Women Talk Back: We Are Not All Vagina
The role of women in Philippine media from the years before the EDSA people power revolt to the present “Dal-a na. Ingna ang mga sundalo....
The “misuse” of psychological assessment vs CJ Sereno
Read the four functions of psychological assessments and diagnosis of psychological conditions. The question is? was the House of Representative (HOR) ethical in showing Chief...
Duterte and portrayal of women in 10 of his speeches
by Reuben James Barrete, as originally published in his Facebook account. In recent months, I collected some of the transcripts of the President’s speeches to...
#WalkOutPH: Youth dares President Duterte to address people’s issues
Students staged a walkout or national day of action on February 23, 2o18 as they decry the continuing deterioration of democratic rights. They vowed to...
10 things you need to know about the Divorce Bill in Congress
The proposed bill titled “An Act Instituting Divorce and Absolute Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines”, substituted House Bills 116, 1062, 2380 and 6027 and...
Blogging for social good: 8 tips to responsible blogging and engagement
To curb the spread of disinformation or fake news, I do my share as a blogger by writing articles of national interest and those that...
Transcript: SC Associate Justice Leonen on Our Fundamental Freedoms #FightDisinfo
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen’s inspiring keynote address on Day 1 of the Democracy and Disinformation Conference held last February 12, 2018, following...
Quotable quotes from the Democracy & Disinformation Conference #FightDisinfo
The “Democracy and Disinformation,” Conference with 42 resource persons discussed ways to tackle fake news, other forms of disinformation, and how to fight back .For...
Why we should protest China’s military build up in the West Philippine Sea
The Duterte regime has refused mounting calls to protest China’s military build-up in the disputed islands, relying instead on the non-existent “good faith” of Duterte’s...
How to stop the spread of fake news. is legislation the proper remedy?
This is my position paper as one of the resource speakers for the second public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Public Information and...
Moves to fight “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders in 2018 (updated)
Fake news. It’s complicated. I prefer not to call it “fake news” but it has already become an umbrella term that talks about a specific...
Bloggers for Freedom
I am grateful to all the bloggers for agreeing or planning to sign the Bloggers for Freedom statement. …. We are happy and proud of...
Stand by Rappler, stay tuned
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism HARSH and with horrifying implications on the full and untrammeled exercise of press freedom. That is the least...
I stand with Rappler. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the freedoms over which we stand guard....
Additional legislation may not be the answer to curbing fake news
Fake news is nothing new. Since time immemorial, disinformation has been used to serve political and social ends. For example, in ancient times deceit was...