D-op-ed: The hostage crisis aftermath

Veteran lawmaker Senator Joker Arroyo calls media attention for "putting country in bad light."
The media responds: Seriously?.

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The unexpected opinion piece written by ABS-CBN News chief Maria Ressa was reportedly solicited by the Wall Street Journal, not volunteered by Ressa.
Insiders claim there were at least three other articles from other Filipino journalists submitted but Ressa's was picked based on ABS-CBN's coverage of the hostage crisis.
ABS-CBN was the only station that did not interview/communicate/negotiate with the hostage taker, was not the one demanded by the hostage taker, and whose broadcast was not the one the hostage taker tuned in to.

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Here's a statement from PNoy's Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Abigail Valte, urging retired prelate Oscar Cruz to name those high ranking public officials he accuses of receiving jueteng money:
      “I don't recall the President saying that jueteng is not a priority. I recall him saying that apart from jueteng, there are other priorities. I don't consider it as a policy shift, The fight against jueteng is one of the many priorities.”
Asked what these many priorities are, Valte enumerates the top three:
1. Samar and Balay
2. Image
ABS-CBNNews Story: Aquino seeks to boost image after hostage fiasco
3. ABS-CBN's apparent gradual change of heart

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Congress and SC headed for a showdown. Congress advised to abide by high court on Ombudsman case.

Congress replies: See you in the budget hearings.

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In a recent report, China is named as the world's top country when it comes to the prevalence of malware attacks.

What's unclear though is if those malware were considered as such because they were software that operated maliciously, software in Chinglish/Engrish, or they were pirate copies of popular software that just failed to work as expected.

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Ballsy Aquino (PNoy's sister): "My brother is such an honest person, what you see is what you get."

Goes to show Hong Kong's furor over a smiling-PNoy-in-the-crime-scene is justified.

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The Philippine government announces that it will submit IIRC report first to the Chinese Government.
Well, the public should understand. IIRC stands for Incident Investigation for the Restless in China.