Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 08:19:12 +0000
A Chinese literature website has been ordered by authorities to stop publishing “obscene content,” which includes homoerotic fiction.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 05:55:24 +0000
A theater production showing actors wearing dark brown makeup has placed France’s esteemed Sorbonne University in controversy.
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Read moreCredit to Author: nguno| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 04:53:42 +0000
A court says constitutional rights were violated when a woman was handed a speeding ticket after giving the finger to a Detroit officer.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:01:50 +0000
Degrading women is not freedom of expression, Senator Risa Hontiveros asserted as she tagged President Rodrigo Duterte the country’s “chief misogynist.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:37:19 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte, a self-confessed womanizer, has defended himself from criticisms over his misogynistic remarks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:48:32 +0000
Malacañang has slammed as “black propaganda” the opinion column of journalist Ellen Tordesillas critical of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:03:24 +0000
Youth commission official clarifies: Government scholars may join street protests or even call for President Rodrigo Duterte’s resignation.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 07:09:31 +0000
Lila-Pilipina on Tuesday slammed the Japanese government’s protest against a bronze statue of a girl in San Pedro, Laguna.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 03:43:20 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang defended a recently inaugurated bronze female statue in San Pedro, Laguna after it drew the ire of the Japanese government, calling it a part of freedom of expression.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:07:54 +0000
Freedom of expression in the Philippines remains robust, as TIME Magazine named Rappler’s Maria Ressa among its 2018 Person of the Year.
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