foto Ben Kritz

This has been an exciting week in the Philippines, with so many apparently critical events happening simultaneously that one hardly knows which one to concentrate on first. Perhaps that is why most of the mainstream media—and obeying their cue, most of the social media as well—initially focused on the least relevant topic, the announcement by popular singer Charice Pempengco that she is actually a lesbian. Pempengco is not the first to attract publicity with that sort of personal revelation and she won’t be the last, but why the media continues to assert that something that is of absolutely no importance to anyone other than the party in question (and, I suppose, her personal companion) is a matter of public interest will continue to be a mystery. Especially when there are more serious issues that demand attention, such as:

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