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Veteran journo: Duterte, media should adjust to each other

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Veteran journo: Duterte, media should adjust to each other

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte should improve his manner of speaking while journalists should cope with his communication style, veteran journalist Crispin Maslog said in the 50th St. Thomas More Lecture held Thursday. The Journalism alumnus said Duterte’s “barkada style” of public speaking is inappropriate for a high-ranking government official, noting that…

Ombudsman: Prevention is ‘antidote’ to corruption

PREVENTION IS the only way for Filipinos to eradicate corruption—for now. This was the message of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to the Artlets in the 49th St. Thomas More Lecture held March 16 at the Medicine Auditorium. Through “preventive corruption initiatives,” Filipinos may hope for a better governance and nation, Morales…

SC Justice urges Thomasians to object China’s West PH Sea claim

FILIPINOS HAVE a “sole duty to prevent the loss of a huge maritime space” by objecting China’s claim to the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio told Thomasians in the 48th St. Thomas More lecture. Carpio said the Philippines may lose 531,000 sq. km. of its maritime…