High Society Scam

Before that scandalous declaration of martial law in the 70's, people in high society were partying like crazy. Some of those who survived that era remember that time when the Lopezes were hosting parties left and right, in their palaces of pleasure, with wines flowing out of their fountains.

If Brian Gorrell is to be believed, Manila's jet-setting, high rollers are also doing the same shit their parents did in their prime. And I don't blame them. They're totally dysfunctional. Being rich is dysfunctional. Too much money in their hands. Too much coke in their heads (if this Australian gay guy is to be believed though).

When I was teaching history to a bunch of rich kids in one of Manila's top universities, I was exposed to this. I admit being friends with a lot of society people. They do party. They do kid around. They do use drugs. But they don't do what these "Gucci" group allegedly did--deprive this poor HIV-positive gay guy of his life's savings.

Drugs are crackers to these people. They have so much money to spend that they use this to buy happiness.

I remember so many incidents of socialites being raided because of drugs. When I was a beat reporter then, I used to cover so many instances of arrests of these druggies belonging to rich and known families. They were eventually freed and did not even spend a single month in jail. Maybe their parents put them in rehab. Some probably were exiled somewhere in the States.

People know Bora as a druggie's paradise. The reason why its so popular is its liberal drug-oriented culture. I know of some rich guys and gals going to Bora just to get their high. The police is sooo lax there that these rich guys don't give a damn. Bora is RP's version of Phuket or Bangkok. You can do whatever you want for as long as you have money and you have a short surname.

Everybody knows Tim Yap's a fraud. That's why he was kicked out of Inquirer. His articles suck. Its not even near the quality of Patricia Evangelista's writings. I was surprised though to learn that some of PhilStar's editors are junkies. It pains me to even read stuff about this because I know a lot of PhilStar editors and reporters and really, they are NOT junkies.

People in my industry treat lifestyle writers and editors with respect. The buzz is, the main section editors are the ones dirty. With Brian's tell-all blog, I have lost all respect to these so-called writers, especially from the lifestyle section of the Star. I heard PhilStar has fired two of their reporters and editors. Good riddance. With this scandal flying off the pan so to speak, its time for the PhilStar to make those changes. And fast!

Compared with these lifestyle wannabe writers, my section editor and reporter friends are angels. Yet, one glaring fact should be done.

Purge the industry with these scumbags and scammers. Cleanse the filth they caused.