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Human rights film was initially rated X?
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- Joseph Estrada’s biographical documentary “Ang Mabuhay para sa Masa” was rated X last year because the part about Edsa People Power II tended to “incit[e] political rebellion,” but the nation was not indignant.
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Anti-Chinese racism
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- Wednesday’s Senate hearing brought out into the open whatever latent racism lingers within the Filipino soul.
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‘Back off!’: the new idiom of corruption
by Raul Pangalangan
Thirty years ago, we celebrated Sept. 21 as Thanksgiving Day, as declared by President Ferdinand Marcos. A whole nation backed down when told to back off, and ended up celebrating the first day of the dictatorship, the day martial law was proclaimed, to sing hallelujah for their chains.
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The iniquity of selective prosecution
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- The public response to the conviction of former president Joseph Estrada has been mixed because the issue that was decided by a court of law
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By all means, respect privacy -- but whose?
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Senate allies want to block the Garci investigation because to play the infamous tapes will “violat[e] the civil rights of Mrs. Arroyo.”
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No atheists during the bar exams
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- Each Sunday in September, a strange group of Filipinos observes an unusual ritual. By 5 a.m., the entire portion of Taft Avenue in front of the De La Salle University is closed to traffic.
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Peace Corps: the America we do not see
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- The trial has just begun for the man accused of killing a well-loved Peace Corps volunteer. Julia Campbell put her journalism career on hold to serve in Bicol, in one of the country’s poorer provinces, and lived among people who would later call her affectionately “Ate Julia” [Elder Sister Julia]
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On legislating holiday economics
by Raul Pangalangan
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has for some time now adopted a policy of “holiday economics,” and ordered that certain holidays be observed on the Monday nearest to the date being commemorated. On July 25 this year, that policy became law.
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