Legislation not a solution to `Filipino time’ problem
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 28, 9:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
Is there reason to be excited about the proposed Philippine Standard Time Act of 2009? Can it really cure the problem of “Filipino time”? Should...
Source: Rising Sun
Ampatuan massacre and journalists as newsmakers
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 21, 11:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
Some journalists reportedly went overboard when they mobbed the primary suspect in what is now known as the Ampatuan massacre which resulted in 57 deaths,...
Source: Rising Sun
Proposed Freedom of Information Act and media repression
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 14, 5:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Concerned journalists and other groups are expected to go to the Senate today (December 14) to push for the approval on third reading of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 3308, also...
Source: Rising Sun
Rushed martial law report deserves an `F’
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 7, 6:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Students know fully well the consequences of submitting a badly written paper. Too bad the same can’t be said for the powers-that-be in the Philippines.
Rushing to...
Source: Rising Sun
Unpopular Philippine President runs for Congress to perpetuate herself in power
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (November 30, 7:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Is she running for Congress to run away from something?
It’s official: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo files her certificate of candidacy tomorrow (December...
Source: Rising Sun
UP activist-professor denied tenure
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (November 23, 6:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Please allow me to start with a disclosure: Aside from my job as a journalist, I am a tenured faculty member of the University of the Philippines (UP) currently on special...
Source: Rising Sun
Pacquiao and the Philippine reality
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (November 16, 1:30 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
That he has made boxing history is already a reality. At this point, we only need to ask ourselves: What is the reality of boxing in the Philippine setting?
With his 12th-round...
Source: Rising Sun
