Author: attysy

Media law

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I AM part of the media establishment and will try to make this as objective as possible. If not so, do tell me. G.K. Chesterton, the 20th century writer and thinker, said, “Not facts first; truth first.” Alas, our media do not know this simple truth. In the quest for news and whatever is newsworthy and [...]

Inside Trillanes

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Never have we Filipinos been so united in our singular viewpoint on that one event - the Trillanes caper. It has been variously described as a farce, a comedy, a stunt, an adventure or a misadventure, a crime and a rebellion and some other more unsavory words condemning his takeover of Manila Pen after walking [...]

Lost youth

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Finally we realize the folly of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) project—the stated objective of preparing the youth ages 15-18 for political consciousness, social awareness and civic involvement by setting up a special electoral process for them to organize and make their voices heard. Sixteen years after the Local Government Code of 1991, traditional politics has [...]

Three deaths

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We live as if we live forever. It takes a death for us to face up to what is essential; in my case, three. I go personal on this essay. Nat was our corps commander in high school – tall, respected, dedicated and armed with a booming voice. He went under the knife a few months [...]

Scam alert

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Another bomb, another scam. Instability is as instability goes; we don’t need to complicate our lives by giving in to greed or stupidity. This assumes that we are aware of our greed or ignorant in the first place. But how can we be not in the aftermath of PIPC and Francswiss?