#siao yu

[roseillith]

少女小漁 // SIAO YU (1995) dir. SYLVIA CHANG

[league-of-skins]

Arcana Xayah and Rakan

One half of a perpetually incomplete whole, Xayah has found her love not in the world of the Higher Arcana, but the Lower. As she strains to meet the fated Rakan and pull him upwards towards herself, their tension frays and forms discordant knots—setting the stage for something new.

One half of a perpetually incomplete whole, Rakan's fated love was not in the Lower World, but among the Higher Arcana far above. As the two rush to meet betwixt the lands of their birth, fate bubbles and boils over—a roiling sea from which a new order may emerge.

It’s a double feature!

General Information:

Price: 1350 RP Tier: Epic Release Date: April 14, 2022 Skinline: Arcana

Credits (Xayah):

Concept: Yanie Yang Splash Art: Marie Magny Model: Siao Sia Animations: Awen Yu Tech Art/Rigging: Crane Wang VFX: Huanmo Ju SFX: [I wasn't able to find credits for this position] Artist Lead: Duy Khanh Nguyen

Credits (Rakan):

Concept: Yanie Yang Splash Art: Marie Magny Model: Sylph Pang Animations: Kuma Hu Tech Art: Rongcheng Sheng, Chen Lai Rigging: Jason Sun VFX: Jianqi Huo, Yingfeng Zhao (concept) SFX: James Shen Artist Lead: Duy Khanh Nguyen

Concept:

I honestly don’t really understand Arcana’s lore and I find it visually impossible to differentiate between the higher and lower arcana but I can forgive that because I find Broken Covenant to be stylistically worse. Visually, Arcana simply appears more cohesive.

Several of Rakan's and Xayah's skins are based on the star-crossed lovers trope. With that being said, Arcana is at least unique in it not being good vs. evil like Broken Covenant or Star Guardian, but more of a hierarchical difference. It is interesting that in all of these instances, Rakan seems to be the one getting the short end of the stick.

All in all, I haven't really liked any of Xayah's or Rakan's skins since Elderwood but, for Arcana, at least, it is not at the fault of its concept.

Design:

I love the colors. I also love how Xayah’s cape ends are a little sharper than Rakan’s and how whole her cape goes from red to black, Rakan’s is the opposite and goes from black to red. I honestly think Rakan’s design has too much going on, especially in the top half, but it’s much more obvious in his chromas. I do like the stripe on his pants though.

Splash Art:

Thematically, their posing makes sense with Xayah being above Rakan and I do enjoy the half wing imagery with their capes. The issue is that it doesn't look good on the loading screen. The concept arts look so much better and while A is my personal favorite, I do love C's heart frame as well as the implication that Xayah succeeds in ascending Rakan so that they can be together.

Model:

I think Xayah looks absolutely wonderful, mostly staying true to her concept design. I really like the subtle cape changes as well but I’m very happy they kept the gold, feather-like layer at the top. I also quite like how Rakan’s arms turned out but some of the arm bracings do contribute to the noise. And, of course, Rakan wants to be loud and contrasting to Xayah, but I think in the context of this skin it’s better to rely on more subtle differences like the capes. I think having them look so similar and striving for that cohesiveness is done away by having to make Rakan “flashier” simply because he’s Rakan. And I believe that thought extends to their chromas as Xayah utilizes more muted colors in her clothing with occasional brighter hair while Rakan’s chromas are all bright and bold.

Chromas:

I'm not sure how chromas are made, but it's a little disappointing how the colors don't match well to each other despite the base skin accomplishing it fairly well. Something I especially enjoy is their contrasting capes, but the uncoordinated colors don't accomplish the same effect in their chromas.

Catseye: I can excuse the hair colors but Xayah's clothes are much more orange while Rakan's are obviously yellow with purple accents for no reason. His hair also looks really bad.

Obsidian: They look good individually but lack the matching colors.

Pearl: Much more cohesive. Probably their best chroma together. The colors on both are gorgeous and Rakan's hair looks wonderful.

Rose Quartz: Both are nice but the pinks don't match.

Ruby: I really don't understand this one as the base skins are already very red. Xayah just doesn't look good with blonde hair and Rakan has barely changed. Again, their clothes don't match with Xayah's being orange again while Rakan's are almost a pinkish red.

Sapphire: I actually quite like Xayah's. Once again, Rakan's hair looks terrible.

Tanzanite: Once again, the colors don't match. Xayah's is more of a magenta while Rakan's is a much clearer purple. I dislike his hair.

Turquoise (Xayah): Pretty nice.

Emerald (Rakan): Emerald chromas aren't really supposed to look nice, but it's decent.

The biggest issue is that the colors simply don't match and that in giving Rakan the Emerald chroma, they each have a chroma that they cannot match with their partner. I think they did a really good job of contrasting Xayah's hair with her clothes and I appreciate how the colors are quite simple. Rakan, on the other hand, suffers a lot from the two-tone hair and it becomes difficult to make it look nice. Similarly, his much more decorated and complicated attire makes the many accents sort of overtake the chroma. I think the most obvious example of this is in their Sapphire chroma where while Xayah's yellow accents are more minimal, Rakan's are so prominent that they have to extend to his hair.

Animations:

No new animations aside from individual recalls. No new joint recall.

I really love Rakan's recall individually. Xayah's is extremely similar to Ahri's with her spreading out the tarot cards and picking one but their differences in personality are evident.

VFX:

I think Rakan's passive effects are beautiful with the red and yellow colors. My favorite ability is probably his W (Grand Entrance). I really enjoy the inclusion of the apple tree that's also present in their splash art, alluding to Xayah's efforts to ascend her lover as well as, of course, the first sin. I also love the charm effects from his R (The Quickness).

Xayah's particle effects are also beautiful. I really love her E (Bladecaller) root effects with the tarot cards floating around her opponent. Similarly, their inclusion in her R (Featherstorm) is also gorgeous.

Rakan's glowing effect on his cape is so well done and I really enjoy how the patterns on both of their capes appear to be moving down like stars falling from the sky with Rakan's being much more rapid than Xayah's. I think it's a wonderful detail. The visual effects are by far the highlight of these skins.

SFX:

Nothing too revolutionary, but they’re nice. You’ll most likely notice the visual effects more but I believe competent sound effects are the backbone of good visual effects.

Voice Over:

No new voice overs.

Value:

I personally would never buy this skin nor Broken Covenant. I think it's ridiculous that you can't get its full value if you choose to play the game effectively and utilize their Lover's Leap passive. I think it's even more ridiculous that Riot not only ignored this feedback, but did the exact opposite and completely scrapped their joint recall animation. I'd like to mention the Redeemed Star Guardian skins but I believe it warrants its own post.

I believe the precedence of Rakan and Xayah having unique joint recall animations was first set with their Sweetheart skins (their release skins, Cosmic, uses the base animation). In that skin, the animation is much simpler than their individual recalls, but still sweet and new. I'm not expecting them to make every new joint recall as elaborate as Elderwood's, but to scrap the idea entirely when Sweetheart Rakan and Xayah exists makes it seem like they're giving up.

[pacingmusings]

Seen in 2020:

Siao Yu (Sylvia Chang), 1995

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MV | 田馥甄 一一 - Hebe Tien One,after Another from Grass Jelly on Vimeo.

