newsonq@gmanetwork.com)”

I adore Professor Winnie Monsod, especially with her pretty convincing presentations. She’s like Hans Rosling to me. And so, I am sending her an email I would like to raise this issue to her, and maybe she could help me find the answers.
My issue is about the P10 Billion Vista Land IPO proceeds and of course the whole IPO and the related dividend issues relative …

One of my favorites: Hans Rosling who does some pretty convincing and stunning presentation. I blogged about him on reyna elena dot com last year and I thought I would bring him back given the unrelenting political campaign discussion about poverty in the Philippines. No Matilda, poverty will not go away in 6 years time. Whoever told you that poverty will be eradicated in the Philippines in 6 years time is nuts!
You might as well sit back and listen to Professor Hans Rosling.
Hans Rosling in 2006

Hans Rosling in 2007

Hans Rosling …

Do you all remember Cyber Bully Eric Bordeos? The hate blogger who threatened Trixie Angeles daughter with this?

Cyber Bully Eric Bordeos, in his quest to destroy Reyna Elena, has inadvertently revealed that he supports software piracy. In his screenshot of the supposedly Dona Victorina VS Barrio Siete results on Google Insights, he gave me a clue on who he is: notice the small star on the bottom right corner of his desktop.

Did you see it? Here it is again. Notice the star on the far right hand corner at the …

Will this year’s Influential voting be rigged and be bogus once more? Last year’s winner were all bogus. They used the chem bloggers to open new blogs to simply vote. Its like having flying voters or ghost precincts. Very Comelec. Very Garci. And the cheating was blessed by the organizers. You want to know the latest? Read on…
The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 was just announced to be getting ready. Last year’s Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2009 winners were bogus winners. They were mostly voted by a …

What do we have in common with Argentina? A lot of things. They were under a military dictatorship. We were under the Marcos dictatorship. They have Evita, we have Imelda. They have the famous “Don’t cry for me Argentina“. We have “Nakalangoy ka na ba sa basura“.
This is largely a country of Gauchos while we were Los Indios of Spain. They have a population of 40 million. We’re better. We have 90 million. They are Catholics who adore Jesus Christ. We adore Manny Pacquiao, Jesus Crist!!! They’re one of the …

We are in a steady process of unraveling the truth behind all these hatred directed to Trixie Angeles, Reyna Elena, Edwin Jamora and Barrio Siete. Fortunately or unfortunately, the haters’ stench can’t stop leaking:
What I know, as of today, is that Paul Farol’s PR job to destroy me is already his defeat — I am in no mood to engage with him… obviously, all he has at the moment are instant replays of childish, immature and unbelievable accusations (unless he gets more creative). I’m still waiting for a call from …

(Photo Credits: CNN)
Why do I suspect that Amiel Aguilar Cabanlig is employing astroturfing technique in his blog Dona Victorina? Well, our lesson for today is: HOW DO YOU SPOT ASTROTURFERS?! Or better yet: Is Amiel Aguilar Cabanlig employing astroturfing in his Dona Victorina blog? Let me show you my empirical studies!
“Astroturfing” is the act of trying to boost one’s image online with fake comments and paid-for review.”
Ang Paul Farol kasi binubuko si Amiel Aguilar Cabanlig who said in one of his hate entries, that Reyna Elena and Barrio Siete have …

When I came to Olongapo, I was very hopeful. I just had a daughter, her mom is a native Olongapena, and I decided to go there to start a new life.
It’s a bustling city yet with a small town feel. The night life is not as good as Manila but having been a fan of live bands, I almost immediately fell in love with it. The city is host to a few rock bands that became famous.
On a regular morning, you’ll be woken up by an easy to remember child-like …

(Photo Credits: Here)
Whenever I read the word “bogus”, even if I read it in a Moscow newspaper, I still think that behind that word is a Filipino. Before you slap and kiss me, that’s not an exclusive statement. I heard there are Nigerians too! Like 419? Remember that?! haha!!
You see, I don’t know why I seem to attach that word to Pinoys. I guess, maybe because of so many bogus crap that we get to be bombarded everyday of our lives. (In blogging they’re called “trolls”.) Notorious of which …

(Photo: This is the Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia during it’s implosion.)
There’s trouble in paradise.
According to our FBI friends (federasyon ng mga baklang imbestigador), one blog kingdom wanted to use Barrio Siete as their wargrounds. Ang mga leche at balak kaming gawing Afghanistan! Tse! This will probably explain why they pulled Mo Twister to have a hair fight with Reyna Elena.
I also found out that those Reyna hate paedophile entries were paid entries pala. And so were those Trixie Angeles hate entries as well. Believe it or not, Trixie …

So as a voter, if ever you support Noynoy — you are labeled as narrow minded, dancing to the tune of noontime shows and being swayed by his ads.. not to mention stupid and ignorant.. is that it? Yet the orange guy spent “A LOT” on his ads not to mention game shows he is financing to boost his vote of confidence? Never mind the c5 controversy.. but my question is…
Is it really stupid to go for a “weak candidate.. just because you believe in his track record, credibility and …

I assume alam niyo na ang chika ngayon na sinugod raw ni Kris Aquino ang rumoured girlfriend ng husband niyang si James Yap. Kung hindi pa, pwes ngayon alam niyo na.
According to the Inquirer,
Show biz celebrity Kris Aquino confronted a female fan of her husband, basketball star James Yap, shouting insults at the woman and her mother just outside their upscale Pasig City residence late Wednesday, the Inquirer learned Thursday. The popular TV host and movie actress spent about 10 minutes at the gate of the Valle Verde 2 home …

Alam kong madalas niyong mabasa ang katagang “chorvaloo” dito sa Barrio at malimit niyo rin itong marinig mula sa bunganga ng aming sangkapatiran pati na rin sa mga babae (at lalake?) na feeling miyembro na rin ng aming federacion.
Kung interesado kayong malaman ang history ng napaka-influential na salitang ito, continue reading this post.
Kung hindi niyo naman feel na malaman kung bakit may ganitong salita, ay huwag niyo nang ipagpatuloy ang pagbabasa at baka ito pa ang maging dahilan ng high blood niyo. Charing!
Disclaimer: Ang sumusunod na mga talata ay base …

Ever since the fragmented left disintegrated into the oblivion and some into the mainstream, remnants of such had filled our more than enough field of experts, talking heads, intellectual analysts, political operators and kingmakers.
They fill the offices of government officials, national to local, and they are with politicians in all levels. Some are even in the media, from the mainstream down to mere blogs.
They fill the chatter of white noise rummaging through several channels and frequencies that unfortunately cannot be filtered. Not that anyone, for the sake of free press, …

He sounded like one decent commenter. Trying to join some lively discussion. This is the Barrio. A group of happy rah rah rah people. It’s obvious the foreigner is a foreigner in our Barrio.

And so began Benigno’s ran into the Barrio. Wanting and looking for a debate. But mostly peddling his websites. In fact, Benjamin Kritz populated the internet with his articles and websites reminiscent of what that crazy guy from UK, Ellumbra has done. The tactics were similar.
In Barrio Siete, you’d see him relentlessly linking his entries on Get …

In the latest barage of Anti-Noynoy Aquino rhetorics, according to Inquirer’s Inside Scoop Pingpong Run,
“Quoting Professor Ed Malay, Director of the Issues and Advocacies Center, “the drop in the survey rating of Noynoy is understandable as the euphoria associated with the death and burial of the late President Cory Aquino has started to wear off.”

Who is the Advocacies Center? As I have blogged in another entry, they describe themselves as:
“Publicity consultants with a mission to “create winning formulas that drive our political media campaigns to achieve the desired results and …

Photo Credits: Insignificances
I hate political advertisements. To me it’s just a waste of money that should be spent elsewhere. I would like the candidates to spend their election funds on projects that would be beneficial to people in need.
Officially, I have no candidates yet. I’m still busy looking through candidates with my personal magnifying glass. There are the political ads, with their shots at informing the electorate of their platform, if there ever was one, but mostly their faces and their attempt of projecting themselves as candidates, pathetic as it …

There is really no point in defending Noynoy’s now popular campaign ad because it speaks for itself. Yet with all the buzz going on in and out of the mainstream media and in the internet about this very much talked about music video, it’s hard to ignore the impact it generated to both pro and anti noynoy camps. Of course, some anti-aquino out there would always wield their fangs and claws to attack me and tell me bluntly that this post of mine is another biased effort to lean towards …

Back when I was just starting to blog, trying to social climb with who would turn out to be Manila’s self-proclaimed users influential bloggers, I was not just pushed out to the dark corners of internet pit of the world but would constantly be compared and lambasted that I’d be labeled to be just uberly green with jealousy in terms of ranks. Such has always been the cry. Well, I’m sure given that we have already trounced them on their own standards, proved them wrong, they’d have to come up …

May mama, nakakurbata, may mamahaling Amerikana, pumara ng pedicab.
“Sir,” ang sabi ng pedicab drayber, “eh araw araw ko ho kayong nakikitang nakasakay sa Chedeng, di ho ba nanalo kayo ng Lexus, bakit nag-pepedicab lang kayo?”
Sagot ng CEO ng malaking kumpanya, “Eh paano ba naman, Lexus yon, mahal ang maintenance, kaya nasa garahe lang, pinakikintab ni Misis.”
Nang bumaba ang mama sa tapat Philippine Stock Exchange Tower na kanyang pinagtratrabahuan, napasabit sa nakalabas na turnilyo yung gilid ng pantalon.
Butas!
“Ayan ho Sir, ganyan nga ho ang nangyayari sa mga …

Photo Credits: The Future is now
Today, I give you a brief lesson in logic. Have you heard of logical fallacies? If not, I’m sure you have encountered them many times. You probably are in the habit of committing one or two yourself, hehe. Not to worry, I’ll try to make this lesson as simple as possible, walang paduguan ng ilong. And most of all, knowledge of Latin is not a prerequisite. Okay, let’s begin.
Kelan nga ba fallacious ang isang argument. Ang simpleng sagot ay kapag mali ang reasoning, hindi konek …