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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Facebook, please make democracy-friendly algorithms
2017 is the year when technology and government challenged our values and humanity. In the name of public safety in the Philippines, we accepted and cheered for the daily killings in the drug war. In...
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[OPINION] Xi Jinping – in Duterte's footsteps, so to speak...
As the Year of the Monkey gave way to the Year of the Rooster a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte certainly had something to crow about in 2016. We had awarded Duterte the "big winner" of...
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[OPINION] Third telco: More fiction than real
Let’s go straight to the point. The much ballyhooed entry of a third player in the local telecommunications industry by March, 2018 is a brutal joke. It’s easier said than done.The third telco player...
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[OPINION] Train law: What does it change?
As we celebrated the New Year, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law or Republic Act No 10963 took effect on January 1, 2018. Train overhauls the outdated National Internal Revenue...
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Transforming universities into sustainable campuses, one pedal at a time
Aside from “Ikot” and “Toki” public utility jeepneys, two wheels are getting traction as a form of transportation in the country’s premier state university— a step forward to sustainable urban...
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Trump on pissing on Pyongyang, evolution and Genesis, and getting advice from...
Today, I received an email from a friend that I can’t resist sharing with you guys.Dear Walden:Fortune smiles upon me. I never sought access to a Trump press conference, but accidentally got into one....
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Sasagasaan ng TRAIN ang mahirap
Dalawa lang daw ang tiyak sa buhay, kamatayan at buwis. Tanggap na natin ito basta hindi buwis ang ikamamatay natin.Nandito na ang Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law o TRAIN ng...
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[OPINION] The contradictions of the Black Nazarene
Outsiders accuse it of many things. For some it is idolatrous. For others still it is mindless fanaticism. The privileged think of it as hooliganism. In their view, its devotees, many of whom are urban...
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[OPINION] Rush to disaster: The untold story behind the Sanofi-Garin deal
Little did I know up to a few weeks ago that Mamasapano would not be our last disastrous legacy from the Aquino administration. If Mamasapano was the tragic intersection of geopolitics and President...
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[OPINION] Without enough transfers, tax reform law will hurt the poor
There’s a great deal of confusion and fear now surrounding the new tax reform law or TRAIN, so much so that even high-ranking government officials are spreading wrong advice on how to deal with it.But...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: 5 ways to shield yourself from fake news
MANILA, Philippines – Fake news and disinformation has reached crisis proportions all over the world. History teacher Leloy Claudio gives us 5 tips to identify – and shield ourselves from – fake news....
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[OPINION | Newspoint] Constitutional tyranny
In one of those rare moments, Rodrigo Duterte said something comprehensible and, moreover, decidedly revelatory about both himself and us.Never mind that he may not be aware, given his mental...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Krisis ng tiwala sa Kongresong uukit ng Saligang Batas
“Para nating ipinasulat sa mga zombie ang Konstitusyon.” ‘Yan ang hinaing ng isang party-list congressman sa pagpapaubaya ng charter change sa Kongreso.Totoong maraming butas ang 30-anyos na Saligang...
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[OPINION] Sidewalks and dengvaxia
When I took my morning walk the other day, I realized that we now have an ingrained inability to appreciate sidewalks.We are not a walking city despite our over-the-top traffic situation. Given what I...
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[OPINION] The courage that Rappler inspires
During the period of Martial Law, there were voices in the night that dared speak truth to power and thus inspired courage among many of us who strove to struggle against a formidable dictatorship....
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Case vs Rappler not a freedom of the press issue? Please.
In the days following the Securities and Exchanges Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler’s articles of incorporation, Malacañang repeatedly denied that it was a form of political harassment. In...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] The elephant in the room
President Duterte can deny it all he likes, but there's just no way he can dispel the suspicion that he is behind the move to drive the news website Rappler out of business.All the Securities and...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Of sexual predators and sexual klutzes
The lecherous sexual predator. The sexual bully who alternately uses pressure and affection to weasel his way into your pants. The bumbling sexual klutz who doesn’t know what to do with his hands or...
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[OPINYON] Bangungot-pangkalusugan: Ang kuwento ng sabwatang Garin-Sanofi
Hanggang nitong ilang linggo lang ang nakakaraan, hindi ko inakala na hindi pa pala ang Mamasapano ang huling trahedyang ipinamana ng administrasyong Aquino. Kung ang Mamasapano ay resulta ng...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Eh ano ngayon kung ma-padlock ang Rappler?
Mahal naming Millennial,Bakit ba papansin ang Rappler sa gusot na pinasok nito? Eh ano ngayon kung masarhan kayo?Makinig ka Millennial, dahil hindi malayo sa bituka mo ang bantang pagpapasara ng kahit...
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