The number of Filipinos abroad who have succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rose to 1,009 on Friday after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 11 new deaths.According to the DFA, 28 more Filipino nationals have also tested positive for the illness, bringing the total tally of cases to 14,787, while total recoveries climbed to 9,294 with 22 new ones.
As hate speech online increases, so has the resistance
From international campaigns to grassroots Facebook groups, many targeted by hate speech are finding new ways to fight it.
Germany s Federal Agency for Civic Education describes hate speech as follows: When people are devalued, attacked or when hatred or violence is called for against them, this is referred to as hate speech. Additionally, hate speech is described as a generic term for the phenomenon of hostility against specific groups of people or sedition on the internet and social media platforms.
A growing number of people are affected by hate speech, whether in the form of bullying at school or work, or through sexist, racist, trans- or homophobic insults online.
“I cannot fully accept it dahil it was hardly an apology to begin with,” Padilla said when asked to clarify his response. “Sabi ko nga, parang jinustify pa nila na may inconsistency… Kapag sinabi mong inconsisteny parang sinabi nila 'Nagkamali lang ako ng kaunti. Hindi pala NPA, CPP pala. 'Yun 'yung inconsistency',” he added.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday reported 127 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among Filipinos abroad, bringing the total tally to 13,760. The DFA said the spike in new cases was due to a surge in a country in Europe.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published January 21, 2021 6:18pm
Updated January 21, 2021 7:13pm Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Thursday filed a measure which seeks to apply the provisions of the unilaterally-abrogated 1989 University of the Philippines - Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord to all state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country. Belmonte, a UP alumnus, filed House Bill 8443, or the proposed Academic Freedom Act of 2021, which institutionalizes SUCs as freedom spaces where academic freedom is guaranteed. READ: Amid the unilateral abrogation of the UP-DND Accord, Quezon City Rep. Kit Belmonte files proposed Academic Freedom Act of 2021,” which institutionalizes SUCs as freedom spaces. @gmanewspic.twitter.com/ojuYYwcbys Erwin Colcol (@erwincolcol) January 21, 2021