We beg to differ.
Indeed, how much a society cares for the least of its members is reflected in the headlines of its biggest media outlets. The Washington Post recently reports… MANILA, Philippines — An overnight fire razed a tent used as a temporary shelter by survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, killing a woman and all six of her children,…
It’s been four years into his so-called “Daang Matuwid” (“straight-and-narrow”) administration with just two years to go to make good on his many unfulfilled promises before he bows out of the office he reluctantly took in 2010. Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is under an even more powerful magnifying glass now. The country…
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Seems like the ‘in’ place in the UP Diliman campus of late is the College of Public Administration. If you had happened to have been a student there in 2010, you would’ve been able to make tambay with the likes of Ai Ai delas Alas. It is there, according to the Inquirer, where Ai Ai…
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Until recently, the core dysfunction in the collective thinking faculties of Philippine society has largely gone unpenalised. Careers have been broken, people unjustly imprisoned, and suicides committed because of this. The current imbroglio that Philippine politics has now found itself neck-deep in following the grossly-misguided release of various lists of alleged pork barrel thieves by…
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Since the release to the public of lists of government officials and members of Congress who’d allegedly had dealings with alleged pork barrel scam ringleader Janet Lim Napoles, the scramble to clear names and deny, deny, and deny has been pure madness. One of the more notable of the names mentioned in these lists is…
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This post stems from an article titled “Five Simple Ways to Say ‘Thanks’ to a Journalist” that was sent to me by a friend and colleague. After reading it again (completely this time around), I now regret having dismissed it as one of those ‘know-it-all, outside-looking-in, PR insider tip’ fluff and making an off-the-cuff remark that…
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A leaked internal report observes that the New York Times is clearly “winning in journalism” with a daily report that is “deep, broad, smart and engaging”. However, the same report acknowledges that the Times is “falling behind” in “the art and science of getting [their] journalism to readers.” The report provides valuable insight on where…
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I desperately need to ask all the idiots who made a lot of noise clamouring for the release to the public of all these Napoles Lists this simple question: What now? See, I’ve long asserted that a proper and modern investigation of the pork barrel scam can be mounted without these lists. For that matter,…
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