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Mining
For several weeks now, various stakeholders here in my country, the Philippines, have been debating, clashing and trading barbs through the media on the benefits of mining. On one side, giant mining...
View ArticleOne Death is Too Many
The great Irish philosopher Edmund Burke said that for evil to triumph, all that is necessary is that good men do nothing. I am reminded of Burke’s words as I look into the culture of impunity here in...
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Ratings or Quality? 2012 Global Media Forum
A three-day international congress sought to examine the role the media play as they broadcast images and disseminate messages to a rapidly changing world. The congress was organised by Deutche Welle,...
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Breastfeeding Under Threat in the Philippines
ASIA SERIES : PART 1 A four-months-old baby was carried by his mother, Felicitas Llander, in a homemade sling she herself has made. Photo by Angelica Carballo. Breastfeeding in the Philippines is...
View ArticleThe rain with no name
ASIA SERIES : PART 2 The sky was dark, the winds howled like wild beasts and the rains ripped through the usually peaceful mornings that gray Tuesday morning of 7 August, 2012. The government’s...
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Philippine Cybercrime Law halted amid protests
ASIA SERIES : PART 4 The Philippine government passed a law in September that aims to combat internet crimes such as hacking, pornography, and other online crimes. The Republic Act 10175, or the...
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Philippines: The Curse of Floods
Bayug Island in the southern Philippines after a storm left the village barren in 2011. Photo by Iris Gonzales/ThinkBrigade.com. The stories of storytellers who covered the tragedy tell of villages...
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Relocation of slum settlers in the Philippines
Photo of the actual relocation site Montalban The winding road is seemingly endless, lined on both sides with a plethora of junkyards, slum areas and ravines of trash. At the end of this stretch is...
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