By: Hazel Gane Pilapil Last year, Tumblr decided to take down pornographic, adult, and Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content on its territory because the platform was removed by Apple from its App store, inciting various violation of marketplace rules. The near-complete detachment of undesirable contents was pushed through when the presence of Child Pornography... Continue Reading →
Detach campaign posters from my house, poll officer blasts QC candidates
By: Hazel Gane Pilapil In posting campaign materials anywhere illegally, Commission on Election (Comelec) walls are not excepted. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez roared on one of the candidates in Quezon City after seeing the candidate’s face in posters attached beside his gate. The poster wears the name of Abe Abesamis, who is running for 1st... Continue Reading →
Be Sexducated: COCians participate in women’s rights discussion
By: Hazel Gane Pilapil Open minds: Various students and women advocates talking about women’s rights In celebration of National Women’s Month, numerous Filipino Youth including young students from PUP-College of Communication and women advocates in the country held together to witness the special screening of ‘Mother Land’ with a short discussion happened on the day... Continue Reading →
Jumpstart for the construction of P500M shelter for Marawi rebuilding
By: Revia Mae Sibal Photo by: Social Housing Finance Corporation – Strategic Communications Division As part of UN-Habitat’s Rebuilding Marawi Through Community-Driven Shelter and Livelihood Project, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 1,500 houses for the internally displaces persons (IDPs) of Marawi happened last February 4, 2019 at Brgy. Dulay Proper. The project is... Continue Reading →
BigBang’s Seungri dragged on prostitution, drugs, violence
By: Revia Mae Sibal Photo from YouTube/KOCOWA TV The world of K-Pop was rocked yet again with another controversy; sex scandals, prostitution and drugs. It all began January this year, when a staff in a club named Burning Sun was accused of assault. CCTV footages of the said assault was aired publicly both on television... Continue Reading →
‘Kabisig’ Philippine Government Trade Expo 2019
By: Revia Mae Sibal Photo by: Revia Mae Sibal The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), together with other government agencies like Home Mutual Development Funds, Philippine National Police, Department of National Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Trade and Industry, PAGCOR, and others participated during the annual Kabisig Philippine Government Trade Expo held at the... Continue Reading →
K-Pop stars retire over sex scandals, prostitution
By: Revia Mae Sibal Photo by SOOMPI – Jung Joon Young arrives in Korea after sex scandal allegations. The worst is not yet over. After the rounds of serious allegations regarding prostitution and drugs, South Korean Pop Singer Seungri stated his retirement from the entertainment industry in his Instagram post last March 11. "It would... Continue Reading →
OPINION: Competitive Market – PH in a Game-of-Thrones Style Economy
By: Darwin Pesco Winning is the greatest feeling. We are competitive animals and we always want to be champions of everything. Everyone is trying their best to win and not to face failures. But could it be possible that there is a competition without being defeated at all? Or is it just another fairytale and... Continue Reading →
OPINION: From Veles to Manila: Welcome to ‘Infocalypse’
By: Darwin Pesco Imagine a world where no one can be trusted despite a bunch of information available. A society of never-ending doubts, everyone is a faithful follower of deception. The day when we are living in paranoia of lies is near and what is happening in our society now signifies that we have a... Continue Reading →
Game of Thrones Season 8 trailer released
By: Darwin Pesco With the new trailer, finally, we know something…as of now. Shame on you, Jon Snow! Kidding aside. Source: Entertainment Source: Entertainment Recognized as one of the most popular TV show on the television, the most anticipated trailer of the 8th season of the Game of Thrones was finally released by HBO. Released... Continue Reading →
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