Published by：Pourquoi Pas Music Limited 何樂音樂有限公司 Executive Producer：Benoit Chen 陳信榮 CEO：Ching Wu 吳怡青 Music Director：George Chen 陳建騏 Marketing Director：Tim Lin 林建良 Marcom Specialist：Wewe Liu 劉子瑋 Press Promotion：Harry Yang 楊宗翰 Marketing Executive：Tin Ting 丁佩舟 / Ning Chiu 邱羿寧 Internet & Activity Promotion Executive：Boa Hu 胡寶彩 Video Photographer：Ning Chiu 邱羿寧 Still Photographer：Ray Chang 張芮

Management Company：A TUNE MUSIC CO., LTD 樂來樂好有限公司 General Manager：Hui-Cheng Liao 廖彗呈 Planning Manager：Elaine Wu 吳玫瑱 Project Manager：Shang-Chih Huang 黃尚智 Project Executive：Tori Yen 顏思瑜

Stylist：Chi-Lun Fang 方綺倫 Stylist Assistant：Mengchu Yang 楊孟築 Couture Making：Yu-Hao Chang 張祐豪 Hair Stylist：Johnny Ho @ Hair Culture Makeup：Queena Tseng 曾宥寧 Choreography Consultant：Chou Shu-Yi 周書毅

Lyricist：Radio Mars 火星電台 Composer：Radio Mars 火星電台 Producer：Radio Mars 火星電台 Arrangement：Radio Mars 火星電台 Acoustic Guitar：Yu Zeng 曾宇 Bass：Yang Han 韓陽 Drum：Yongheng Wu 貝貝 (武勇恆) Trumpet：Xiaochuan Li 李曉川 Backing Vocals Arrangement：Hebe Tien 田馥甄 / Shaofeng Huang 黃少峰 Backing Vocal：Hebe Tien 田馥甄 Recording Engineers：Adam Huang 黄欽勝 / Alex 阿烈 Recording Studios：Mega Force Studio 強力錄音室 / MDD Studio 北京 / Soundhub Studios 上海升赫錄音棚 Mixing Engineer：Adam Huang 黄欽勝 Mixing Studio：Mega Force Studio 強力錄音室 Mastering Studio：FLAIR MASTERING WORKS Mastering Engineer：UCHIDA TAKAHIRO 內田孝弘 OP：北京飛行者音樂科技有限公司 SP：北京飛行者音樂科技有限公司 Sound Effect：FORGOOD SOUND 好多聲音

Production DEPT.： Production House：Grass Jelly Studio 仙草影像 Director：Muh Chen 陳奕仁 Assistant Director：Xiao Chi Lin 林曉娸 Director’s Assistant：Vege Tsai 蔡馨慧

Producer：Hanson Wang 王漢聲 @ Wang’s Studio 聲意旺影音工作室 Line Producer： Hsi Hao Wang 王璽皓 / Karen Liang 梁紋綾 / Yi Cen Lin 林宜岑

D.P.：Dantol Peng 彭文星 1st Asst. Camera：Yu Hao Liu 劉于豪 Camera Assistant：Shang Ju Yang 楊尚儒 / Che Ming Chang 張哲銘 Equipment (BOLT)： Ting Kuan Chung 丁冠中 / Ting Kuan Chieh 丁冠傑 / Chien Hsu Tu 凃健旭 / Chao Hsiang Wang 王朝祥

Gaffer：Pony Ma 馬銘財 Best Boy Electrician：Yu Sheng Gao 高煜盛 / Jun Rong Tian 田峻榮 Electrician： Keng Hua Kuo 郭耿華 / Guo Min Lin 林國民 / Chen Wei Lin 林辰緯

Art Director：Mingko Wang 王閔可 Set Decorator：Bobby Wang 王敬捷 Art Assistant：Pei Chi Huang 黃霈琪 / Yi Suan Chen 陳宜瑄 Best Boy Grip： Jyun Ying Siao 蕭郡英 / You Cheng Huang 黃宥誠 / Chen Wei Huang 黃辰煒 / Guo Min Lin 林國民 / Ming Lung Wu 吳明龍 / Tzu Chi Fan 范子薺 / Chia Chieh Li 李加杰

Scenic：阿榮道具制作室 Chien Min Chien 簡建民 / Chien Sung Chien 簡建松

Stylist：Yu Ping 郁萍 / Barbie Chen 陳八比 @ Mii2styling 米兔皇造型工作室 Makeup & Hairstyle： Ching Yi Chen 陳靜怡 / Liang Yu Huang 黃亮瑜 / Zhen Hao Chiu 邱楨皓 / Hsin Wei Wang 王伈葦 / Chiao Wei Chang 張巧薇

Casting：Gime 蘇錦銘 Talent List：Tai Chong Chen 陳泰中 / Okashi Lu 呂美潔 / Ryan Hsieh 謝東豪 / Ching Chiang Wang 王靖江 / Hsi Hao Wang 王璽皓 / Ya Huang Lee 李雅煌 / Kevin Yang 楊宗昇 / Li Tai Cheng 鄭禮岱 / Daniel Chen 陳少卉

Camera Rental：Leader Asia Pacific Creativity Center 利達數位影音科技股份有限公司 Studio & Lighting Rental： Hong Chen Film Studio 鴻臣實業有限公司 Equipment：LEE RONG FILM & TV EQUIPMENT CO. 力榮影業有限公司

Virtual Camera for Previsualization： MoonShine Virtual Studio 夢想動畫虛擬攝影棚

Post-Production House：Grass Jelly Studio 仙草影像 Executive Producer：Eliza Lee 李依蒨 / Okashi Lu 呂美潔 Project Manager： Roddy Hung 洪凡柔 / Ekijo Lai 賴奕如 Financial Manager：Lulu Chen 陳奕如

CG & Compositing Lead： Greg Miao 苗天雨

Story： Muh Chen 陳奕仁 / Castor Ou 歐聰瑩 / Yu Shuo Leung 梁育碩 / Both Li 李季軒 / Xiao Chi Lin 林曉娸 / QB Lian 連又潔 / Meiling Chen 陳美齡 / Yutzu Liu 劉又慈

Storyboard： Yu Shuo Leung 梁育碩

Concept Designer： Yu Shuo Leung 梁育碩 / Castor Ou 歐聰瑩 / Both Li 李季軒 / QB Lian 連又潔 / Meiling Chen 陳美齡 / Yutzu Liu 劉又慈

3D Animator： Skip Chen 陳慈仁 / Janet Wang 王玨凝 / Youzi Su 蘇袖惠 / Nigel Huang 黃勗 / Eason Chen 陳家和 / Yu Hsuan Huang 黃于瑄 / Yuki Chou 周祐諆

3D Animator Assistant： Jia Yu Chen 陳家榆 / Ting Yi Lu 呂庭儀

VFX Artist： Skip Chen 陳慈仁 / Jerry Liu 劉至弘 / Yu Hsuan Huang 黃于瑄

Roto Artist： Bio Luo 駱信宏 / Ruth Yu 余如晨 / Bono Chang 張暐明 / Sharon Lee 李淑娟 / Sean Tsai 蔡尚甫 / Szu Tzu Huang 黃思慈 / Meng Cheng Hsieh 謝孟成 / Sean Lin 林昱燊 / Laba Lee 李建緯

Compositing： Wen Ting Li 李文婷 / Nigel Huang 黃勗 / Eason Chen 陳家和 / Ching Chi 冀擎

Compositor’s Assistant： Yuki Chou 周祐諆 / Yu Hsuan Huang 黃于瑄 / Jerry Liu 劉至弘 / Jia Yu Chen 陳家榆 Grading：Pixelfly Digital 傳翼數位影像 / Moya Chou 周佳聖

指導單位：文化部 主辦單位：文化內容策進院 特別感謝：IP內容實驗室 製作協力 　　　　　 財團法人工業技術研究院 　　　　　 2020.06

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ABS-CBN's Franchise Death rings the death knell of Press Freedom?

Ne Alawas Cadiog

JULY 10, 2020 marked the beginning of the death knell of Press Freedom after the House of Representatives tolls the ABS-CBN's franchise application to a dire conclusion. Voting with 70 yes, 11 no, 1 abstain, and 2 inhibits, the House of Representatives denies franchise renewal of the Kapamilya network.

