DOCSLIB.ORG

University Microfilms International 300 N

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
University Microfilms International 300 N INFORMATION TO USERS This reproduction was made from a copy of a document sent to us for microfilming. While the most advanced technology has been used to photograph and reproduce this document, the quality of the reproduction is heavily dependent upon the quality of the material submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help clarify markings or notations which may appear on this reproduction. I. The sign or "target" for pages apparcntly lacking from the document photographed is "Missing Pagets)". II' it was possible to obtain the missing pagers) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting through an image and duplicating adjacent pages to assure complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a round black mark, it is an indication of either blurred copy because of movement during exposure, duplicate copy, or copyrigh ted materials that should not have been filmed. For blurred pages, a good image of the page can be found in the adjacent frame. If copyrighted materials were deleted, a target note will appear listing the pages in the adjacent frame. 3. When a map, drawing or chart, ctc., is part of the material being photographed, a definite method of "sectioning" the material has been followed. It is customary to begin filming at the upper left hand corner of a large sheet and to continue from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. If necessary, sectioning is continued again vbcginning below the first row and continuing on until complete. 4. For illustrations that cannot be satisfactorily reproduced by xerographic means, photographic prints can be purchased at additional cost and inserted into your xerographic copy. These prints are available upon request from the Dissertations Customer Services Dcpartmcn1. 5. Some pages in any document may have indistinct print. In all cases the best available copy has been filmed. University MicrOfilms International 300 N. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI48106 8310827 Sussman, Gerald THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TELECOMMUNICATION TRANSFER: TRANSNATIONALIZING THE NEW PHILIPPINE iNFORMATION ORDER University of Hawaii PH.D. 1983 University Microfilms International 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI48106 THE POLITICAL ECONOt1Y OF TELECDr1f.1UNICATION TRANSFER: TRANSNATIONALIZING THE NEW PHILIPPINE INFORMATION ORDER A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUTE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRE~ENTS FOR THE DEFENSE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE r~ay 1983 By Gerald Sussman Dissertation Committee: Robert B. Stauffer, Chairman Belinda A. Aquino Deane Neubauer Syed A. Rahim Michael J. Shapiro iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are a great number of people to whom lowe special thanks for the time, patience, consideration and various other forms of support they have given for this study. Each of the dtsser-tation members provided insights, arguments and direction that helped me to frame difficult questions. In addition, Bob Stauffer inspired me with encouragement to see it through and with his own productive work habits. To the East-West Communication Institute and particularly to Syed Rahim I am deeply grateful for the material support that allowed me to undertake the doctoral program, field study and the first stage of the writing. Deane Neubauer, Herb scht ller, Dallas Smythe, Bob Stauffer and Tapio Varis contributed valuable critiques to pre-publication portions of the study. In th~ countries I visited as part of the research, there were countless people who in one way or another made available the necessary personal contacts and primary sources of information. The Institute of Philippine Culture and its director, Ricky Abad, provided affiliation status. The staff of the Third World Studies Program at the University of the Philippines» under its director Randy David, were generous in giving access to library materials as were Business Day (Manila), Sycip, Gorres &Velayo, the Asian Institute of t1anagement, the Ateneo de t1anila University and the University of the Philippines. I am specially indebted to the iv personnel of the Philippines Security and Exchange Commission who helped me find much of the key data on corporate ownership and control. The many Filipinos who took certain risks in uncovering sensitive and not easily obtainable documents deserve tribute for their spirit of friendship and resistance to the repressive order. Without such souls none of us would know what secrets the high-powered privatized sector keeps from the public. I also want to thank for their special kindnesses during the course of my research: Yowie and Hamoru Tsuda, the Rosales and Pargas families, Susan and Oscar Evangelista, Motoe and Richard Wada, Temay Padero, the Baraoidan family and Hang Regulo - who introduced me to the lives of squatters who have nothing to lose but their chains. Along the way many other individuals