The Piece de Resistance of the Opposition

The opposition and anti-Duterte people are pulling out all the stops in order to paint a very negative image of the Sea Games, spreading unsubstantiated news, and grossly exaggerating every bit of shortcoming by the organizers.

S U R E X C I T E R

SUREXCITER is a French word which means overacting. And this is how I describe the highly celebrated issue of parent Rosemil Edroso vs. teacher Melinda Limjuco.   

The teacher overacted in throwing the kid out of the classroom for the simple reason that the latter forgot to bring his report card. Yes, she did provide a chair for her student, but this does not in any way lessen the gravity of the punishment. The teacher could have simply reminded the kid to bring his report card the next meeting, as simple as that. No need for such over the top sanction. And the worst part, it was caught by a cctv camera.

GOYARD ET AL: UNPOPULAR BRANDS (?)

The proliferation of online stores and their round-the-clock accessibility, particularly those that carry international fashion brands, have made us acquainted whether intentional or not with different luxury brands.

Online sellers avidly use different social media platforms to market their branded wares. They post items that they sell, and some even go to the extent of live selling (which is a new marketing phenomenon in my own estimate). Some stores carry original or authentic ones, while others sell replica ones. Original or not, they are still international fashion brands anyway.

YES or NO?

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Leni Robredo and her camp must be so mentally stressed nowadays.

First, Robredo was heavily criticized for her baseless and sweeping conclusion that the government’s war on drugs had been a failure. Second, the Robredo camp is not sure if Leni was able to convince the public of her retraction of her earlier statement. And finally, Robredo and her gang cannot make up their mind if Leni should accept or refuse the President’s offer to let her takeover the government’s war on drugs.