Photo courtesy: PhilStar.com

Photo shows the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City on May 05, 2020 after the National Telecommunications Commission ordered its shutdown.

The network, which is the largest media conglomerate in the country, faced the threat of a network shut down due to its expired franchise on March 30, 2020.

This was when Solicitor General Jose Calida also filed a Quo Warranto petition in the Supreme Court against ABS-CBN claiming that the corporation is partly-owned by foreigners. ABS-CBN rebutted this claim saying that Philippine Depositary Receipts or PDRs do not refer to ownership, but rather, investments to sustain the corporation's growth.

After ABS-CBN being killed off-air, over 10,000 employees lose their jobs, and subsequent consequences may be feared. With the renewal of their franchise being blocked, organizations and journalists see this as proof of the vindicativeness of the government.

What are the violations of the network as stated in the argument debated over during the span of 12 hearings?

•Critics had accused ABS-CBN of illegal foreign ownership.

➡ Justice Undersecretary Emelline Aglipay-Villar testified in the hearings that ABS-CBN Corporation chairman emeritus Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III is a Filipino because his parents are Philippine citizens, said Zarate.

DOJ: ABS-CBN's Gabby Lopez Filipino citizen from birth. Lopez earlier told congressmen that he was also a dual American citizen because he was born in the US.

"There’s no distinction made between pure Filipino and dual citizens" when it comes to participation in mass media, said Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate, quoting Justice Assistant Secretary Nicholas Ty.

The Securities and Exchange Commission also testified that "a dual citizen is 100 percent Filipino," Zarate added. SEC agrees, dual citizens are '100 percent Filipino'

• Accusation on the Foreign Ownership

➡SEC Commissioner Ephyro Luis Amatong, noted by Zarate, stated that ABS-CBN's Philippine Depositary Receipts "do not reflect transfer of ownership to foreigners."

PDRs allow foreigners to invest without violating PH laws, says Monsod ABS-CBN PDRs 'compliant' with law.

• On Tax Violation

➡Contrary to allegations of tax irregularities, the Bureau of Internal Revenue testified that the network regularly settled taxes and is one of the country's top taxpayers. In addition, Philippine Economic Zone Authority officials also said the broadcaster has no tax shield. BIR says ABS-CBN has no tax deliquency

•On allegations of election coverage bias

➡The Commission on Elections said the network did not violate any poll law. No complaints vs ABS-CBN on election bias.

ABS-CBN news chief Ging Reyes said that Journalism a 'public service'.

•Violation of Worker's Rights

➡Quoting the labor department, Zarate said that it was typical for any big company to face labor cases and that ABS-CBN complied with standards.

DOLE exec stated that ABS-CBN 'fully compliant' with labor standards.

Before the votation of the House of Representatives happened, the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Committee on Legislative Franchises after their findings and recommendation which was contained in their 40 pages TWG report, recommends to deny new franchise for ABS-CBN. Consequently, 70 representatives vote "yes" to the denial of their franchise, while 11 representatives stand in favor of ABS-CBN franchise renewal; 2 inhibit, and 1 abstain.

A copy of the TWG Resolution

Here is the list of 70 Representatives who voted for the approval of the TWG recommendation:

1. Rep. Abraham Tolentino

2. Rep. Antonio Albano

3. Rep. Faustino Michael Dy

4. Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado

5. Rep. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar

6. Rep. Faustino Dy V

7. Rep. Dale Malapitan

8. Rep. Eric Martinez

9. Rep. Divina Grace Yu

10. Rep. Julienne Baronda

11. Rep. Anthony Peter Crisologo

12. Rep. Luis Ferrer IV

13. Rep. John Marvin Nieto

14. Rep. Strike Revilla

15. Rep. Samantha Louise Alfonso

16. Rep. Rolando Valeriano

17. Rep. Joaquin Chipeco Jr.

18. Rep. Eduardo Gullas

19. Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona

20. Rep. Frederick Siao

21. Rep. Ian Paul Dy

22. Rep. Gil Acosta

23. Rep. Weslie Gatchalian

24. Rep. Prescious H. Castelo

25. Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan

26. Rep. Christian Unabia

27. Rep. Raymond Mendoza

28. Rep. Jericho Nograles

29. Rep. Yedda Romualdez

30. Rep. Eric Yap

31. Rep. Claudine Bautista

32. Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu

33. Rep. Enrico Pineda

34. Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer

35. Rep. Sharon Garin

36. Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.

37. Rep. Janette Garin (Ex-Officio)

38. Rep. Paulo Duterte

39. Rep. J. F. Nograles (F. Hernandez)

40. Rep. Conrado III Estrella

41. Rep. Sandro Gonzales (Rep. P. Pichay)

42. Rep. Mike Defensor (Rep. R. Puno)

43. Rep. Allan Ty (Rep. A. Gonzales)

44. Rep. F. Matugas (Rep. J. Pimentel)

45. Rep. Luis Villafuerte Jr.

46. Rep. Raneo Abu

47. Rep. Dan Fernandez

48. Rep. Rodante Marcoleta

49. Rep. Henry Oaminal

50. Rep. Pablo John Garcia

51. Rep. Deogracias ‘DV’ Savellano

52. Rep. F. Datol (Rep. M. Romero)

53. Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez

54. Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla

55. Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo

56. Rep. Cristal Bagatsing

57. Rep. Juan Pablo Bondoc

58. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.

59. Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy

60. Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo

61. Rep. A. Calixto (Rep. J. Lacson-Noel)

62. Rep. Wilter Palma II

63. Rep. Ma. Theresa Collantes

64. Rep. Ria Christina Fariñas

65. Rep. Camille Villar

66. Rep. Roger G. Mercado

67. Rep. Sharee Ann Tan

68. Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano

69. Rep. Bayani Fernando

70. Rep. Jose Singson Jr.

Names of the 11 Congressman/Congresswomen who voted against the TWG resolution:

1. Rep. Sol Aragones

2. Rep. Christopher de Venecia

3. Rep. Carlos Zarate

4. Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr.

5. Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto

6. Rep. Lianda Bolilia

7. Rep. Jose Tejada

8. Rep. Bienvenido Abante

9. Rep. Stella Quimbo

10. Rep. Mujiv Hataman

11. Rep. Edward Maceda

Abstain:

1. Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr.

Inhibit:

1. Rep. Alfredo Vargas

2. Rep. Micaela Violago

The House Committe moves to keep ABS-CBN off-air and put a halt on their operation even though BIR, DOLE, COMELEC to name some testified the network to be free of violations. Knowing these facts, do you think this a blow to Press Freedom?

Part 2. 2020 is another 1972: Mirroring the Dark Days of Press Freedom - https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623332805633572864/2020-is-another-1972-mirroring-the-dark-days-of

Part 3. Flipping the Other Side of the Coin: On Abuse of Press Freedom - https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623323812956684288/flipping-the-other-side-of-the-coin-on-abuse-of

(Here are the links where you can view the 40 pages TWG findings and recommendation:

https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623392185550782464/page-1-10-of-the-twg-findings-of-the-abs-cbns

https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623392290268954624/page-11-20-of-the-twg-findings-on-abs-cbns

https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623392375248715776/pages-21-30-of-the-twg-findings-on-abs-cbns

https://lifewithne.tumblr.com/post/623392458452123648/pages-31-40-of-the-twg-findings-on-abs-cbns

Published on July 10, 2020

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/100002510464970/posts/3142671032493215/?sfnsn=mo

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1197788/ill-see-to-it-that-youre-out-president-tells-abs-cbn?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1594365959

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/7/10/ABS-CBN-House-franchise-vote.html?fbclid=IwAR3s2_uPsg4rRTIHcUhwYX0z8rFUpze4nHSgUx_L8X1DklrRiCTQqb6AmPA

https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/7/10/abs-cbn-franchise-denied-.html?fbclid=IwAR1bt4n9Jx3DL6zQ8nFJKLvhyTnwQxH1tQ9V2VQ0E3Z94fyOugqt6p9_jL0

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/07/10/2027049/list-lawmakers-who-voted-and-against-abs-cbn-franchise-renewal

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The Battle for Press Freedom

Photo courtesy: Time Magazine

When Covid-19 hits the Philippines, the economy went down. The struggle for life, food to survive and the freedom to know has been crucial. News provides necessary information that we need to be able to understand the virus, to know what are the do's and dont's. But the government deprived this country the freedom to know when they chooses to imprisoned Miss Maria Resa and denying ABS-CBN to renew their franchise amid the Covid-19. "This is a big blow against press freedom in our country and deprived millions of Filipinos of new, entertainment and assistance!" Rodriguez said in a Viber message. (Cepeda, 2020)

There's no exact law that protect and uphold press freedom in the Philippines but there's the 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ARTICLE III. The Bill on Rights Section five says "No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances."

