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From Hemley to Locsin to Quezon and all they’ve called to arms in the real world and here on cyberspace, from Facebook to Twitter— you know who you are, We did it! We actually did it! Wow! You can read it on Business Mirror (thanks @bigenya for the heads up!), Palace revisits ‘Book Blockade’ after drawing flak from UN or [...]
Here is the full official statement of Unesco Philippines Commission opposing imposition of book import duties. Profuse thanks to @mlq3 for posting the link on Twitter: Taxing Our Future Publish at Scribd or explore others: Taxes & Accounting Business & Law world society
This is a screenshot from this page of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines’ Website: In your words: The rule of law, in its most basic form, simply means no one is above the law. In a more profound sense, the rule of law attempts to protect the rights of citizens from arbitrary and abusive [...]
The Philippine Daily Inquirer quotes Executive Secretary Ermita: “It is disturbing,” Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said. “We have to go hard on these people.” WTF? The quickest way to make people click, download or get a copy of the sex tape is to say, it is banned or it has caught the attention of authorities. [...]
Should imported books be taxed? “The Florence Agreement,” a.k.a. “Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to E and Protocol annexed 1950,” of which the Philippines was a signatory since 7 August 1979 says otherwise. The intent of the agreeement: the free exchange of ideas and knowledge and, in [...]
I can understand Cocoy’s frustration. He calls upon all of our so-called and self-described “heroes” and “champions” like one would beseech the Choir of Angels to account for a focus on what is truly important for our society to secure its future in a world where wealth is increasingly denominated by knowledge and ideas rather [...]
I’m so FRAKING ashamed to be a blogger right now. I’m so FRAKING ashamed to be Filipino right now. Have you seen what’s being posted here on FV the past few days? Have you seen what’s being discussed on Radio and Television and on Print? A week back, Martin Nievera’s terrible singing was so bad— [...]
Amidst this quarrel with Ako Mismo, the minutia of Martin Nivera’s singing, the great book blockade and the never ending trouble and scandal, I say, our nation is in the precarious position of losing the future. In my humble opinion, there is a fatal misunderstanding of what’s wrong and thus, people will apply the wrong [...]
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