November 2011
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“Sa kania’y utang ang unang pagtangap
ng simuy ng hanging nagbibigay...”
– Andres Bonifacio, Pagibig sa Tinubuang Bayan (Love of Country) as translated by Teodoro Agoncillo
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“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...”
– Albus Dumbledore in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
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The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right →
discoverynews:
Actually, scientists are finding that the ability to detect sarcasm really is useful. For the past 20 years, researchers from linguists to psychologists to neurologists have been studying our ability to perceive snarky remarks and gaining new insights into how the mind works. Studies have shown that exposure to sarcasm enhances creative problem solving, for instance. Children...
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“A life without a cause, is a life without effect.”
– Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)
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Kill The Natives!
panchodelaluna:
Survival International reports of tribal communities in Palawan, Philippines, “some of whom have little contact with outsiders”, protesting against the joint venture of Lucio Tan’s MacroAsia Corporation and China’s Jinchuan Group Ltd; in a signed agreement “to extract up to one million metric tons of nickel ore a year from the tropical Filipino forest of Brooke’s Point.”
What...
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“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have past at home in...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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Kabag-uhan sa Yutang Gidak-an
Ubay-ubay ang kabag-uhan akong nakit-an ug nasinati sa yutang akong gidak-an. Ang uban nagdala’g kalipay samtang ang uban makasubo, ug usahay, makapungot. Maingong galangkob kini tanan sa giingong pag-uswag sa yutang gidak-an. Apan, nanghinaut ako nga unta ang tanang mga kabag-uhan sa yutang akong gidak-an alang sa kaayuhan sa katauhan ug dili magdala ug kadaut ug kagubot
I have seen and...
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Massacre still haunts Mindanao media →
The massacre that caught the world’s attention and gave the country the reputation as the world’s most dangerous place for journalists haunts Mindanao journalists two years later.
Asked to take pictures of the Davao mansions of the Ampatuan clan, a photojournalist who normally covers stories in conflict areas promptly asked, “Are there snipers there?”
A TV5 camera crew which had taken shots of...
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“There is broad consensus on the critical role of free and independent media in a...”
– Democracy and the Media: The Ineluctable Connection between Democracy and the Quality of Journalism
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About impunity and press freedom...
califragelistic:
The Wolf: Just a couple of days after the Maguindanao Massacre, armed men attack another journalist
ellobofilipino:
I woke up to this Facebook status update today from Mindanao-based photojournalist Froilan Gallardo:
LESS than 48 hours after we attended the End the Impunity march and concert, gunmen attacked Bombo radio reporter and anchor Michael James Licuanan or...
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Just a couple of days after the Maguindanao...
I woke up to this Facebook status update today from Mindanao-based photojournalist Froilan Gallardo:
LESS than 48 hours after we attended the End the Impunity march and concert, gunmen attacked Bombo radio reporter and anchor Michael James Licuanan or popularly known as James Dacoycoy after he stepped out from his station in Cagayan de Oro City last night. Luckily, the gunmen missed Dacoycoy on...
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Supreme Court orders Hacienda Luisita to... →
The Surpeme Court, voting 14-0, has ordered the distribution of almost 5,000 hectares of land to some 6,000 farmer beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita Inc.(HLI), the sugar plantation owned by the Cojuangco side of the family of President Benigno Aquino III.
In a 56-page decision, the 14 magistrates “recalled and set aside” the option given to the farmer beneficiaries — some of them...
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“In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what...”
– Ernest Hemingway
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On the Maguindanao massacre, impunity and the role...
juanrepublic:
Kung wala kayang mga mamamahayag na kasamang pinatay sa tinaguriang Ampatuan Massacre, ganoon din kaya ang lebel ng interes ng publiko at media hype tungkol dito? O ituturing lang na isa na namang ordinaryong patayan? Na kapag naglao’y agad ding makakalimutan? Tingnan mo ang nangyari sa Quirino Grandstand Hostage Tragedy, hanggang ngayon, wala pa ding nananagot. E paano kaya,...
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“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it...”
– John F. Kennedy
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On CNN Turkey's "Live from the source."
ibelieveicreate:
ellobofilipino:
ibelieveicreate:
“Live from the source.” CNN print ad campaign by DDB & Co. (Turkey)
I just really like this campaign so much. It made me laugh and die a little inside (since, you know, we’re still not getting the recommended news from the sources).
Yep, it is funny. But somehow, and I hope you’d forgive me, I have mixed feelings about it. While it is...
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Philippine massacre victims to file case vs Arroyo →
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Relatives of 57 people massacred in 2009 in the southern Philippines are suing former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the killings, which they claim she could have prevented, a lawyer said Tuesday.
At least two Arroyo allies, including a former governor of an autonomous Muslim region, are among about 100 suspects being tried on murder charges in the...
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No one checks the sources of the stuff they reblog...
mohandasgandhi:
If a story comes from one source and you can’t find any others, that’s a good sign that it’s probably not very reliable.
Women miscarrying 3 months into a pregnancy from pepper spray?
Transgender persons having an average lifespan of 23 years?
Egypt being overtaken by militant Islamic factions?
Come on. Use Google once in a while.
As the saying goes: Google is your friend.
ethanolic asked: Sir Kim, gusto ko lang kayong tanungin kung kumusta na ang insomnia nyo at kung nabawasan na ba ang tasa ng kape na iniinom nyo sa isang araw. lol random
matabangutak asked: Hi sir! ano masasabi niyo sa nangyayari kay Gloria ngayon? Happy sa naging outcome po ba?
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What's Happening in Syria Explained. →
promotingpeace:
The basics: Syria is an Arab country with more than 22 million people; it borders many of the major players in the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey) and is roughly the size of North Dakota. Syria famously lost the Golan Heights to Israel in 1967, during the Arab-Israeli war; negotiations between the two countries have been minimal in recent years. Like many...
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A letter to President Noynoy Aquino on the... →
uhitsjayvee:
Think about it, Mr. President: what good would a straight road serve if it is splattered with the blood of the innocent?
(via)
And this part got me…
Mr. President, the Maguindanao Massacre was the result of an age-old war between the pen and the sword. Of all the things that compel a tyrant to face his or her fears, it is trough the pen by which weakness is exposed. And...
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"If" by Rudyard Kipling
sharingpoetry:
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not...