This is the reason why the Philippines is the fifth deadliest country for journalist (Salaverria, 2019) because it's not directed to protect the life and right of every journalist to press freedom disintegrating the media.

President Rodrigo Duterte has personally vowed to put the channel and its subsidiaries out of business, even telling its executives to just sell the company. He earlier also publicly spoke about his ire against ABS-CBN for not airing his political ads during the May 2016 elections, where he eventually won. However, Calida insisted that the case is not motivated by politics. (CNN, 2020)

Photo courtesy: The New York Times

Last May 4 the franchise of ABS-CBN has expired and the government denies for renewal because of the "network’s alleged violations of its franchise, the Constitution, labor and tax laws, and biased reporting and meddling in politics." (Dela Cruz, 2020) "The National Telecommunications Commission has since ordered it to cease its television and radio operations and to stop broadcasting its TV Plus and Sky Direct channels." (Cepeda, 2020)

When the dual citizenship of ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III was questioned, the Department of Justice confirmed he is both Filipino and American. Bureau of Internal Revenue officials also repeatedly told lawmakers that ABS-CBN had been paying the proper taxes in the past two decades. (Cepeda, 2020)

Even the defenders of ABS-CBN in the House of Representative insisted the network deserve a new franchise because the government officials cleared them of any wrong doing. Which is ironic because the government agencies contradicts the allegations of lawmakers.

The hearing ended with 70 votes denying the network for franchise renewal and 11 in favor, two inhibited and one abstained.

Photo courtesy: ABS-CBN

1. Rep. Raneo Abuse

2. Rep. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar

3. Rep. Gil Acosta

4. Rep. Atonio Albano

5. Rep. Samantha Louise Alfonso

6. Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo

7. Rep. Cristal Bagatsing

8. Rep. Julienne Baronda

9. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.

10. Rep. Claudine Bautista

11. Rep. Juan Pablo Bondoc

12. Rep. Antonio Calixto

13. Rep. Prescious Castelo

14. Rep. Joaquin Chipeco Jr.

15. Rep. Ma. Theresa Collantes

16. Rep. Anthony Peter Crisologo

17. Rep. Francisco Datol

18. Rep. Mike Defensor

19. Rep. Paulo Duterte

20. Rep. Faustino Michael Dy

21. Rep. Faustino V. Dy

22. Rep. Ian Paul Dy

23. Rep. Conrado Estrella III

24. Rep. Ria Christina Fariñas

25. Rep.Dan Fernandez

26. Rep. Bayani Fernando

27. Rep. Luis Ferrer IV

28. Rep. Pablo John Garcia

29. Rep. Janette Garin

30. Rep. Sharon Garin

31. Rep. Weslie Gatchalian

32. Rep. Sandro Gonzales

33. Rep. Eduardo Gullas

34. Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy

35. Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer

36. Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona

37. Rep. Dale Malapitan

38. Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu

39. Rep. Rodante Marcoleta

40. Rep. Eric Martinez

41. Rep. Francisco Matugas

42. Rep. Raymond Mendoza

43. Rep. Roger Mercado

44. Rep. John Marvin Nieto

45. Rep. Jose Fidel Nograles

46. Rep. Jericho Nograles

47. Rep. Henry Oaminal

48. Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano

49. Rep. Wilter Palma II

50. Rep. Enrico Pineda

51. Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla

52. Rep. Strike Revilla

53. Rep. Yedda Romualdez

54. Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez

55. Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo

56. Rep. Deogracias Savellano

57. Rep. Frederick Siao

58. Rep. Jose Singson Jr.

59. Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado

60. Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan

61. Rep. Sharee Ann Tan

62. Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.

63. Rep. Abraham Tolentino

64. Rep. Allan Ty

65. Rep. Christian Unabia

66. Rep. Rolando Valeriano

67. Rep. Luis Villafuerte Jr.

68. Rep. Camille Villar

69. Rep. Eric Yap

70. Rep. Divina Grace Yu

11 voted in favor for networks franchise renewal:

1. Rep. Sol Aragones

2. Rep. Christopher De Venecia

3. Rep. Carlos Zarate

4. Rep. Gabriel Bordado

5. Rep. Vilma Santos

6. Rep. Lianda Bolilia

7. Rep. Jose Tejada

8. Rep. Bienvenido Abante

9. Rep. Stella Quimbo

10. Rep. Mujiv Hataman

11. Rep. Edward Maceda

Rep. Alfred Vargas and Rep. Micaela Violago inhibited from voting. Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. abstained.

Photo courtesy: Philstar News

Reference

Cepeda, M. July 10, 2020. Rappler.com. Retrieved from

GOV.PH. Official Gazette. Retrieved from

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-iii/#:~:text=No%20law%20shall%20be%20passed,prohibiting%20the%20free%20exercise%20thereof.

PFA. 2020. Philippine Franchise Association. Retrieved from

Dela Cruz, D. July 8, 2020. The Manila Times. Retrieved from

CNN. February 10, 2020. CNN Philippines. Retrieved from

Rubio, B. July 10, 2020. Philstar Global. Retreived from

Salaveria, L. December 2019. Inquirer.Net. Retreived from

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THE LONG FIGHT FOR FRANCHISE OF ABS-CBN: DENIED

Lyka E. Manalo

Amidst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Philippine TV Network ABS CBN was being shut down by the Government and other organizations related. In this kind of situation, Filipino people needs more information about the update and status of the unseen foe, covid-19. Does, the Government needs to focus more on important matters related to current pandemic than tackling in the shutdown of the TV network.

This year 2020, this is the second time that ABS-CBN has been ordered to shutdown again, May 05, 2020 it went off-air and also the DZMM and MOR. It’s quite dismayed some people, because now that we have been battling with the unseen enemy, Mass media really plays an important role. And considering the fact that ABS-CBN network is one of the most in demand TV network.

The decisions of the House committee handed their decisions lon July 10, 2020 on the fate of ABS-CBN whether their franchise will be approved or denied. And the decision was denied and not able to grant their franchise.

The following are the several issues or concerns that leads to the denial of the franchise of the ABS-CBN network.

📌Lopez’s dual citizenship

Lopez is a dual citizenship, both a natural-born Filipino and an American citizen. Philippines have constitutional provision stating that “dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the national and shall be dealt with by law”. Mass media also must be 100% owned and managed by Filipinos.

📌Issuance of PDRs

-Philippine depositary receipts to foreigners allowed foreign ownership in ABS-CBN, which could have violated the 1987 Constitution.

📌ABS-CBN TV Plus Box, KBO pay-per-view

-According to NTC, there is no authorization from them on record allowing ABS-CBN to produce the TV Plus Box containing multiple channels, much less to sell it for profit.

📌Failure to regulize Employees

-The TWG report cited the Department of labor and Employment’s official statement on July 1 declaring that it’s labor standards by ABS-CBN and there are 67 pending cases against the company in the national Labor Relations Commissions (NLCR) and various courts.

