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Bourgeois Journalism vs Alternative Journalism in the Philippines

There are two theories that define the state of the Philippine press today ? the bourgeois theory and the progressive theory. The bourgeois theory of the press retains its domination of the industry but with a new breed of owners and stockholders belonging to new wealthy families. The author read this paper at a conference of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) in Dumaguete City on April 14.

By Bobby Tuazon
Bulatlat

Any discussion about the theories of the press, to make them relevant to Philippine realities, should always be taken in the context of the social, economic and political conditions in a given historical period. Today, the continuing political crisis, armed conflict and even the state of rebellion are also manifested or mirrored in the state of the Philippine press.

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Three Front-Page Photos and a Plot for the Philippines?s Future

There are three pictures on the Philippine Daily Inquirer?s front page for March 17, 2007 that present an interesting insight on the state of the nation.

BY JPAUL MANZANILLA*
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There are three pictures on the Philippine Daily Inquirer?s front page for March 17, 2007 that present an interesting insight on the state of the nation.

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Philippines: DENR Pays Contractor More than $1 M, Extends Faulty Air Pollution Project

Re-electionist administration solon among those in hot water

Metro Manila’s residents have an air monitoring project that is faulty, non-functional and generally useless for the past four years, but which will be inexplicably paid for and even extended.

BY LISA ITO
Bulatlat

A cabinet secretary and a re-electionist legislator are among those in hot water due to highly questionable transactions related to an air pollution monitoring project worth more than $6 million.

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Philippines: Asian Farmers, Scientists Hit Agrochemical TNCs? Control on Rice

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Landlessness experienced by millions of farmers in Asia is worsened by liberalization dictated by the WTO and the monopoly of agrochemical TNCs over rice production.

BY ABNER BOLOS
Gitnang Luzon News Service
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MU?OZ, NUEVA ECIJA ? Feliciano Gazpar, 50, a farmer in Barangay Bibiclat, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, owns a one-hectare rice land but because he has no money to buy enough commercial farm inputs, he cultivates only about a quarter of his plot this year.

?Gusto ko mang tamnan ng palay ang lupa namin wala akong magagawa, wala naman akong mailalagay na pataba at gamot. Malulubog lang lalo kami sa utang.? (I cannot plant rice to all of my land even if I wanted to. I can?t afford to buy fertilizers and pesticides. We will only be more indebted), Gazpar said.

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Forest Destruction in Philippines Due to Mining ? Cordillera NGO

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) blames the expansion of agricultural lands for the decrease of forest cover while the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) points to large-scale mining as the major cause of forest destruction in the region.

BY MA. LEONEZA B. RIGONAN
Northern Dispatch
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BAGUIO CITY ? Who is telling the truth?

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) blames the expansion of agricultural lands for the decrease of forest cover while the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) points to large-scale mining as the major cause of forest destruction in the region.

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