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Use of language: Focus on Baybayin by Alma Anonas-Carpio
The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, with between 120 and 170 distinct languages, according to various scholars.
Ours is a nation of many cultures and many permutations on those core cultural roots, written and spoken languages and religious beliefs and practices.
As...
That darned fake news!!!
by Psyche Roxas-Mendoza
If you are a journalist, you would know that the term “fake news” is an oxymoron; a contradiction in terms. News by definition is the accurate reportage of an event. So, if it is accurate, how can it be fake? If...
Heads, tails, tar and feathers
The mess that is the Dengvaxia issue as it stands now does nothing for the public good. Over the last week, the public saw just how much the government did not get its act together: Politicking trumped actual concern for the public good....
Command Responsibility vs. Commanding Irresponsibility
To be goaded to question a legal decision is one thing; to be reduced to a speechless wreck is another.
This, apparently, is where the train slammed against the tree: When I read a Philippine Daily Inquirer report saying that the Department of Justice...
Federalism: How other countries did it (Conclusion)
What is federalism?
It’s word that needs to be properly defined especially with the current moves to amend the Constitution, a move that is being pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies in Congress.
Changing the country’s form of government is a promise that...
Lessons on fire safety
Fire.
That one word evokes fear and panic, especially when flames occur in the presence of humans within an enclosed structure.
Many lessons have been learned from the tragedy in Quezon City inside the Ozone Disco, when fire killed 162 people 20 years ago and...