📌Tax Issues

-ABS-CBN claimed it’s paying proper taxes, which is allegedly provem by the Tax Clearance is issued by the Bureau of International Revenue. They also maintained that it did not violate the terms and conditions of it’s legislative franchise by availing of tax incentives offered by the government. However, the panel said a tax clearance does not absolve a taxpayer of tax liabilities and delinquencies, nor from acts of fraud or tax evasion.

📌Biased Reporting and Meddling in Politics

-The committee has refrained from giving a finding on the alleged biased reporting of the network, alleged meddling in politics, as well as the content of it’s programs. Where does the Principle of press freedom, fair comment, and self regulation of media militate against any attempt at such ruling.

After the long fight of the ABS-CBN for their franchise, It was ended with 70 votes denying and refusing for their renewal of franchise. 11 are in favor, two are inhibited and one is abstained.

The following are the list who denied the franchise:

1. Raneo Abuse

2. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar

3. Gil Acosta

4. Antonio Albano

5. Samanta Louise Alfonso

6. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo

7. Cristal Bagating

8. Julienne Baronda

9. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.

10. Claudine Baustista

11. Juan Pablo Bondoc

12. Antonio Calixtro

13. Precious Castelo

14. Joaquin Chipeco Jr.

15. Ma. Theresa Collantes

16. Anthony Peter Crisologo

17. Francisco Datol

18. Mike Defensor

19. Paulo Duterte

20. Faustin Michael Dy

21. Faustino V. Dy

22. Ian Paul Dy

23. Conrado Estrella III

24. Ria Christina Farinas

25. Dan Fernandez

26. Bayani Fernando

27. Luis Ferrer IV

28. Pablo John Garcia

29. Janette Garin

30. Sharon Garin

31. Weslie Gatchlian

32. Sandro Gonzales

33. Eduardo Gullas

34. Bernadette Herrera-Dy

35. Dulce Ann Hofer

36. Eleandro Jesus madrona

37. Dale Malapitan

38. Esmael Mangudadatu

39. Rodante macoleta

40. Eric Martinez

41. Franciso Matugas

42. Eric Martinez

43. Roger Mercado

44. John Marvin Nieto

45. Jose Fidel Nograles

46. Jericho Nograles

47. Henry Oaminal

48. Joseph Stephen Paduano

49. Writer Palma II

50. Enrico Pineda

51. Jesus Crispin Remulla

52. Strike Revilla

53. Yeda Romualdez

54. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez

55. Xavier Jesus Romualdo

56. Deogracias Savellano

57. Frederick Siao

58. Jose Singon Jr.

59. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado

60. Alyssa Sheena Tan

61. Sharee Ann Tan

62. Arnolfo Teves Jr.

63. Abraham Tolentino

64. Allan aty

65. Christian unabia

66. Rolando Valeriano

67. Luis Villafuerte Jr.

68. Camille Villar

69. Eric Yap

70. Divina Grace Yu

The following are in favor with the franchise renewal:

1. Sol Aragones

2. Cristopher De Venecia

3. Carlos Zarate

4. Gabriel Bordado

5. Vilma Santos

6. Lianda Bolilia

7. Jose Tejada

8. Bienvenido Abante

9. Stella Quimbo

10. Mujiv Hataman

11. Edward Maceda

Inhibited:

1. Rep. Alfred Vargas

2. Micaela Viologo

Abstain:

1. Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr.

As for now, ABS-CBN is indeed in sorrow and disappointment. After a long years airing and giving news and entertainment to people, this year ended their service.

“We remain comitted to public service, and we hope to find other ways to achieve our mission,” ABS-CBN president and CEO Carlo Katigbak said in a statement following the panel’s vote.

“Together with our employees and our audiences all over the world, we share in your sadness over this setback,” he said. “We look forward to the day when we can again reunite under our broadcast,” he added.

Sources:

https://www.google.com.ph/amp/s/www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/07/10/2027049/list-lawmakers-who-voted-and-against-abs-cbn-franchise-renewal/amp/

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/7/10/abs-cbn-franchise-denied-.html

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1108624

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The Wedding Banquet

When we talk about Ang Lee, many people will think about his famous gay movie " Brokeback Mountain ", but few people know that Brokeback Mountain is only the Ang Lee's second queer movie. And what I want to talk about is the queer movie "The Wedding Banquet" which directed by Ang Lee in 1993. This is the first queer movie that he directed in his career, and this film also paved the way for his later movie "Brokeback Mountain ".

The general drama of the story is: Gao Weitong (Chinese) cohabited with his American boyfriend, Simon, for many years, but he was constantly urged by his parents in Taiwan to marry a woman and built a new family. Simon proposed that Gao Weitong pretend to marry the mainland female painter Gu Weiwei, which would not only enable Weiwei to obtain a legal status as a US citizen (green card), but also to cope with his parents. But Gao Weitong’s parents suddenly came to the United States. And his father wants to take the Asian tradition and lively wedding banquet. After the wedding banquet, Wei Tong had sex with Weiwei and made her pregnant. Simon, therefore, have a conflict with Weitong. The secret of Gao Weitong’s homosexuality was also known to his parents, causing conflicts between families. At the end of the film, Gao Weitong finally got the understanding of his parents and Gu Weiwei and formed a new happy family with Simon and Gu Weiwei.

Ang Lee made this film, undoubtedly to show conflict: the conflict between the East and the West; the 5,000 years heavy history and the fashion of modernization; the conflict between homosexuality and heterosexuality and absolute patriarchal with children's desire for freedom. The value of the "The Wedding Banquet" lies in the fact that Ang Lee expounds this new and old conflict with a bright rhythm and a witty atmosphere; in the narrative of the plot, he tries to reflect on the nature of this traditional ethics and customs; Solve and express as much as possible the main ideas and attitudes towards this contradiction ("Mom, dad, I didn't do wrong!", 2018). But unlike other people who want to put these issues in a social or higher dimension to discuss, Ang Lee puts these issues in a small family and presents them in a banquet. Take Ang Lee as the example for a kind of director, their films are more concerned with how individuals and families face these conflicts. This is the main feature of their films. Similar films include: "The Gua Sha treatment "Siao Yu" "Full Moon in New York" and more. In the film, Ang Lee shows his positive attitude towards these conflicts by depicting the family's experiences. Especially, in the end, the good ending he arranged for this family proves this.

Although compared with the content about cultural conflicts, queer content does not seem to be worth mentioning in this film, and can even be understood as part of a cultural conflict. But we still have enough reason to classify it as a great queer movie. Ang Lee uses resistance as a way and methods of expressing queer. This resistance is not only a simple rebellion against heterosexual ideology but also a rebellion against patriarchal power, Chinese traditional family view and so on. At the same time, Ang Lee not only used resistance but also included many compromises. These compromises can be seen as a kind of obedience, which contrasts with the resistance behavior and better highlights the meaning and identity of the queer content of resistance process. For example, the bare body is part of it. The representation of the body is a source of power, which is visual symbolism aims to appeal for constructing homosexuality as a way of resistance against heterosexual domination (Tian, 2014). In the film, Simon maintains the image of the naked body. We can often see his strong muscles through his open clothes. On the contrary, Gao Weitong is relatively conservative in the film, we can see that he wears well most of the time. But Gao Weitong not always does this. At the beginning of the film, we can see the body exposed by Gao Weitong while exercising in the gym. The movie also has several close-ups here. At the same time, Gao Weitong also had several short time naked bodies in the film, and most of them were intimately interacting with Simon. It is easy for us to see in Gao Weitong that the naked body is a sign of resistance, a struggle for rights, and a desire for expression. Relatively well-dressed is a compromise to patriarchy and heterosexual ideology. The state of resistance and compromise coexistence is the expression of Gao Weitong queer identity. The multiple representations of the homosexual body and desire in the film establish the authority of homosexuality and displace heterosexuality from the central position in gender politics (Tian, 2014).

