Survival was the name of the game during the critical martial-law era. Every story had to be cleared by the glaring eyes of military censors, or I would find myself jobless.
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The Philippine press mourns the passing of Mr. Jose L. Pavia, one of the pillars of Philippine journalism and a member of The Media Project's global community.
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Illegal abortion of female fetuses, prevalent among educated and urban Indians, has pushed India's child sex ratio to its lowest point since the country's independence.
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For the 19th time, the Indian government adjourned the affirmative-action case that would favor the country's 17 million "low-caste" Christians.
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Overnight, bishop Raphael Cheenath went from planning his retirement to leading a community devastated by a bloody pogrom that lasted weeks.
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On the floor of the empty hospital ward was a cross-mark, indicating the spot where 29-year-old Spanish nun, Sister M. Teresalina Joaquina, was shot dead on October 27, 1947.
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In the Kingdom of Bhutan, non-Buddhists have the right to proclaim their faith but must not claim religious superiority to seek conversions.
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Though attractive in theory, Indian secularism has miles to go before the minorities and the oppressed feel at home. Until then, its appeal to the West is just a mirage.
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Public policy in Bhutan rejects 'materialistic' development paradigms in favor of a focus on spiritual wellbeing.
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Nepal’s five million Dalits are pinning their hopes of an end to discrimination on a new Constitution being promulgated to replace the country’s 240-year old Hindu monarchy with a democracy.
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