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FAST, FAIR, FUN: Taiwan’s winning formula vs pandemic, ‘infodemic’

December 11, 2020

FAST, fair, and fun are the three pillars in social innovation helping Taiwan win its fight against the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and disinformation, according to Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang at the webinar Kaya Pala! (It Can Be Done).

Humor plus other ways Taiwan is stopping COVID-19 and disinformation

December 11, 2020

HOW is Taiwan stopping both the pandemic of COVID-19 and of disinformation? Using “humor over rumor” was a key strategy to the twin pandemics that is taking hold of the world, Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang said in a webinar entitled “Kaya Pala” (It Can Be Done).

Respect human rights of all, including 1-month-old Baby Randall Emmanuel’s: Pangilinan

December 9, 2020

AS THE world commemorates International Human Rights Day Thursday, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reiterates his call for the immediate release of Baby Randall Emmanuel Echanis and his peasant organizer-mother Amanda from detention.

Release cash assistance to farmers devastated by calamities and low palay prices: Pangilinan

December 7, 2020

RICE farmers are in dire need of assistance as many still grapple with the devastation caused by calamities and low palay prices, said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan as the Cash Assistance for Filipino Farmers Act awaits final Senate approval. “Sa kabila ng paghagupit ng sunod-sunod na bagyo na bilyong pisong

Release Amanda Echanis and her 1-month-old baby boy from jail

December 4, 2020

Statement of Minority Senators Leila De Lima, Franklin Drilon, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan: Release Amanda Echanis and her 1-month-old baby boy from jail “We call on the authorities to release Amanda Echanis and her baby for humanitarian reasons ASAP. Jail is not a place for a mother and her

Respect for the dead and the grieving: Pangilinan

December 1, 2020

“Taos-pusong pakikiramay sa mga naiwan ni Jevilyn Cullamat. Tatay rin ako. Hindi ko mawari ang sakit at lalim ng sugat ng mga iniwan niyang mahal sa buhay. Some humanity should prevail even in times of war. Gloating and mockery insult the memory of the dead and the pain of the