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Do Filipinos require guns perpetually pointed at their heads?

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Do Filipinos require guns perpetually pointed at their heads?

The purpose of which, of course, is to keep them in line. If Filipinos had not devolved into a generally unruly group of people, I might not have even considered this thought. Now it becomes debatable. If you ask both the irate pedestrian and the jeepney driver he shot, you would get two different answers….

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Crime, Society

Media’s role in Philippine society undermines rather than strengthens the process of seeking truth

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Media’s role in Philippine society undermines rather than strengthens the process of seeking truth

According to Chay Hofileña, Director of “citizen journalism” for “social news network” site Rappler.com journalists are “neither lawyers nor judges” and are, from the depths of their DNA she claims, hardwired to “look for patterns, inconsistencies and lies, and to point those out”. This, it seems, forms the kernel around which she launches into a…

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Media, Politics