Opinion 12/11/15 (Philippines, elections, climate, Cebu, Duterte, human rights)

By Anonymous

Inquirer on Kobe Bryant
KOBE BRYANT will go down in history as the best player of his basketball era. The numbers that he accumulated throughout his career as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers do not pay him sufficient homage. He is more than the championship trophies, the MVP awards, the statistics, the jerseys, the arena seats sold, and the fans collected. [full text]

Sun.Star Cebu on Cebu politics
“Weder-weder lang” surfaced in the months going into the mid-term elections in 2013 with the suspension by Malacañang of then governor Gwendolyn Garcia, allowing LP stalwarts to take over the Capitol for the duration of the campaign period. One Cebu gubernatorial bet Pablo John Garcia eventually lost to the LP’s Hilario Davide III. [...]
Yesterday, officials of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 implemented Malacañang’s order to suspend Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama for 60 days. [full text]

Manila Bulletin about Paris conference
The Global Geothermal Alliance had met last year at a summit organized by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. At the Paris conference this week, the alliance pushed for the development and use of geothermal energy which produces so much less carbon than fossil fuels such as oil and coal. Ninety countries in the world have geothermal resources but only 24 use them. The Philippines is today one of the leading users of geothermal energy, second only to the United States. [full text]

Philippine Star on human rights and Duterte
This land of people power joined the world in observing Human Rights Day yesterday as a self-confessed human rights violator – and proud of it – enjoyed frontrunner status in the 2016 presidential race. [...] Human rights advocates have long expressed concern over Rodrigo Duterte’s style of maintaining peace and order. But the Davao prosecutor-turned-politician has always shrugged them off. Now that he is running for president, he even appears to be taunting rights advocates. Two nights before Human Rights Day, Duterte told his supporters that to eliminate troublemakers, five criminals must be executed every week. [full text]

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