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02: How the PH government blocked access to Discord (opens the original)
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It only took a letter from Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center for the National Telecommunications Commission to order Internet Service Providers to implement a “temporary precautionary suspension” on access to messaging platform Discord.The CICC on September 22 told the NTC that Discord presents a “clear and present danger” to the Philippines because, it said, of “recurring patterns of criminal misuse” including online sexual abuse and exploitation of children material, recruitment
Slow Notes 04: A rap beef we all missed (opens the original)
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An even shorter note than usual this week because I had to pick up a shift, but if you have been following the flood-control protests against corruption, you may have heard of MoroBeats, the rap collective behind “Magna” and “Anak ka ng pu” and who may be among the “hip-hop gangsters” police initially blamed for violence in parts of Manila on September 21, 2025.What you may not have heard &
Slow Notes 03: PGH stay for Romualdez (opens the original)
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Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez, the president’s cousin and former House speaker, was brought to the Philippine General Hospital on Saturday morning for government doctors to check if he needs to be kept in the hospital longer, and not at the Quezon City Jail for the plunder case against him.He had been, since just before the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest on September 7, at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City for diabetes, heart problems and other ailments.He is also,
01: How the minimum wage is set and who does it (opens the original)
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One way to see how unfair it is that two multibillion-peso construction firms have managed to freeze a P85 increase in the minimum wage in Metro Manila is to check how easily you can get any lawyer in your contact list to file a petition on your behalf.That is a bit of a trick because very few of us actually do have lawyers — not even on retainer, just to consult — in that way.From Bulatlat: The P85 wage standoffBut Readycon Trading and Construction Corp. and R-II Builders Inc. managed to file a
Slow Notes 02: S'il vous plates (opens the original)
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