I’ve been watching the news on TV, the articles on newspaper and dozens of blogs writing about the Delfin dela Paz vs. Department of Agrarian Reforms Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, and his son Nasser, Jr. , mayor of Masui, Lanao Del Sur.

I am reserving judgment until this has been settled in the proper forum. One does not just go into conclusions without getting the side of both parties. Otherwise, I will be just one of the mobs on the Intarwebs.

Most of the stories are condemning the Major and the DAR Secretary and bloggers and media flock to the rescue of their fellow blogger, Bambee dela Paz. The elder dela Paz and his 14-year old boy were beaten up — a few bruises and drops of blood — and people are clamoring for justice.

Here’s a clear proof why blogging is for the elite and the middle class:

- Every day, people get beaten up, robbed, raped and murdered. Do they get the same media attention as the de la Paz?

- Thousands of farmers lost their land from the elite, the greedy land owners and the powerful politicians (even the old ones like the Aquinos and their Hacienda Luisita) and where is the clamor from the middle class and the elite?

- Students on poor urban area don’t have a classroom to stay and most are forced to leave school because greedy politicians shave off and pocket millions from their pork barrel instead of benefiting thousands of students. Where is the clamor from the middle class and the elite?

- Every day, children die of hunger and malnourishment because the government is too busy doing other things other than taking care of the indigent. Where is the clamor?

But then, the middle class starts to act up and rally in support of an altercation in (and here’s the irony) an exclusive Golf Club.

The media is ever present in golf clubs and watching elite-swarmed areas for newsworthy story. This is NOT newsworthy — it happens every day. Again. EVERYDAY, EVERYWHERE. The media focused on this one because the people involved are the elite, are politicians and the story will have a better spin. There are hundreds of atrocities far worse than getting bruised because someone didn’t get their fair share of the greens.

And why do the middle class are in uproar and blogging to sky high? Well, the victims are one of them. It could be them getting beaten up in a posh mall, or a gulf course one day.

Yet, they are oblivious and blind of more hideous crimes that happen in their surroundings. Wake up people and don’t be naive — this fist fight is nothing. Why waste time and effort that someone’s ego and face got bruised when there are worse crimes happening all around us? There’s the Mindanao Crisis, the poor farmers wanting extension of the Land Reform Act, the syndicates int he streets using street children to beg for money and the thousands of people dying senseless of crimes against society. I don’t see you people blogging crazy about those.

Yesterday was the first day opening of all Filipino Movie entries for MMFF. The top entry on the opening day goes to Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat with 20.9M.

Opening and Gross Earnings of each Movies.

Iskul Bukol: 20 Years After : P18.9M
Shake, Rattle & Roll X : P13.1M
Desperadas 2 : P7M
Baler : P5.3M
One Night Stand : P1.5M
Dayo : 1.2M
Magkaibigan : P600T

The break up of Dra. Vicky Belo with Dr. Hayden Kho is one of the hottest year ender news in Philippine showbiz. Meanwhile Dr. Hayden admitted after several days of silence that he attempted suicide and had a very very short affair with Katrina Halili but denied the news he had a sex video with her.So there, case closed for Katrina Halili Sex Video.

The taping for the new TV soap of Piolo Pascual and KC concepcion will be started next year. Not just that Piolo and KC is set to do also a movie together.

Skyway Operations & Maintenance Corporation (SOMCO) announced that as a gift to all motorists they won’t be charging Skyway Fee on Christmas and New Year’s Day. This will be applied from Magallanes to Alabang and from Buendia to Bicutan in the period 10 p.m. of December 24 to 6 a.m. December 25 and 10 p.m. December 31 to 6 a.m. January 1, 2009.

A survey was conducted last November 28 – December 1, 2008 by Social Weather Stations shows that 3 out of 5 adult Filipinos expect a Happy Chistmas. It was also found on the survey that family and clothing as the best Christmas gifts for Filipinos.

Gary Valenciano sings the theme song of Tayong Dalawa which is an upcoming primetime soap from ABS-CBN starring Gerald Anderson and Kim Chiu.  If you recall Gary V was also the one who sang “Sana Maulit Muli” which was also the title of the first soap of Gerard and Kim.

 Charlie Green is here in the Philippines to do some mall shows and some music events for his fans. You can catch him on the following schedules.

December 20 – Podium, 4PM
December 20 – Metrobar(evening)  with Rico Puno and Richard Poon
December 21 – ASAP
December 21 – Megamall, 4PM
December 27 – Mall of Asia , 4PM
January 2 – Trinoma 4PM

Noel Cabangon is currently finishing his newest album entitled ” Simpleng Pinoy”. If we recall, One of the best and timeless song of Noel Cabangon is Kanlungan which captured the hearts of the Filipinos. Simpleng Pinoy album would be released by March 2009 next year.

The Senate approved the P1.4-trillion national budget for 2009 yesterday. The voting ended 13-2 and only Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Pia Cayetano voting against

The interview of Boy Abunda to Karylle yesterday at the buzz started another issue among Karylle, Marian and Dingdong Dantes. Karylle did not answer the question to thrown her while Marian Rivera thinks that Karylle could just answer it as “I don’t know”. Marian Rivera was emotional when she was interviewed after rumors came out that she is pregnant by Dingdong. Marian Rivera also told the reporter that if she is pregnant, she will be the one to announce it to the public.

The CompanY releases 18th album called ‘Group Hug’. The Company started out as back-up vocalists for the Philippines’ top artists since its formation on 1985 by members of Ateneo College Glee Club. Twenty Three years later, from 12 members band they now down to five members.

You can catch them promoting their newest album on the following dates :

Greenhills – December 15, 2008
SM Megamall – December 17, 2008

IBM introduces another spectacular Laptop, The W700. It is the first laptop to incorporate a WACOM drawing tablet. It measures 128mm by 80mm, or roughly the size of two playing cards side by side, and is located in the right palmrest.

The 3rd Christmas Toys and Collectibles fair will be held at the SM Megatrade Hall 2, from Dec 19 to 21, 10: 00 Am to 10:00 Pm. Christmas Toyfair features the best selection of kiddie toys, dolls, action figures and art gallery of the best local comicbook artists, raffles and games. There will be also a live auction for toy collectors.

Hewlett-Packards tries to lure the east of the world’s largest continent with its newly-released HP Mini 1000 Vivenne Tam Edition. Its design is purely asian that will make the ladies gaga over it. The specifications are nice, too. One buy that’s worth your every dime.

Specification:

- 10.2-inch screen, 1024 x 600 resolution with LED backlight
- Intel Atom Processor N270 at 1.60GHz
- 1GB DDR2 memory,
- 16GB solid state drive or 60GB hard drive
- 3-cell battery
- and Windows XP Home OS
- built-in web camera
- integrated stereo speakers
- a wireless G card
- Bluetooth(optional)
- Ethernet LAN port,