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John Paul Cana, Esquire Philippines, December 2020 You don’t need us to tell you 2020 was a shitshow. But just file us under the glass-is-half-full column, because we refuse to believe there wasn’t anything to celebrate about this year. So here’s a tiny list of good news. Because at this point, we’ll take what we…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsAs court finds Rappler guilty of cyber libel, Ressa vows to keep on fighting
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa (middle) with former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. (right) and lawyer Theodore Te. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the trial was “a test run for the latest weapon the State can now wield to intimidate and silence not only the…
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Higher social pension for poor senior citizens
This week I had interesting interactions with senior citizens in some barangays of Quezon City, Manila, and the cities of Caloocan and Malabon. These were public forums that had been organized to encourage voter participation in the mid-term elections to be held on May 13. They were visibly very poor: and physically their communities haven’t…
Heightened DDoS attacks target critical media
DEC 24, 2021, GEMMA B. MENDOZA Patterns indicate that the ones behind the attack probably hired a black market service that was involved in, or had access to, infrastructure used in black hat SEO techniques MANILA, Philippines – The cyberattacks against the websites of newsgroups ABS-CBN News, Rappler, and Vera Files may have been initiated…
Exclusion of Filipino courses in college, proof that K to 12 must be junked
If the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the order of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to exclude Filipino and Philippine literature courses in college proves anything, it is only the severe consequences of K to 12 to our national identity and to the future of our country. Since its inception, ACT Philippines has consistently…