More importantly, this film provides a lot of references for us to study queer from the perspective of globalization and localization. Caution must be taken to avoid imposing the worldview of researchers on the sense-making of participants whether under the guise of academic imperialism, gay imperialism, or the Western gaze (Goltz, Zingsheim, Mastin, & Murphy, 2016). This also represents the study of the queer problem in Asian countries, which represented by China, we must have a general understanding of their culture. Ideally, surveys must be based on ethnographic methods, rather than observations and inferences with subjective opinions. For example, the family issues highlighted in the film. The Chinese family is based on the absolute patriarchal rule and Confucian ideology, which also means that male members of the family will have more responsibilities in their lives, and the inheritance of the family as the greatest responsibility. This duty of responsibility is a serious influence on the expression of the queer identity of Chinese men. These performances in the film are that Gao Weitong's parents rushed to the United States, urged him to marry, and repeatedly expressed his desire for next generations: for example, discussing Gu Weiwei's fertility, directly expressing the desire to want a son, and Before the Banquet, Gu Weiwei was fed a special porridge to strengthen her fertility. At the same time, Gao Wei’s performance in the film conflicts with his queer identity, such as fake marriage, the original motivation is the family responsibility he must bear. Gayness, as a sexual and social identity, is seen to interfere "with the ability to perform one's role in the family", thus becoming a family matter (Cho, 2009). To understand this family problem, we must have a certain understanding of Chinese culture.

Queer is not just about sexual/gender identities, but the process of cultural identification, expression (Doty, 1997). This film undoubtedly provides a great reference for us to study the queer problem in the Asian cultural background. But if we do research based entirely on this film, it will cause many problems. After all, this is the early film of Ang Lee before he formed his personal style. It can be said that this film was created to cater to the market, that is, the American market. The film also exaggerates a lot of Confucian values, patriarchy, and the characteristics of some Chinese. The best description of the status quo of China and most Asian countries should be: tradition and modernization coexist, advanced ideas and old ideas combine. The description of Ang Lee in the film can be seen as a stereotyping. It is based on his own understanding of culture and then processed into what Americans think or want to see. Similar problems also appear in “black movies”: blacks are described as victims, full of violence, and good at music. The excellent queer films in recent years, such as Moonlight breaks down these assumptions in often conflicting ways and succeeds in foregrounding how black queer youth are often criminalized when they attempt to express themselves and/or defend against bullying and harassment (Sikivu, 2017). They pay more attention is paid to breaking the traditional image and thus shaping a new identity. And this is where Ang Lee didn’t do it.

References  

Cho, J. (. (2009). The Wedding Banquet Revisited: "Contract Marriages" Between Korean Gays and Lesbians. Anthropological Quarterly, 82(2), 401-422. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0069

Doty, A. (1997). Making things perfectly queer: Interpreting mass culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

G. (2018, January 08). Mom, dad, I didn't do wrong! Retrieved November 4, 2018, from https://movie.douban.com/review/9054451/

Goltz, D. B., Zingsheim, J., Mastin, T., & Murphy, A. G. (2016). Discursive negotiations of Kenyan LGBTI identities: Cautions in cultural humility. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 9(2), 104-121. doi:10.1080/17513057.2016.1154182

Sikivu, H. (2017, March 06). Moonlight, Black Boy and Teachable Moments Retrieved November 4, 2018, from https://www.thefeministwire.com/2017/03/moonlight-black-boy-teachable-moments/

Tian, M. (2014). Representing Gender, Power and Body in The Wedding Banquet. Asia Pacific World, 5(1), 110-119. doi:10.3167/apw.2014.050108

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films to watch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gleaners_and_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunrise

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104057/

rebels of the neon god tsai ming liang edward yang yi yi

I really like the work Edward Yang produced, in particular the movie called A One and a Two. I like the fineness within the way he portrays the characters in the movie, as well as his sense of beauty in filmmaking.

In addition, I also want to recommend a director, her name is Sylvia Chang. She is also an actress. I love the movies which are directed by her  called Siao Yu and 20 30 40. Looking at various relationships and ages from a female perspective, the delicate descriptions fascinated me.

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An abuse of press freedom or a law we need to follow?

Kate Hernando

Photo Courtesy: ABS-CBN News

There are big questions rose after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)  issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN Corp. immediately cease all broadcasting. It is an order that dictates any form of broadcasting made by the network will be recognized as illegal or suspicious.

Is it an abuse to press freedom? Or just a law we need to follow? Does history repeating itself?

Photo Courtesy: Nolisoli.ph

Prior to the 2020 shutdown of ABS-CBN it also happened way back the 23rd of September year 1972 when Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared “Martial Law” which forcefully closed different radio and television stations including newspapers except others who’s in favor of the President which excludes the stated network (ABS-CBN). 

Photo Courtesy: ABS CBN News

After receiving the cease-and-desist order given by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), ABS-CBN released a statement which gave importance on providing crucial and timely data for the people amidst the pandemic happening in the world. House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano gave an assurance to the network that there would be no move to shutdown it. Regardless of the situation, the network still made ways to provide information to the public which clearly their right.

Photo Courtesy: Manila Today

After the expiration of franchise in May, the network had been forced to off air. July 10, 2020 is the second time that ABS-CBN had been shut down by the government. This issue really contradicted the freedom of the press as accorded in Constitution Section 4, Article III of the Constitution provides that “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.” 

Photo Courtesy: ABS CBN News

Photo Courtesy: Jire Carreon/Rappler

A big number of Journalist and Human Rights groups pummels the dismissal of ABS-CBN having numerous lives influence by it being shut down. It maybe a “grievous attack on press freedom”, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed also stating that this event demonstrates that we are beneath a de facto military law (Martial Law) that abuses human rights most especially the freedom of the press. They believe that the shut down of the network would affect many lives of Filipinos most especially the ones who lives in far and isolated areas that depends on ABS CBN radio and television stations. This will not just deprive the people’s freedom of the press but also their right to information and entertainment.

Photo Courtesy: Manila Today

The first announcement of cease-and-desist order of the big media (ABS-CBN) caused a lot of rallies and protests towards the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the government itself starting with the #NoToABSCBNShutdown which became trending on all social media platforms most especially on Twitter. This hashtag trend also made way for different hashtags like defending press freedom and support to the existence of the network.

After 2 months of being temporarily shut down, the franchise renewal of the network heard 13 times in the Congress considering the last hearing as the decision if they would allow ABS-CBN to renew their franchise or not. 

The request for renewal of franchise of ABS-CBN Corp. was denied by the House of Representatives Committee on the 13th Hearing, July 10, 2020. 

The Technical Working Group who evaluated whether the ABS-CBN should still be given a renewal or not released numerous things on why they recommended to deny it.

Lopez's double citizenship

As indicated by the TWG report, Lopez is a double resident, both a characteristic brought into the world Filipino and an American resident. It referred to a protected arrangement expressing that "double devotion of residents is hostile to the national intrigue and will be managed by law".

Issuance of PDRs

The report additionally noticed that the issuance of Philippine depositary receipts (PDR) to outsiders has permitted remote possession in ABS-CBN, which could have abused the 1987 Constitution. It said the component of "corporate layering" utilized by ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Holdings adequately makes the PDR holders the aberrant proprietors of the fundamental portions of load of ABS-CBN. It featured that the remote holders of PDRs for all intents and purposes own 187 million fundamental portions of ABS-CBN Corp., which is as of now 62 percent of the aggregate.

ABS-CBN TV Plus Box, KBO pay-per-see

The report said the ABS-CBN utilized recurrence Channel 43 to produce various stations or projects to be remembered for its advanced TV administration, TV Plus Box, which proceeded even past the termination of the showing grant in June 2015. As indicated by the NTC, ABS-CBN had no position to scramble or lock from the non-paying open its TV Plus Boxes, which are plainly just "allowed to-air" under its authoritative establishment.

