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‘Willing Willie’ and the attack of the social media mob

By James Cordova Thu, Apr 14, 2011 7:45AM UTC View Comments

Leonard de Vera, the lawyer of Philippine TV show host Willie Revillame, has a point. Why did government agencies and everyone else rush to judge the host, accusing him of abusing six-year-old Janjan on his show, when 1) they did not bother to get the side of Revillame or Janjan and his parents and 2)...

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Philippines: Why ‘Willing’ Willie Revillame shouldn’t be fired

By James Cordova Wed, Apr 06, 2011 10:44AM UTC View Comments

In the past two weeks or so, ever since the Willing-Willie-Jan-jan hullabaloo erupted, the campaign against the show “Willing Willie” has morphed from ousting the show’s host, Willie Revillame, into altogether removing the show from TV5 and into shaming, threatening and blackmailing TV5′s owner, Manny V. Pangilinan. It is a campaign, led by the Philippines’s...

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Business leaders Lopez, Pangilinan in a proxy war?

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, Mar 16, 2011 6:58PM UTC View Comments

There could be a raging proxy war going on now between two powerful leaders, with the country’s biggest cable service provider as the battleground. On one hand, there’s the group of Manuel V. Pangilinan who heads PLDT and rising broadcast network TV5. Pangilinan’s entry into TV5 has upped the ante of competition, with the network...

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Willing Willie and the hope of poor Filipinos

By Tonyo Cruz Thu, Jan 13, 2011 9:15PM UTC View Comments

Revillame brings and spreads same ideas to TV5

We’ve heard Willie Revillame defend his idea of entertainment many times, and it never fails to amaze me that he gets away with it from the showbiz community he comes from and the networks he has been identified with. Right now, Revillame propagates his concept of “helping” on TV5, and it is an open secret...

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