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#philippines #drug policy #gender & sexuality

It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. I am sketching out here…

“It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. I am sketching out here opinions based on information, they may prove right, or may prove wrong, and they’re intended just to challenge and be part of a wider dialogue.”

#global studies

Critics fear focus on research impact in next funding programme could lead to a REF-type exercise

“Critics fear focus on research impact in next funding programme could lead to a REF-type exercise”

#higher education

Millennials earning a monthly income of, say, P30,000 could instead be earning somewhere between P90,000 to P120,000 today

“We argue in this article that, 3 decades after he was ousted, Marcos continues to have a substantial yet invisible impact on Filipinos today: Were it not for his bad economic policies and mismanagement, the average Filipino today would now be enjoying an annual income 3 to 4 times larger than what he or she currently earns.”

#araling pilipino #philippines

Positive outcome and cost savings follow from focus on drug rehab programs.

“State funding should go to medical and psychological support aimed at rehabilitation instead of criminal justice measures "because that's where this money should go into; where it's needed the most," Gunawan said. “

#drug policy #philippines

Donald J Trump has emerged victorious in the historic, and historically acerbic, 2016 American presidential election. What does this outcome mean for the world?

“By contrast, with Donald Trump in the White House, Southeast Asia’s entry into China’s orbit will quicken. Indeed, his repudiation of trading relations and security commitments seems to leave countries in the region with no alternative. And his anti-Muslim vitriol will add steam, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. “

#global studies

Geoffroy Dolphin, Member of the St. Gallen Symposium's global Leaders of ...

“The current context of distrust and seemingly widening divide between elites and the broader citizenry makes such an argument hard to dismiss. Yet the complexities of today’s world require a form of indirect democracy, which only thrives if the constituents trust their representatives or, in a more general way, if the masses trust the elites. Breaking this link is putting democracy at risk. Failing to restore it is sentencing it to a messy death.”

#administration

When I began this article a few days ago, my intent was to help put context to the Philippine’s war on drugs and offer up a different…

“It is unfortunate that the Western press focuses on Duterte’s rhetoric. However, that rhetoric is effective. For once, the Philippines is being courted by the US, China, Russia, and other countries in the world. The Philippine’s ASEAN partners are beginning to consult once again with the Philippines as the rightful open, friendly, trading and security partner afforded by the strategic geographical placement of the country. For once, the crime rate is decreasing and people are starting to feel safer walking down their streets. For once, the Filipino people see their government working for them, rather than the oligarchs who have run the country for over 60 years. For once, farmers are getting their subsidies. For once, there is peace between the Communist and the government. For once, the Moro National Liberation Front are working with the government and conducting joint missions with the military to defeat ISIS. This didn’t happen by accident but by the deliberate strategic rhetoric and action by President Duterte that started with being accountable for the drug and corruption war and putting the Filipino people first, ahead of American and Western interests. Finally, the Philippines matters again.”

#drug policy #philippines

Amid the bustling activities of the 2016 WSK media arts festival, event director Tengal Drilon shares about the festival’s history, its current focus on community-building, and how to curate the “recently possible.”

““New” media takes on yet another meaning in the seventh edition of WSK, The Festival of the Recently Possible, a semi-annual gathering of local and international sound and visual artists mostly engaging in digital arts collaborations, analog workshops, and other electroacoustic festivities. Starting around 2008, WSK has been one of the few local purveyors of unpopular music tastes and unorthodox sensibilities, and is continuously growing into a community of artists, researchers, curators, hackers, technologists, and organizers looking for avenues where their works and ideas are warmly welcomed.”

#music #philippines

So here, now, is Hillary Clinton—168 years after the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls in New York, 96 years after women in America gained the right to vote, 37 years after that community-access interview—poised to be elected president. The 45th president of the United States. And the first woman. If the polls are right, she is on the verge of an outcome that would be no less historic than the election of Barack Obama. If she wins on Tuesday, she will be, forever, the woman who shattered the highest, hardest glass ceiling.

#gender & sexuality #global studies

Officials in Manila say data being used to support President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign is flawed. That affects how many people end up on dreaded hit lists.

“Top anti-narcotics officials in the Philippines admit that data the president uses to justify his battle against drugs is flawed and exaggerated. That could determine who gets drug treatment - and who ends up on dreaded hit lists.”

#drug policy #philippines

With designers departing historic houses and the rise of digital creating a culture of more, more, more, BoF editor at large Tim Blanks joins designer Erdem Moralioglu, blogger Susanna Lau, publicist Daniel Marks and editor JJ Martin to discuss the problems facing the industry and how to fix them.

“With designers departing historic houses and the rise of digital creating a culture of more, more, more, BoF editor at large Tim Blanks joins designer Erdem Moralioglu, blogger Susanna Lau, publicist Daniel Marks and editor JJ Martin to discuss the problems facing the industry and how to fix them”

#dress studies

“Nelle Filippine è in corso una war on drugs che ha fatto migliaia di morti in pochi mesi, mentre la comunità internazionale resta inerte difronte alle gravi violazioni dei diritti umani e al susseguirsi di omicidi extragiudiziali. Intanto il neoeletto presidente fa la voce grossa e sembra intenzionato a ridisegnare gli equilibri strategici nel Sudest Asiatico“

#drug policy #philippines

Computer viruses used to be works of (evil genius) art. Now you can relive their glory days with the Malware Museum.

“The other (small) letdown is that the Malware Museum doesn’t include the very first virus, Brain.A, which messed with your hard drive and said something about a dungeon. Hypponen returned that one to the dudes in Pakistan who wrote it way back in 1986. But you can watch his YouTube documentary on this seminal virus. And at the museum, there are plenty of others that can get you all hot and bothered”

#information studies

The spirit of 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution has “evaporated” like a bubble, Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile said Thursday.

#philippines #araling pilipino

A militant youth group claimed on Wednesday that profits of some of the country's top private universities have nearly doubled under the term of President Benigno Aquino III—a sign, they said,

“Citing annual financial statements gathered from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Kabataan party-list said that five universities—Far Eastern University (FEU), University of the East (UE), Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU), University of Santo Tomas (UST), and De La Salle University (DLSU)—have increased their revenues and profits in a span of five years.“

#higher education #philippines

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