When you say Philippine election it is always expected to be hot and well contested. As they say there’s no losers in Philippine elections only cheated.
But with Filipinos wit, innate “craziness” and creativity, this year’s election became hotter and more funnier. In fact one senatorial candidate Dick Gordon penetrates inside the realm of social media as the hashtag #IpasokSiDick became viral spanning different social media platforms and getting on top of worldwide trends in twitter.
As of this writing, Vice Presidential daughter and UNA Senatorial candidate Nancy Binay still ranks 5th with 12,480,011 votes. Her apparent win is not well accepted by social media people and netizens.
While even before the election she was already been target of different memes and ire from the netizens, her imminent win became a bigger chance for the discontented to pour more satire and jokes about her.
Below are some of the MEMEs about Nancy and certain people’s reaction on her candidacy and her apparent win.
It’s really amazing how Filipinos can come up with this funny messages. Just proves that Filipinos whenever or whatever stress is happening in the surroundings there will always be comic relief to make the situation lighter.
Published on March 4, 2013 by youtube user latigorapper, this “Papal Campaign Jingle” aimed at supporting Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle is currently gaining large number of views.
This video which currently hits 19,276 (as of writing) views is also reaping good comments from its viewers. One commenter ADKubi said “I’m not Filipino – I’m a Canadian with European ancestry. But I’m hoping for Cardinal Tagle to be elected pope because I think he would be the best choice for the entire global Church. 
Cool video, by the way.”
Other also praised the video for its catchy lyrics and melody which is taken from Village People’s YMCA. And many also have expressed their support for Cardinal Tagle to be the next pope.
With those comments, it really shows how charismatic the Filipino Cardinal is. And it is really not impossible for him to be the first Filipino and first Asian Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
At the World Mobile Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, Nokia launches is newest and most cheapest phone to date, the Nokia 105. With the price of $20 (15 Euros), this phone is set to be Nokia’s comeback trail to regain its position in the basic mobile handset market.
This new phone from Nokia boast not only its price but also its battery life. Nokia 105 comes with a 35-day battery life which no smartphone can ever match. It also features bright color screen, alarm clock, flash light, FM radio and a dust and splash-proof keypad. Although the world is now going crazy with left and right innovations on smartphones, this newest Nokia model was primarily launched as a low-end phone to attract first time buyers from developing countries who frequently suffered access to electricity. Imagine a phone that would last 35 days without charging it, it will certainly attract not only first time and budget conscious customers but also tech savvy individuals who are fond of collecting different kinds of phones.
Pope Benedict XVI announced today his decision to relinquish his post as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church which will be effective on the 28th of this month.
In his statement delivered to the members of consistory in Rome, the 85 year old Pope cited his old age and failing health as the reason for his stepping down. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry” he said.
Fortinet, a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM), announces today its new operating system, FortiOS 5.0. FortiOS 5.0 is the world’s most advanced security operating system which is the foundation for all Fortinet FortiGate integrated security platforms. The new release will bring more security, intelligence and control to aid enterprises with better protection against today’s advance treats and to give more secure BYOD environments.
With this new improvement, enterprises of all sizes can now benefit from a smarter and more effective security policies which can help them protect and manage their networks in view of the significant changes in the nature of attacks both targeting them and the users accessing the network. They are also extending their dominance through the integration of advanced identification and management of user and device behavior that includes reputation-based policies, better BOTNET detection and protection, and inspection of encrypted traffic.
Is it star struck or fear? That is the question puzzling my mind when I saw the interview of Ricky Lo to Les Miserables star Anne Hathaway.
In the interview, Lo seemed uncomfortable from the very start as he was stuttering with his questions. There were also several unintelligible questions being thrown at Hathaway which made her look like rude and bitching Lo with her sarcastic answers. Lo is known to be one of the credible entertainment columnist in the Philippines but this interview with Hathaway really became so awkward and distasteful not to mention shameful and disgraceful.
Another Youtube video is getting online attention to many netizens. An angry male professor caught berating his students and physically hurting one of his female student has generated another online buzz.
The professor was said to be a Dean at the Montessori Professional College in Pasay, City according to the video info which was uploaded on Youtube last January 6, 2013 by Annamae Macayan.
