On Tuesday, the Bishops called an emergency meeting. It took some time to reach a consensus and to finalize the statement. After all was said and done, the Bishops released their Pastoral Statement: Seeking Truth, Restoring Integrity. We were waiting as to whether or not they too would call for the resignation […]
February 25, 1986. Where were you? A great deal of many Filipinos remember and know exactly what they were doing on that day. This was the day, when Filipinos across the nation, and the rest of the world also found out where Ferdinand Marcos was. And it was the important […]
As we move through this NBN scandal and the Jun Lozada Testimony, we can only think of the Billions or even Trillions of pesos lost because of corruption. Each and every act of corruption that funnels government money into the hands corrupt government officials, each act has a victim.
These are the victims, the children […]
Corruption it seems is the very bane of The Filipino existence. Ever since one was born, one could already understand its meaning. It may even have been the first word of many politicians, knowing perhaps their future in public office. It is corruption in the midst of poverty that seems an all […]
In the past weeks, bloggers, Overseas Filipino Workers, our readers, and the general Filipino public have displayed their outrage, in what was an inappropriate, bigoted, and discriminatory article written by Malu Fernandez. The issue was born out of a scanned article, and quickly grew as soon as blogger’s took up the issue.
Tingog.com […]
The Malu Fernandez issue of bigotry, discrimination, and irresponsibility with regards to her article in People Asia Magazine and her subsequent article in The Manila Standard Today has finally caused the specific result that we have been calling for, and that she is no longer affiliated or writes for both media organizations.
In a statement which […]
It seems there are some who would condemn the firing of Malu Fernandez, but I’m sorry, this is the stand I am taking, and I am happy to say, many of our dear readers are taking that stand with me. We refuse to back down, and we refuse to give way to bigotry. […]
To think that the paper itself is titled the Manila Standard Today, begs the question as to what kind of standards they are upholding. Indeed with such an article that was written by Malu Fernandez, The Manila Standard Today should have stepped up to the plate and fired Malu Fernandez. People Asia Magazine […]
Malu Fernandez’s contention that no one gets her “acerbic wit” is maybe why she remains clueless. Any sane and logical person would not be able to understand any statement if it is senseless and illogical. The fact that she thinks this sort of writing is witty is something that leaves this reader scratching […]
The People Asia article of Malu Fernandez is based on prejudice and discrimination on the belief that social or economic status determines a person’s worth. And that just because one perceives himself or herself as being in the higher socioeconomic class, gives that person the right to speak with great and utter disrespect, intolerance, […]
With the recent irresponsible, elitist, bigoted, and discriminating comments made by Manila Standard Today columnist Malu Fernandez in her People Asia magazine article “From Boracay to Greece” in which she makes many belittling comments about Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos in general, the response from Filipino bloggers have been overwhelming, and have not been light […]
The Humanitarian Crisis, the Genocide - This is the reality of Darfur for the past four years. In a recent move by the United Nations, they have approved up to 26,000 more troops and police for Darfur.
U.N. approves up to 26,000 troops, police for Darfur
The U.N. Security Council authorized on Tuesday up to 26,000 […]
The value of Free Speech and of speaking up when others cannot or choose not to is one of the hallmarks of a free society. The following quote is by Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) a German Lutheran pastor as well as a theologian. He lived during the rule of Nazi Germany and was initially […]
A friend of mine once asked, why do I do what I do. “You are such a busy person, but why do you pursue this need?”
I told him bluntly, that it’s not a choice, it is my duty. With the poor who remain hungry, and the hungry who die, and the dead who […]
I wrote the following a month ago, when I was outraged by a reply I received to my invitation to express a reaction to the murder of Musa Dimasidsing. This is also a response to Manuel’s hunch regarding the lack of blogger response to the MILF ambush of a military convoy and subsequent killing […]
Center For People Empowerment in Governance (CenPeg) has come out with a point blank report that indeed President Gloria M. Arroyo should be held responsible for the extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations that has happened and is continuing to happen in The Philippines.
A consensus is shaping up among lawyers’ circles, human rights groups, […]
