Re “Thank God for cable?”, I think the TV5 thing is a good development in terms of a stronger (and more journalistically objective) alternative to ABS-CBN and GMA. Actually, in our household, I have drastically limited my family’s viewing of those greedy and far-from-truthful networks.

sorry , ngayon ko lang nabasa .

@blogs
blogs are something of a new thing not just for a government office like ours but for the general Filipino public as well.. i dont think there is any policy regarding the treatment of blogs in the filipino web community, if there is, i am not aware of it and it has not reached me..

when damaging/inspiring articles appear on emails, blogs, or from general media, people from the office of the executive secretary or whatever office concerned sometimes rebut or explain through internal email.. sometimes leaflets are handed out.. sometimes, each head of office will say something about it come flag raising ceremony.. nothing out of the ordinary..

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the CBCP is not the Church. it does not even purport to be the voice of Roman Catholic Philippines. its member-bishops are just speaking for themselves

I agree with your observation. Mainstream media still dominate the attention of the Filipino people, especially the C,D, and E markets. See the resilience of AM radio stations and tabloids in the local dialects.

I’m curious though if government is monitoring what’s being blogged and commented, at least in the bigger audience sites like mlq3′s, ET’s, etc.

I surmise GOP is monitoring what’s being entered about the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and similar high profile Filipino personas in Wiki and other online info services.

Say what Mr. Liam Tinio?

For this reason, global education should be a part or a mandate of schools in the Philippines. It is imperative that global education be included in the Philippine social studies curriculum. The country presently continues to be colonized by multi-national corporations through globalization. In fact, the Philippines has been subjected to the IMF and the World Bank’s Structural Adjustment Program for more than three decades now. Hopefully it is covered in the higher grades, although it is not to say that primary children are not capable of understanding the concept. Its inclusion, as early as the primary years, may be a more effective tool in developing democratic citizens.

Peace education should be designed around global issues, studies that address the problems brought about by globalization, a more holistic approach to themes related to environmental care, cultural solidarity, human rights and social justice. By introducing global perspectives through issues-centred methods, students become critical thinkers. They are better prepared to deal with changes and are empowered to take their place in a dynamic interconnected world.

it makes me wonder whether the state has a hidden agenda to encourage globalization and to silence communication around its effects. Avoidance of the issues is tantamount to encouraging and condoning the ills of globalization.

That journalist didn’t “create an audience of angry people”. Gloria did. “Negative” depends on which side of the equation you belong.

Nakakainis, these are the very same people who are supposed to help protect the welfare of OFWs and yet they are the first law breakers.

Why are GMA appointees either crooks or losers?

2.The spending for social services decreased from 24 percent in 2006 to 22 percent in 2007. With the decreasing trend in expenditures for social services, real capita spending on health, education, social security, welfare and employment and housing went down.

implemented solution?
http://www.iro.ph/downloads/Presentations/Feb%202008%20YEB/DBM%20FINAL.pdf

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/1/29/philippine-congress-ratifies-us30-bln-national-budget-for-2008/

Balancing the deficit:
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-04/24/content_8041693.htm

http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20080627-145015/2007-budget-deficit-adjusted-upward

Overambitious Filipino?
‘The feeling is that they’ve been overambitious,” said Jun Trinidad, an economist with Salomon Smith Barney in Manila. Yet Mrs. Arroyo’s government reiterated its promise today, adding that the fight against terrorism and corruption would force it to go even deeper into the red in 2003, although it would result in a lower deficit relative to the growing economy.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E6D81138F932A05754C0A9649C8B63