If only somebody could arrange for famed boxer Manny Pacquiao to fight a world championship bout everyday. Or if only Good Friday could be made to happen every week. Then Metro Manila’s traffic problems would be solved, with streets empty because people would either be indoors watching the fight, or out of town on holiday.
Commuters suffer
April 25th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Sneak In
Policing the Philippines’ law enforcers
April 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The official motto of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is “we serve and protect”. Filipinos might well ask – whom? On 23 November 2009, 58 people were kidnapped and slaughtered in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. Women in the group were raped, shot and mutilated. The bodies were buried by use of an earthmoving construction tractor. [...]
Tags: Political reporting
The fate of newspapers
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Twelve years ago I ran the following cover in a magazine of which I was the editor in chief. In the accompanying package of stories we asked various journalists in Manila for their opinions about the effect of the Internet on newspapers. At that time, newspapers in the Philippines were only beginning to go online. [...]
Tags: Online Journalism