Inability to regularize representatives

The TWG report referred to the Department of Labor and Employment's authentic explanation on July 1 proclaiming that its work assessors discovered infringement of laws and work measures by ABS-CBN and that there are 67 pending bodies of evidence against the organization in the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and different courts.

It noticed that previous workers who have recently documented bodies of evidence against ABS-CBN affirmed that they were wrongfully excused in light of the fact that they shaped associations. These previous workers likewise proclaimed that they were made to sign business contracts containing a waiver of the privilege to regularization. The individuals who wouldn't sign a business contract containing a waiver of regularization were minimized to extend workers and later excused.

The TWG featured that solitary 25 percent or 2,661 of the all out 11,701 specialists of ABS-CBN are standard representatives.

Expense issues

ABS-CBN guaranteed it is making good on appropriate expenses, which is purportedly demonstrated by the Tax Clearance gave by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. ABS-CBN has likewise kept up that it didn't disregard the terms and states of its administrative establishment by profiting of expense motivators offered by the legislature.Be that as it may, the board said an assessment freedom doesn't exculpate a citizen of duty liabilities and misconducts, nor from demonstrations of extortion or tax avoidance.

One-sided detailing, interfering in governmental issues

The board has avoided giving a finding on the supposed one-sided revealing of the system, affirmed interfering in governmental issues, just as the substance of its projects. In any case, it urged ABS-CBN to painstakingly analyze itself and comprehend where all the "industrious protests" about one-sided announcing, wrong program content, and political interfering are originating from. 

70 Representatives who voted for the approval of the TWG recommendation:

1. Rep. Abraham Tolentino

2. Rep. Antonio Albano

3. Rep. Faustino Michael Dy

4. Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado

5. Rep. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar

6. Rep. Faustino Dy V

7. Rep. Dale Malapitan

8. Rep. Eric Martinez

9. Rep. Divina Grace Yu

10. Rep. Julienne Baronda

11. Rep. Anthony Peter Crisologo

12. Rep. Luis Ferrer IV

13. Rep. John Marvin Nieto

14. Rep. Strike Revilla

15. Rep. Samantha Louise Alfonso

16. Rep. Rolando Valeriano

17. Rep. Joaquin Chipeco Jr.

18. Rep. Eduardo Gullas

19. Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona

20. Rep. Frederick Siao

21. Rep. Ian Paul Dy

22. Rep. Gil Acosta

23. Rep. Weslie Gatchalian

24. Rep. Prescious H. Castelo

25. Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan

26. Rep. Christian Unabia

27. Rep. Raymond Mendoza

28. Rep. Jericho Nograles

29. Rep. Yedda Romualdez

30. Rep. Eric Yap

31. Rep. Claudine Bautista

32. Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu

33. Rep. Enrico Pineda

34. Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer

35. Rep. Sharon Garin

36. Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.

37. Rep. Janette Garin (Ex-Officio)

38. Rep. Paulo Duterte

39. Rep. J. F. Nograles (F. Hernandez)

40. Rep. Conrado III Estrella

41. Rep. Sandro Gonzales (Rep. P. Pichay)

42. Rep. Mike Defensor (Rep. R. Puno)

43. Rep. Allan Ty (Rep. A. Gonzales)

44. Rep. F. Matugas (Rep. J. Pimentel)

45. Rep. Luis Villafuerte Jr.

46. Rep. Raneo Abu

47. Rep. Dan Fernandez

48. Rep. Rodante Marcoleta

49. Rep. Henry Oaminal

50. Rep. Pablo John Garcia

51. Rep. Deogracias ‘DV’ Savellano

52. Rep. F. Datol (Rep. M. Romero)

53. Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez

54. Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla

55. Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo

56. Rep. Cristal Bagatsing

57. Rep. Juan Pablo Bondoc

58. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.

59. Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy

60. Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo

61. Rep. A. Calixto (Rep. J. Lacson-Noel)

62. Rep. Wilter Palma II

63. Rep. Ma. Theresa Collantes

64. Rep. Ria Christina Fariñas

65. Rep. Camille Villar

66. Rep. Roger G. Mercado

67. Rep. Sharee Ann Tan

68. Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano

69. Rep. Bayani Fernando

70. Rep. Jose Singson Jr.

11 Congressman/Congresswomen who voted against the TWG resolution:

1. Rep. Sol Aragones

2. Rep. Christopher de Venecia

3. Rep. Carlos Zarate

4. Rep. Gabriel Bordado Jr.

5. Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto

6. Rep. Lianda Bolilia

7. Rep. Jose Tejada

8. Rep. Bienvenido Abante

9. Rep. Stella Quimbo

10. Rep. Mujiv Hataman

11. Rep. Edward Maceda

Abstain:

1. Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr.

Inhibit:

1. Rep. Alfredo Vargas

2. Rep. Micaela Violago

The government stated their side so as the ABS-CBN Corp.

 Which side should weigh more?

Does the history repeat itself or the government simply following the law? 

I did my part. Please do yours.

Reference: Philippine National Agency

[knowledgewiki]

How to convert text file into SQL insert statement?

I would upload a text file, and it will convert every row into a SQL insert statement, so it can insert into the database.

As my tried, there are 3 problems here:

it will insert 5 times the values at once

all the No. should be skip

As the strSQL, I need to insert the arrayOutput one by one to insert them all

Here is my text file

No Subject Code Subject Name Student ID Student Name Student Email Lecturer Name Lecturer Email 1 BSOA011 COMPUTERIZED PAYROLL 1751234-BSOA WONG QI YI dev.ng@outlook.com LIM BEE HUI semd2019@gmail.com 2 SEMD008 COMPUTER NETWORKING 1851234-SEMD LIM FENG FENG dev.ng@outlook.com NG WAI KONG semd2019@gmail.com 3 ITIN015 DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT 1851234-ITIN HO DENG DENG dev.ng@outlook.com SZE CHEN NEE @ SOO CHEN NEE semd2019@gmail.com 4 ECOM004 WEB DEVELOPMENT SKILLS: WEB PROGRAMMING (PHP & MYSQL) 1851234-ECOM KONG JIA WEN dev.ng@outlook.com TAN MING MING semd2019@gmail.com 5 CGDD002 PRACTICAL ICT SKILLS 1951234-CGDD CHONG SIAO YU dev.ng@outlook.com NG WAI KONG semd2019@gmail.com

Here is my code

Private Sub ReadAndReplace() Dim file_contents As String = "" locationPath = Server.MapPath("~") & "File" & filename If File.Exists(locationPath) Then Dim reader As StreamReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader(locationPath) reader.ReadLine() 'skip first line Do While reader.Peek() <> -1 file_contents += reader.ReadLine Dim arrayOutput As String() = Split(file_contents, vbTab) Dim errMessage As String = "" Dim strConn As String = "server=localhost;port=3306; user id=root;" _ & "password=;database=school;SslMode=none" Dim oDBCon As New MySqlConnection(strConn) Try oDBCon.Open() 'INSERT RECORD Dim strSQL As String = "INSERT INTO studentinfo(subject_code, subject_name, student_id, student_name, student_email, lecturer_name, lecturer_email)VALUES('" _ & arrayOutput(1) & "','" & arrayOutput(2) & "','" & arrayOutput(3) _ & "','" & arrayOutput(4) & "','" & arrayOutput(5) _ & "','" & arrayOutput(6) & "','" & arrayOutput(7) & "');" Dim oCommand2 As New MySqlCommand(strSQL, oDBCon) oCommand2.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch ex As Exception errMessage = ex.Message Finally oDBCon.Close() End Try Loop reader.Close() End If End Sub

my output

1 Answer

Notice this line:

file_contents += reader.ReadLine

It is adding to initial file_contents variable so when it is split to create arrayOutput the top 7 array elements are always the same.

