The figures are staggering, and speak of a crisis so severe that the Department of Health (DOH) had to declare an outbreak in Metro Manila in January (the declaration later extended to other regions in Luzon, Central and Eastern Visayas the following month). The measles cases from January to March 14, 2019, topped 21,396, with 315 reported deaths. A majority — 56 percent—of those affected were aged 9 months to 4 years. And 60 percent of
Two excerpts from the keynote speech on “misinformation and media manipulation” that I read yesterday at the annual conference of the Philippines Communication Society — held in, of all places, the newly renovated auditorium at the head office of the Philippine Information Agency: [Excerpt 1] We meet a mere three days
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