"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”
--Ernest Hemingway
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- Even if government workers in the Philippines will enjoy their Christmas bonus on top of their 13th month pay this year, the windfall will only serve as a temporary relief from penury and the daily economic doldrums the Filipinos are scuffling.
Facebook says it’s better at detecting rule violations
Facebook said it’s making progress on detecting hate speech, graphic violence and other violations of its rules, even before users see and report them.
Facebook said that during the April-to-September period, it doubled the amount of hate speech it detected proactively, compared with the previous six months.
We worry on attempts to intimidate critical journalists
“Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”
--Aaron Burr
Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- It’s too early for opponents of Panay Electric Company (PECO) to celebrate even if the Senate Committee on Public Services chaired by Senator Grace Poe has already given the MORE Power and Electric Company the green signal to be the new power distributor in Iloilo City.
Ralph breaks the Internet anew
This November, IMAX at SM Cinema transports cinemagoers to the Internet world as Wreck-It-Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz return for more adventure in Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Set six years after Ralph and Vanellope saved the arcade from Turbo’s vengeance, the Sugar Rush game was unplugged as the steering wheel controller breaks. During the shutdown, the residents of Sugar Rush were evacuated to other games while Ralph and Vanellope then discover a newly-installed Wi-Fi router in Mr. Litwak’s arcade.
No more tears – Mayor Romualdez
by Robbie Pangilinan
Tacloban City - “No more tears in our eyes, as the tragedy has made us stronger, but we still cry in our hearts – for many things lost – not only buildings, houses, and properties – but lost lives, lost courage, lost hope,” this was the sentiment of Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Romualdez, as the city remembers super typhoon Yolanda that came in November 8, 2013.
FamilyMart Glorietta 3 reopens with new look
The first Philippine branch of Japanese convenience store FamilyMart has recently reopened with new store design and upgraded food selection.
The newly reopened store in Glorietta 3 features an upgraded and modern design, as well as a bigger and café-inspired dining space. Customers enjoy bright and airy ambience as they shop for everyday essentials, then sit back and take in the comfortable space and friendly service when they grab their meals.
In remembering WWI, world warned of resurging ‘old demons’
World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s new political fault lines.
As Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and dozens of other heads of state and government listened in silence, French President Emmanuel Macron used the occasion, as its host, to sound a powerful and sobering warning about the fragility of peace and the dangers of nationalism and of nations that put themselves first, above the collective good.