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Looking Into Land Conversation
PHILIPPINE POPULATION growth which has not abated urges a policy discussion about land use. People occupy space, with a measure of quantity for quality of life. Unfortunately, this has... Read more
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Tabloid Columnist Gunned Down in Masbate
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot dead a columnist for Remate, Joaquin Briones, in Milagros, Masbate around 8 a.m. on March 13. He was also... Read more
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War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM
“War, Peace and Maternal and Child Health in the ARMM,” is published in the social media news site Women Writing Women. This was first submitted to Women’s Peace Table.... Read more
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Senator in Peril: Covering Leila De Lima’s Arrest
POLITICS IS dirty. But nothing in the past could rival the tawdriness and cruelty of the campaign to bring down Senator Leila de Lima, driven by key members of... Read more
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A Journalism of Consent
By Luis V. Teodoro IN HIS book Public Opinion (1921), the US journalist and public intellectual Walter Lippmann argued that for democracy to work, the consent of the governed... Read more
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Missing Information and Justice Stalled: What is Known About the Davao Death Squad
EVEN WITH the testimonies of Retired SPO3 Arturo Lascanas and Edgar Matobato, many feel that there is not enough evidence to prove that there were death squads operating in... Read more
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On Local Fishermen and China’s Aquaculture Technology
THE INQUIRER’s report “Zambales fishers won’t take Chinese bait,” gave readers an interesting view of one bilateral exchange between counterparts in China and the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called... Read more
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Lorenzo Natali Media Prize
Sharing the announcement from the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize Secretariat: The European Commission has announced the launch of the 2017 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, which recognises outstanding reporting on development and poverty... Read more
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Killers Still At Large: The Myth of Law and Order
DEVELOPMENTS IN President Duterte’s war on drugs have raised issues which have been largely ignored by the administration and consequently, hardly touched in the news. The scandal which... Read more
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Mining Crackdown: Digging for Context in a Minefield of Issues
IT WAS not exactly a loving message on February 14; at least, not for the mining industry, especially the workers threatened with the loss of livelihood. When Secretary... Read more