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The Philippine Government should shut down Facebook and make Maria Ressa happy

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 benign0 15 Comments

If we take the time to sift through what some personalities in the “journalism” and corporate “news” media communities have been screeching about, it would seem that Facebook is increasingly regarded as the source of all forms of misinformation nowadays. Indeed, in the Philippine setting, nowhere is this idea more aggressively promoted than in the…

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Filipinos need to face a Duterte presidency LIKE MEN rather than be all girly about it

April 29, 2016 benign0 30 Comments

A tweet issued yesterday by Inquirer columnist Dax Lucas resonated loudly across the Philippines’ Netizens: The country’s so-called enlightened class in near panic over the prospects of a Duterte presidency. What a fascinating sight to behold. Indeed, the elegant simplicity of this tweet hit me hard too and, finally, how I really feel about these…

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