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Singapore — PCOO Dept. Order No. 15 allows any “social media practitioner” with 5,000 followers to be granted similar access as journalists. But audiences decide what is bought in the marketplace of ideas, not such rules. “Bloggers”…
Singapore—Do we have a political democracy, a free market economy but a socialist mindset? Does making everything free destroy the things worth paying for? As a University of the Philippines alumnus, I believe education is a constitutional…
Jakarta — “We cannot have one rule regarding colorum for [Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS)] and another rule for… bus, UV express, taxi and PUJ,” declared Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chair Martin Delgra III.…
Jakarta — Media misframing of the martial law debate and its hyping of Justice Marvic Leonen’s dissent clearly won martial law’s extension. The letters on the sides of news reports on Congress’ joint session last July…
(Warning: Season 6 spoilers!) This is President Francis J. Underwood. SWS reported your resounding 57-percent approval of my Season 6 trailer. After my war on terror’s paranoia, placing your banana republic under martial law again will…
Jakarta — Many were “shookt” by Justice Marvic Leonen’s dissent — before the Lagman decision was out! — because only he argued martial law is invalid even in Marawi City. Some headlines dubbed Leonen the “lone…
Solicitor General Jose Calida answered Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that if martial law were a sentence, it would end with an exclamation point instead of a period. This was the legal bombshell of the decade.…
Singapore—When #PrayForMarawi trended the day after martial law, I encouraged young Muslims to write. Two years ago, an Inquirer guest column linked acid throwing and Shari’ah law, despite the glaring lack of acid throwing here. Unlike the…
Inverness, United Kingdom — Inquirer opinion columns are now 30 percent shorter after the grand redesign. But in the age of smartphones, one has long been compelled to write shorter and punchier. Fellow columnists immediately sent…
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