Senator Tito Sotto claims that God is on his side in the RH Bill debate

According to Philippine Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto of television's Iskul Bukol fame, "name-calling, sarcasm and mockery do not contribute to an informed choice and enlightened debate." In a press statement, Sotto assailed what he perceived to be attacks against his person by persons and groups who are pushing for the passage of the country's Reproductive Health (RH) Bill.

Paris Hilton in Manila, rumored meet with PNoy NOT TRUE - Ruffa

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is in Manila reportedly "purely on business" to check out her new boutique at the SM Megamall and "designing" a Century 21 Properties beach resort in a five-day tour of the capital city of the Philippines. Indeed, the capital of the Philippines it surely is as, already as of this writing, two iPad tablet computers she had with her had gone missing...

Pacquiao mother decries gay men use of birth control pills to increase size of 'dede'

Another shot in the foot for the Pacquiao celebrity clan as the Pacquiao motherhood unit "Mommy Dionisia" lets out another bomb of a public statement allegedly containing slurs against the homosexual community. Not only that, she injects a liberal dose of her personal pseudo-science into her pronouncement reportedly made as she dueled with Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago over Philippine Reproductive Health (RH)...

Big Media outlets conspicuously mum on the Willie Revillame flap

At the centre of the flap around the alleged criminal abuse and humiliation of a six-year-old boy on national television by Filipino star entertainer Willie Revillame is the fledgling (but rapidly rising) challenger to Philippine Big Media, TV-5. TV-5 is the broadcasting arm of Mediaquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. It airs the top-rated (in terms of popularity) program Willing Willie where the alleged crime was committed.

China film industry: more reliance on internal substance and less dependence on foreign intellectual capital

The Chinese film industry more than quadrupled in size from being worth $250 million in 2005 to an industry raking in $1.5 billion in revenues in 2010. This has left America's mostly cash-strapped Hollywood gearing up to cash in on the rapidly growing Chinese market. China's central government sees a well-developed film industry as an essential ingredient to building a consumerist society. It has so far invested in serious infrastructure to back that goal opening up to three new theatres everyday. At present there are 6,000 screens across China most of which are equipped with modern digital projection facilities.

Kris Aquino weighs in on President Noynoy Aquino's Porsche

Presidential sister actress Kris Aquino weighed in her awesome media muscle to defend her brother Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III against critics who continue to highlight issues surrounding his purchase of a Porsche for personal use. The actress laid out a litany of justifications in her appeal to the public that they simply make the issue go away.

"Brown is beautiful" simply does not fly among white-skin-obssessed Filipinos

In the wake of yet another "Filipino" victory overseas -- the winning of "mocha-skinned" Danica Flores Magpantay' in the 2011 Ford Supermodel of the World contest -- highlighted yet again is how concepts of beauty and talent hardly recognised and often ignored in the Philippines are what turn out to be the biggest assets of our compatriots in other countries. Pride swells when success is achieved, but appreciation for the active ingredients are gained after the fact.