Philippine Congress Declares MGI Founder Nawat Itsaragrisil Persona Non Grata!

October 31, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Miss Grand International founder Nawat Itsaragrisil was quick to point fingers after the recent pageant held in Vietnam failed to crown a Filipino beauty queen.

He boldly blamed Filipinos for sending the “wrong” candidate — Nikki de Moura — and suggested that they should’ve sent a GPS-equipped contestant instead. Itsaragrisil called de Moura “unprofessional” for walking out of the pageant when her name was not mentioned in the top 20.

Outraged Filipinos, who take their beauty queens seriously, were quick to retaliate.

The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution declaring Nawat persona non grata, proving that you should never mess with Filipino beauty queens, as the nation is willing to go to great lengths to protect their precious crowns.

Beauty pageant diplomacy, a new chapter in international relations!

Social Media

Dateline Zürich: The Social Media Kerfuffle

October 31, 2023 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

By Maria Bratikova

The denizens of the SocMed community are not wont to holding back in identifying themselves in vivid and graphic colours . . . even non-empaths
(i call them antipaths!) would blush vermillion. Bobo, pures, ddshits, kakampinks and whatever denigratory monikers they can think of. Pangit, may degree, walang degree, expert, maling kepyas. I am inclined to perceive these not as ad hominems but as their ID‘s.

In the olden times reporting, writing and journalism are just that – impersonal and factual. Social Media went the deep end and its population went into a frenzy of insulting and dirt-smearing each other.
That action is a cousin to war albeit mini in dimension.

I have no issues with critiquing the present Administration. It is far from
perfect. There are problems, there are gaps, there are lackadaisical
nuances – many of them. We go la-di-da in every which way. What else
do we do? La-di-da. It rains – blabla. It‘s hot – blabla.

We have descended to the bowels of a newly carved culture where ethics, respect and urbanity are screaming in their absence.
Somebody has faux-kepyas and we scream about it. Did the world take a detour because? The other side says okay she got a real kepyas
but what came out of this kepyas? Did we leave our orbit yet because? Either side of the divide is vicious in attempting to bury the other in dirt,
humiliation and embarrassment.

Careful. . . That deep-six is just about 3.4 to 4 cubic meter of dirt.

Don‘t fall in.

International, Politics

Imelda Marcos As Special Envoy To China!

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In the twisted game of “Who’s the Best Fit to be the Philippines’ Special Envoy to China?” amid the South China Sea territorial conflict, the choices seem to resemble a cast of characters from a tragicomedy.

First, there’s Teddy Boy Locsin, who has an uncanny talent for foot-in-mouth diplomacy. He managed to justify the killing of Palestinian children, which is a real crowd-pleaser when trying to cozy up to international allies.

Then there’s Rodrigo Duterte, known for his colorful language and diplomatic skills. He once famously cursed the EU and called Barack Obama a “son of a whore.” Clearly, he’s a master of building bridges with profanity.

But the real star of the show could be none other than Imelda Marcos, who could be seen as the Philippines’ secret weapon to open China’s iron curtain.

After all, how can China forget that historic meeting between Imelda and Mao Tse Tung, with her little boy Bongbong in tow?

That little boy now has the power to appoint her mom to the high-stakes position, all for the priceless outcome of lasting peace and camaraderie with China.