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Fired nurse in Singapore should read Elbert Hubbard

Published by Ellen on January 14, 2015

The firing of Filipino nurse Ello Ed Mundsel Bello by the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore for his Facebook rant against Singaporeans once again demonstrates the danger of people being in social media without fully knowing its capabilities and limitations.

Bello's post
Bello’s post
Last week, Bello, under the FB name Edz Ello, ranted on his wall:

“Now the Singaporeans are loosers in their own country, we take their jobs, their future, their women and soon we will evict all SG loosers out of their own country hahaha. The best part, I will be praying that disators strike Singaporeans and more Singaporeans will die then I will celebrate. REMEMBER PINOY BETTER AND STRONGER THAN STINKAPOREANS.”

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Willing Willie case affirms power of social media

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2011

Online outrage over child abuse
Once again, social media in the Philippines proved its growing power when the high-flying host Willie Revillame announced last Friday that his show,Willing Willie, would be off the air for two weeks starting Monday, April 11.

Revillame sounded doubtful if the six-month old early evening show that for a while threatened to upset the public’s news viewing habits would continue.

Said to be the highest paid TV personality, reportedly earning the mind-boggling amount of P3 million a day, even his future in showbusiness is now in peril.

In an angry and bitter 25-minute live monologue, Revillame said,” Starting Monday po, hanggang next week, hanggang Holy Week, pag-iisipan ko po muna nang mabuti kung ako po ay magbabalik pa sa industriyang ito. Bigyan nyo na lang po muna ako ng pagkakataon at sa sarili ko pag-iisipan ko po ito.”

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