Philippine online activists step up battle versus ‘pwede na yan’ anti-cybercrime laws

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Philippine online activists step up battle versus ‘pwede na yan’ anti-cybercrime laws

Hysterics around the enactment and implementation of the Philippines’ Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10175) continue to sweep the country’s community of social media “activists”. The new law itself is just another example of Filipinos’ renowned jeepney approach to facing its challenges — another Pinoy-style pwede-na-yan solution (in my colleague Mike Portes’s words)…

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Crime, Lifestyle, Media, Society

‘Honorable’ Pwede na yan mentality back fires!

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‘Honorable’ Pwede na yan mentality back fires!

The BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS WEBSITE at http://www.bsp.gov.ph HAS BEEN HACKED! This is what our government gets when our legislators dare pass a cybercrime bill that’s impotent! Screencap reads:   Anonymous Philippines The Philippine Government has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Freedom of Expression in the Philippines.The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 is the…

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Politics, Tech Talk

Philippines noted for trade in Santo Niño statues made from illegally-traded elephant tusks

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Philippines noted for trade in Santo Niño statues made from illegally-traded elephant tusks

The Philippines has reportedly been identified in a National Geographic report as a major destination and market for ivory illegally exported from Africa. Elephants are classified as endangered animals and trade in any product made from them — such as ivory from their tusks — is illegal. The Philippines in 1981 became a signatory to…

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Culture, Environment, Religion

Money or love: What do Filipino women want?

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Money or love: What do Filipino women want?

What do women want nga ba talaga? Obviously romance sells. The lot of cheesy movies and telenovelas themed on love and romance attests to this. I haven’t seen it yet (though I plan to see it, time permitting) but the latest kilig-fest The Mistress, I heard, is a big hit. According to the reviews, both…

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Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Society

Allan Bantiles: Parent who allegedly threatened CSA student at gunpoint still at large

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Allan Bantiles: Parent who allegedly threatened CSA student at gunpoint still at large

Colegio de San Agustin (CSA) student Jaime Garcia who was the alleged victim of a serious bullying and assault incident within the CSA campus has been seeking assistance from the Philippine Media to progress his cause versus his tormentors. Garcia’s grandmother, Sony Lopez Gonzales, started by bringing the matter to the attention of ABS-CBN personality…

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Crime, Education, Media

Possible psych war being waged in SC as Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno snubbed anew by peers!

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Possible psych war being waged in SC as Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno snubbed anew by peers!

Just how long will newly-appointed Philippine Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno be able to maintain her trademark smile over the next 18 years she will be serving her post? The stresses of the job are piling on, which does not bode well for Sereno who, according to the supposed findings of a psychological…

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Culture, Government, Politics

PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

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PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

According to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, history taught in Philippine schools should consist only of “truthful information” and not “the web of lies spun by propagandists and revisionists.” This is what he makes the underlying principle in his latest project — to rewrite Filipino history books according to what he thinks actually…

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Development, Education, Politics

Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

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Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

Following a threat from tycoon Manny Pangilinan to leave the Philippines and take with him his money, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II has warned that the Philippines may be in for a crisis of confidence, presumably if this sort of thing becomes a trend… The House majority leader warned Pangilinan’s move would become “a…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks