Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 25, 2019
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Privatization is creating an artificial water shortage
Privatization is creating an artificial water shortage
Focusing on just Manila Water diverts the issue away from privatization as the central issue in, and underlying reason behind, the artificial shortage. As such, it also has the effect of absolving government of responsibility when in fact, the biggest accountability in all this lies with government for abandoning its duty to ensure water for the people.
Reading in the age of distraction
Reading in the age of distraction
We are back to the basics. Threatened by armies of disinformation, our best weapon is the truth. Reading the truth, deciphering the truth, fighting for the truth. In the age of ephemeral attention, reading is an act we can pursue, promote, and steer towards our other political endeavors.
Duterte and Trump
Duterte and Trump
Mr. Duterte and Trump do have certain things in common. But they won’t be enough to make a difference once the US is convinced that Mr. Duterte’s pivot to China is real enough and hostile to US interests.
How redbaiting triggers the killing of activists in the Philippines
How redbaiting triggers the killing of activists in the Philippines
No one has stopped them from lampooning the CPP in local and international platforms. But they turned their valid right to criticize into a cheap redbaiting ploy to attack activists. It is therefore not a surprise to learn that the state has used their work to develop a propaganda material and even legal evidence to persecute militant activists while praising the politics of the moderates.
Teknolohiya at seguridad sa ating online na buhay
Teknolohiya at seguridad sa ating online na buhay
Huwag masyadong umasa sa bagong teknolohiya at maging sobrang maingat sa pagbibigay ng personal na impormasyon. Kung kailangang makipag-usap sa isang tao at malapit lang naman siya, huwag nang gumamit ng high-tech na gadget at direkta nang makipagkita sa kanya. Iba pa rin ang personal na interaksyon kahit na may bagong teknolohiyang nangangako ng personal na ginhawa.
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