Maybe try file_contents = reader.ReadLine so you only split one line per iteration.

Archive from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59015510/asp-vb-net-how-to-convert-text-file-into-sql-insert-statement

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Play with paper and explore the possibilities of creating visual illusions with stop-motion animation. The sequence is like a visual music - the colors and shapes are the instruments. We wanted to play a visual game that was both serious and fun. Just like life, contradiction and harmony often coexist. ​ Director: Yen-Chang Cheng, Hui-ching Tseng/ Script writer: Bo-Long Ho/ Animator: Siao-Jyun Wu, Wei-Yao Wang/ Photography: Bo-Long Ho, Siao-Jyun Wu/ Music: Mateo Solares, Dan Lambert/ Sound: Mateo Solares Dan Lambert/ Graphic art: Ching-Chaio Hong, Kai-Wun Wang/ Editing: Yu-Cheng Tsou/ Producer: Szuhsin Lee, Hui-ching Tseng/ Official Selection/ Competition: New York International Children’s Film, March 01-24, 2013, USA Clair Obscur：The 23rd Travelling Festival, Jan 19-26, 2013, UK Trick Animation Film Festival, March18-20, 2013, Italy The 22nd Les Nuits Magiques international animated film festival, Dec. 5-13, 2012, France. The 32nd Annual Hawaii International Film Festival, Oct/ 11-21, 2012, USA The 18th Milano Film Festival, Sept.12-23, 2012, Italy The 8th Budapest Short International Film Festival, Sept.4-9, 2012, Hungary Toronto Animated Arts Festival International (TAAFI), July6~8, 2012, Canada The 14th Taipei Film Festival, June29~July 21, 2012, Taiwan The 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival, June 20-July10, 2012, England. The 40th Huesca International Film Festival, June 9-16, 2012, Spain. The 12th Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF), June17-24, 2012, Australia Seattle International Film Festival, July17-24, 3012, USA The 21st Cairo International Film Featival for Children, March 23~30, 2012, Cairo Eygpt. The 18th Regensburg Short Film Week, March 14~21, 2012, Germany. The 16th Animac, the International Animation Show of Catalonia, March1-3rd 2012. The 23rd Edition of Aguilar Short Film Festival, Nov. 3th -7th 2011, Palencia, Spain. The 29th Aix-en-Provence International Film Festival, Nov. 28th – Dec. 2nd, 2011, France. The 10th Reggio Film Festival: International Short Film Contest, Nov. 10th -15th 2011, Italy. The 9th Asiana International Short Film Festival, Nov. 02nd – 7th 2011, South Korea. The 21st Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival- Curta Cinema 2011, Oct. 28th to Nov. 6th 2011, Brazil. The 16th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, October 10th to 16th 2011, Germany. The 28th Festival de Cine de Bogotá, October 10th - 18th 2011, Colombia. 2011 Eksjö International Animation Festival, Sept 22nd -24th 2011, Sweden. The 1st Fördedampfer Kurzfilm Festival, Aug 15, Germany

[malangtoday-blog]

Menduda 10 Tahun, Pria Ini ‘Adopsi’ 9 Boneka Seks

MALANGTODAY.NET - Seorang pria asal China hidup bersama sembilan boneka seks di dalam rumahnya. Pria bernama Yu Zhenguo ini mengaku telah menganggap sembilan boneka tersebut seprti anak kandungnya sendiri. "Cinta saya kepada boneka ini sama seperti cinta ayah kepada anak," kata Yu kepada Thepaper.cn, dilansir dari Kompas.com, pada Minggu (23/12/2018).[irp] Kegemarannya mengoleksi boneka-boneka tersebut menjadi perbincangan usai sebuah foto yang memperlihatkan Yu dengan salah satu 'putrinya' sedang berjalan-jalan di pusat perbelanjaan, beredar luas di internet. Pria 60 tahun ini memang sering membawa boneka koleksinya keluar rumah untuk berjalan-jalan. Ketertarikan Yu pada boneka-boneka tersebut berawal ketika ia berada di Beijing lima tahun lalu. Ia mengaku terpukau dengan boneka berbahan silikon tersebut. Menurutnya mereka sangatlah canti, menawan dan sempurna. Yu membeli boneka pertamanya dengan harga 80 ribu yuan atau setara dnegan Rp 169 juta. Ia memberi boneka itu nama yaitu Xiao Xue. Ia bahkan merayakan hari kedatangan Xiao Xue di rumah layaknya sebuah pesta ulang tahun lengkap dengan kue. Beberapa bulan berselang ia kembali memesan satu boneka via online, sedangkan empat boneka lainnya ia dapat sebagai kado dari teman-temannya. Seperti Siao Xue, delapan boneka lainnya juga mendapat perayaan di hari kedatangan mereka.[irp] Yu mengaku ia tak pernah melakukan perbuatan tak senonoh pada putri-putrinya itu. Ia bahkan merawat dan memperlakukan mereka selayaknya ayah yang memanjakan putrinya. Ia mengaku telah menghabiskan setidaknya 100 ribu yuan atau setara dengan Rp 211 juta untuk membelikan pakaian dan alat musik untuk boneka-boneka tersebut. Pria yang bercerai dengan istrinya 10 tahun lalu ini, mengaku keluarganya tak pernah merasa keberatan dengan kegemarannya ini. Bahkan anak laki-lakinya yang bekerja di luar kota juga memperlakukan mereka layaknya adik sendiri.

Penulis : Kistin S Editor : Kistin S

Source : https://malangtoday.net/flash/internasional/pria-adopsi-boneka/

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[topmoviesinclassics]

Siao Yu - 張艾嘉

New York City, Gang-Wei and Siao-Yu, both illegal immigrants; he a student and worker in a fish market; she a seamstress in a sweatshop. Giang-Wei saves money to purchase Siao-Yu a fake American husband, whom she can divorce in five years with citizenship in hand but the going brokered rate is still too high.Enter Mario, an aging former radical journalist, debilitated by a gambling additiction that almost cost him his life 15 years ago when his debt to the local mob came due. Now, out of boredom or some pain even more profound, he's back at the tables, and quickly in debt again almost an act of willed suicide. But fate brings Giang-Wei to him, and soon he is married to Siao-Yu.A visit from the INS forces Mario to bring Siao-Yu into his apartment. At first the presence of this shy, quiet young woman both arouses and exasperates the curmudgeonly Mario, but Mario's unwitting cruelty drives Siao-Yu to the bring of despair. Through their clashes, Siao-Yu soon comes out of her shell, and the two forge an unlikely friendship that Giang-Wei can neither understand nor tolerate.Then Mario's wife of thirty years shows up. Rita is an itinerant lounge singer, whose love for Mario is both impossible and yet strangely faithful. The two have never been able to live together, yet over the years, when Rita's singing brings her into town, they have kept up their relationship. Now Rita holds the cards, throwing Siao-Yu out of the apartment in a fit of rage when she finds her there.Upon discovering Mario's bigamy, Giang-Wei drags Siao-Yu back to Mario's apartment and attacks him. Meanwhile Rita has a change of heart—realizing that her 30-year marriage was simply a romantic illusion, she leaves. Mario, with Siao-Yu at his side, dies from the mortal blow he received from Giang-Wei, as well as from his final realizations that his love for Rita never truly amounted to anything.Before his death, Mario urges Siao-Yu to forgive Giang-Wei even if she, like Rita, will never be able to forgive the man she loves. When Giang-Wei arrives at the door of the apartment, he doesn't know that Mario has died. He tells Siao-Yu that she must choose between Mario and him once and for all. She tells him that she chooses to stay she has chosen a painful independence over the bonds of love. http://dlvr.it/PX9C5K

[vadnuti]

siao yu (sylvia chang, 1995)