My travels to places where there are no paths to follow.
FRANCIS S. SONTILLANO, 1955-1970. He is the first and youngest martyr of the Philippine Science High School (killed at 15) in the long struggle against the US-Marcos fascist regime that soon shifted to open terrorist rule under martial law. Continue reading “Francis Sontillano, 1955-1970”
False information does not amount to fake news.
“Fake” means forgery, counterfeit—something intentionally fabricated from other stuff to look like the authentic one and thus deceive people. Every day though, throughout the world, we encounter many news items which are proven false but with no intent to deceive. News sources and informants, reporters, and editors may make honest mistakes due to various factors, too many to list here. Continue reading “Fake news implies intent to deceive”
TRANSFERRING ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS TO THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency won’t basically solve the problem — neither the drug problem nor extra-judicial killings or EJK. Why? Because:
Continue reading “Drugs and EJKs and cop stories”