Journalism seems to be a very hard and dangerous job especially in a place where journalist killing is an ordinary scenario. This sad reality poses one question: When will this killing stop?
Many unsolved cases of local journalists being murdered over the past have kept the Philippines in third place among the countries listed as the most dangerous in the world for journalists. According to infoplease.com, Iraq is the most dangerous country with 166 journalist deaths followed by Syria with 79.
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(I made this article for The Davao Wave in the year 2013 so some information might be outdated.)
“An empty stomach knows no law”. This may be the shield for every looting incident that happens whenever there is a calamity. A justification that may be used by people affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda that devastated Tacloban City and other areas last November 8.
(I made this article for The Davao Wave in the year 2013 so some information might be outdated.)
“Back off”, Hindi ‘yan totoo.”, “Liar!”
These are but a few of the many derogatory remarks that people opt to tell the truth behind great anomalies, or better known as whistle blowers, receive when they speak what they think is right.
(I made this article for The Davao Wave in the year 2013 so some information might be outdated.)
With the negative issues and controversies that befell our government these past few months, every Filipino, rich or poor, young or old, deserves the right to know the truth of the matters.
The conception of this House Bill known as Freedom of Information Bill would give the public access to government records and somehow efface the doubts of the people on our government especially on anomalies that involve money. (Source: GMA News)
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“Ang taong hindi lumilingon sa kanyang pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa kanyang patutunguhan.” , a Filipino maxim which suits a rather Filipino matter at hand.
The education sector is confronted with another issue to deal when the Comission on Higher Education (CHED) laid its plan of removing Filipino subjects in college; thus caused heated debates that continue to make social uproars.
Information, helpful as it may be, can be very dangerous especially if it is misleading. A good example of such is the misconception hounding the Anti-Invasion of Privacy bill wrongly dubbed as “anti-selfie” which has caused people to react negatively without even knowing what the bill truly is.
House Bill 4807, the proposed “Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act”,seeks to penalize invasion of privacy for profit or commercial purposes especially in taking pictures with malicious intent and other forms of vested interests.
Lean Raphael Alfafara 