MANILA, Philippines — The movie, theater, radio and TV industries are purveyors of glamor and entertainment — commonly called today as “showbiz.” Actors, dancers, singers, TV anchors and newscasters, radio announcers, disc jockeys, reporters — they are showbiz personalities. To impress listeners and viewers in order to improve ratings which seem like gimmicks to win votes — that’s politics. Conversely, if politics is the “method and tactic involved in managing a (government) star” — that’s show business; defined as “intrigue or maneuvering within a group,” that’s show business, too. He could have won, political pundits said later, if not for the astute political acumen of Macapagal who won against his lone opponent, incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia. I’m afraid I might win!” In congress, we were forearmed against expected ridicule on “mere entertainers in politics”: “Mr.

Source: Philippine Star May 23, 2019 16:01 UTC