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Global Voices Most Read Posts in 2011
Global Voices is no longer as lonely a media voice when it comes to reporting tweets and blog posts. Still, where mainstream media interest wanes, we're the ones who continue documenting local citizen media. Discover our top 20 list of most read posts for 2011.
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Philippines: State of National Calamity After Tropical Storm Sendong 23 December 2011
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China: United States Begins ‘Pacific Century', Online Nationalism Follows 20 November 2011
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China: On the Rise But Feeling Boxed In 9 November 2011
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Philippines: Calls for Peace in Mindanao 3 November 2011
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Philippines: Tributes for Murdered Italian Missionary 2 November 2011
Latest stories about Philippines
24 May 2012
Video: How Societies Work - a Look at Unconventional Arrangements
The VJ Movement has partnered with the London School of Economics to bring us videos and stories that attempt to show how societies in conflict and crisis-affected areas across the globe are facing their futures.
22 May 2012
Philippines, China: Scarborough Shoal Dispute Goes Online
Tension rose in the past month between the Philippines and China when the governments of the two nations accused each other of illegally occupying the territorial waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal. It sparked nationalist sentiments in both countries and the ‘word war’ has gone online.
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8 May 2012
May Day Videos: Marches, Demonstrations and Protests Around The World
Through cities around the globe, people took to the streets to march and commemorate the International Workers' Day. Videos by The Real News take us on a tour of how the day was observed throughout the world.
27 March 2012
18 March 2012
Philippines: Noynoying is the New Planking
Because planking protests are now banned in the Philippines, activists resorted to Noynoying. What is Noynoying and how did it replace planking as a popular protest pose in the country? Noynoying refers to President Noynoy Aquino who is accused by activists of doing nothing to stop the rising prices of oil and other basic goods. Noynoying pictures have gone viral already in the local cyberspace.
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30 January 2012
11 January 2012
Global Voices in French: Translators' Choice 2011
In 2011, volunteer translators at Global Voices in French translated hundreds of articles and updates on world events and we'd like to say "'Merci!". We've asked them which translation struck them most, during this epic year. Here is the French translators' selection!
Do you know the Philippine government is one of the BIGGEST LAND GRABBERS in the South China Sea? Philippine has...