Archive for September 2008
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Manila, Philippines – Are journalists meant to be shut up and finally killed?
The past maybe the past, but they are bound to be repeated if they are ignored. It is time to look into journalist killings all over again, perchance there is any hope for change. That these things have set a pattern for others to follow indicates that the gangrene is there: the penchant to shut up somebody’s mouth from telling the truth.
Immediately following is a register of journalists in the Philippines killed, detained, harassed, or threatened while doing their duty. The period spans barely the last decade from 2002 up to the present although for the recent years, data have yet to be consolidated. At times, these reports that include classic cases give a description of the event and the situation obtaining. The main sources for these are Reporters without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and their rendition have been preserved. Included in this report are most recent ones known to the public but ignored by mainstream media. The details of this later part shall be covered in another account.
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ADD Convention Center, situated in ADD Compound, Brgy. Sampaloc, Apalit Pampanga, can now be seen on a better resolution from Google Earth’s satellite images. A similar useful site using Google Earth API is Wikimapia.
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The tabloid media are widely used in the religious feud between the Eraño Manalo’s Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) and Bro. Eli Soriano of the Ang Dating Daan. Recently, the broadsheets are seen the latest participants in this propaganda by Soriano’s detractors and critics.
Tabloid newspapers are generally sensationalistic and biased in the Philippines. Usually, facts and information are muddled with gossips and controversies. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Star, and Philippine Journal …
An ode to the poor but intelligent man
Posted 09/08/2008
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The Philippines should be thankful that she is blessed with an intelligent but poor man who never hesitate to speak with all honesty and warn her of all signs of religious politicking.
Yet very recently, news reports made an image of the poor man as an international fugitive courtesy of an alleged rape issue which many believe was an invented case.
It looks like anytime or wherever the poor man speaks of the truth, he receives blows of persecutions in any avenues the religious orders have network and power – the media, the highest courts of the land, and now, the international police. Making the poor man the abuser than the abused, the exploitative than exploited, the influential members of these religious fraternities now find reason to laugh at, malign and torment him.
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Love and hate, good and evil, truth and lies — People has the power to choose and do what they please. While there are SOME who earnestly promote love, goodwill, and truth — conversely, there are MORE people who doggedly do the opposite.
To Christians, being hated, persecuted, or falsely accused is no marvel to them. It’s but to be expected. (1 John 3:13)
Throughout the history of man’s service to God, it’s an obvious fact that being maligned and hated does not mean you are automatically the ‘BAD GUY’.