Philippine Journalist Raissa Robles Blatantly Dishonored the Filipino Culture

Philippine Yellow Journalism and Media Crisis

Manila, Philippines - A Filipino freelance journalist Raissa Robles blatantly disreputed the profound Filipino values and traditional culture as she criticized the colorful performances executed by the young talents that showcased the different cultures, customs and traditions of both Islamic and Christians  practices of the Filipino people.

    Robles took her Twitter account to dispraise and make degrading remarks about the performances made made by the young talented artists at the opening ceremony of the 30th SEAGAMES.  Robles compared the opening ceremony to a cheap barrio carnival which earned ires among majority of the people. " We have good choreographers - Steve Villaruz, Edna Vida, Noynoy  Froilan. They could have been tapped for the #SeaGamesOpening. Pucha! Parang nanonood ka lang ng Perya sa probinsya nito ( Gosh! It's like you're watching a provincial carnival ). Why did they not use some of our ballet dancers ????? "

    As far as the opening ceremony, it was very amazing, well choreographed, bright and colourful and have exceeded the expectations. The athletes were presented in a traditional "sagala" procession which turned out truly remarkable.   Traditional folk dances of different provinces were proudly shared to our fellow South East Asians.  Our local artists serenaded the expectators with our beautiful kundiman.  Indeed these are the factors that identify the citizens of the Philippine as Filipinos and these are what we value most and yet a mere Filipino journalist is trying to ruin them. It is not just the Philippine government that she is  deriding but it's the culture of the Philippines and it's people that she disrespected.

       Since the early days of the preparation of the SEAGAMES, the Philippine news agencies had been consistent on publishing fabricated and malicious articles  to discredit the administration who were working round the clock to make this sports event successfully but the media couldn't wait to witness how it would fail.


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