News express

Posted on May 16, 2006 at 7:55 pm | 12 Comments
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During my sophomore year in HS one of us was required to report at least three news everyday during our Araling Panlipunan class. One of my classmates get some news from the tabloids and you know what kind of news you can get there… no, I’m not speaking of the latest rumors that you can find at the “centerfold”. To give you more idea what I’m talking about here is the summary of the news: a mother forced her baby to drink bleach. I know it’s a sad story but we were all laughing at that time. I was also able to read stupid news from a tabloid: a gay got killed because he’s playing with a bomb. You see, you won’t get sensible news from tabloids.

If you really want to read something that has sense, buy the broadsheets instead! My favorite broadsheets are the Philippine Daily Inquirer (especially the 2BU section) and Philippine Star. Just a random fact about me, I read the news paper from good to bad in other words, back to front. Just don’t buy me a copy of Manila Bulletin, I don’t have time to read long articles and I’m not looking for a job! Lol. (I hope you know what I’m talking about).

Well, you can now also read news straight from your computer or laptop via the internet and even in your cellphone. CNN is correct — the news follows you!

Since I don’t listen to AM stations let us skip to the best way to catch the latest events which is to watch TV. There are various local and international stations to choose from. Personally, I only watch news from ABS-CBN and CNN. Why? Because I think the other stations are biased. Especially NBN (since it’s the government official station) but I don’t say that they are indeed biased! Okay? It’s only my personal view.

Let’s concentrate with ABS-CBN and GMA… the two big network companies in the country. As usual, both are claiming that they are practicing responsible journalism.

Wait, before I continue, I have this to say: I’m not a avid kapamilya nor a certified kapuso.

If you still remember, our president commended GMA (the station) for broadcasting the real stories. Or was it because GMA (the station) is only airing news that has nothing to do and will not destroy the reputation of the palace? If this is true it will prove my theory that these stations are biased.

So who is prevailing the truth? Nobody knows. If they really want to give service to our fellow Filipinos they should be practicing serbisyong totoo. Right? All we want is balanced news and fearless views!

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Mega ultra stampede

Posted on February 4, 2006 at 10:26 pm | 15 Comments
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Today is the first anniversary of ABS-CBN’s noon time show Wowowee. Frankly speaking, I hate this noon time show. Well, because there are so few hosts and guests. But you have to know that this show is not for those people who are looking for entertainment (sort of); this show is for our poor countrymen who are trying to catch their lucks. A show that tells the people who are living in the slums that there is still hope. But there is still this fact that some are joining the games of Wowowee because of their personal necessities. Until now, I can’t believe that this noon time show have a very high ratings (am I right?).

The first anniversary of the said noon time show was to held at Ultra. But an unexpected accident happened.

The world turned up-side down in just a second.

A big twist of fate.

Instead of 20 tricycles, some taxi cabs and two million pesos (about $40,000) of prizes are at stake. Lives of many people were in danger. A stampede occurred this morning. If my resources are up-to-date and are correct, there are already 80 plus people who died, mostly are elderly women.

I only knew this news around 11:00am because I was surfing the internet. At first I was thinking, “Stampede at Ultra? Hu? Is there an event there at the moment? Is there a concert? Was there a bomb found that’s why there was a stampede?”

The reason: somebody tripped on a ramp. Very impossible eh? I can’t believe it that only because someone tripped, a stampede occurred.

The consequences: aside from those 80 plus people who died, there were hundreds of people who were injured, many children were lost in the midst of that tragedy and Wowowee’s first anniversary was not pushed through.

While I was watching the news, I got irritated again. Well, I was flipping the channels from ABS-CBN to GMA over and over again (the news was not yet at CNN nor BBC). And grr… there was this women that was interviewed by a reporter from GMA. She’s telling the reporter that she’s mad because she was not able to enter the auditorium. Wow! Does not she have any single piece of feeling? There was a mayhem that happened and then there are still stupid people who does not have any common sense! This is going to support my statement above (that those people who are joining Wowowee are greedy).

It’s so nice to hear that there are still many people who are helping these poor people. I even heard in the news that there are some who are giving flip flops to the victims. And I’m so glad that the management of ABS-CBN will shoulder all the expenses of the victims even though they have no faults whatsoever.

This day was supposed to be a good one for all of the people who went to Ultra, and now, it seems like that a dementor sucked all of our happiness.

This is the irony of life…

This is my way to express my sympathy to the families of the victims…

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