gave shelter and sustenance to guide a pilgrim's progress: Iwan Abadi and family, Fely and Gerry Rixhon, the scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization, the Nair family, the Hansens, Patty Kaitz, Claire and Dave Sussman and the Ozawa family. Gunder Frank and Rita Cruise O'Brien helped make my life in England both homey and intellectually stimulating. Most dearly appreciated is the continuous optimism, support and involvement of Connie Ozawa who walked and talked the'paces with me, provided labor at critical stages of this project and urged me to move it to completion. v ABSTRACT The transformation of international communication through the development of high-speed, long distance data/voice/video transmission systems augurs profound changes in international relations, production and economic distribution. In recent years a number of scholars have begun documenting the global impact of hegemonic communication media, extending the parameters of domination ever wider into the periphery and even into the periphery of the periphery. I have examined the transfer of telecommunication technology from the dominant transfer centers to one state which serves as a major outpost of foreign capitalist investment in east and southeast Asia: the Philippines. Based on extensive interviews and review of primary and secondary data in that country, this study attempts to (l) identify the Philippine ideological and technical rationale for the transfer model; (2) describe the fUfictional and financial state of the communication system in the Philippines and its historical precedents; (3) establish who communicates-what-to whom-through what media; {4} discuss the role of external actors; and {S} analyze the social, economic and political consequences of telecommunication transfer. The data support certain conclusions that may be placed within the Wallerstein "world capitalist system" approach. One of vi the central arguments that Wallerstein makes is that over the course of the past 400 years, and the rise and fall of various capitalist powers, capitalism as a system has persevered and expanded into global enterprise. And that despite serious antagonisms within it, i.e., socialism, the system continues to dominate international factors of production, supersede national boundaries and move toward the integration of separate capitalist subsystems against traditional core and periphery nation state prerogatives. Swept into its all-consuming vortex, the nation state prospers to the extent that it is able to establish ~ niche within the international division of labor and production. The world's largest telecommunication corporations - largely representing the U.S., Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany and the U.K. - have introduced "leading edge" technology to the Philippines and provided the conduit for other transnational corporations (largely U.S. and Japanese) to extract value and exchange from new investment areas, particularly in the export processing zones. Domestic economic elites intimately associated with President Marcos have shared in the largesse but have heavily committed the state to repaying rapidly rising foreign and internal debts while defending the growth model. The financial as well as cultural/ideological aspects of Marcos' communication order raise important questions concerning international communications and its relationships to the role of the state, the preservation of national sovereignty and the improvement of social welfare. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••;;; ~ ABSTRACT fl ••••••••• ••••••••••••v LIST OF TABLES ••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••viii CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1 CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS •••••••• 13 CHAPTER II 1. THE STRUCTURE OF Daru NATION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••57 CHAPTER IV. THE PRlr~RY USERS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 125 CHAPTER V. THE WORLD BANK IN TELECOt1r·1UNICATION TRANSFER •••••••• 156 CHAPTER VI. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••209 CHAPTER VII. TOWARD A CONCLUSION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••270 BlBL IOGRAPHY ••••••••••••••••••••••• "••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••285 viii LIST OF TABLES Table Page I Major Telecommunication Enterprises••••••••••••••••••••80 II RPN - DOt1SAT Broadcast Connections •••••••••••••••••••••85 III Major U.S. Satellite System Suppliers••••••••••••••••••96 IV Competing INTELSAT VConsortia•••••••••••••••••••••••••99 V Trans-Pacific Cable 1 (Philippines-Guam)
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 'New Society' and the Philippine Labour Export Policy (1972-1986)
    EDUCATION IN THE ‘NEW SOCIETY’ AND THE PHILIppINE LABOUR EXPORT POLICY (1972-1986) EDUCATION IN THE ‘NEW SOCIETY’ AND THE PHILIPPINE LABOUR EXPORT POLICY (1972-1986) Mark Macaa Kyushu University Abstract: The ‘overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) are the largest source of US dollar income in the Philippines. These state-sponsored labour migrations have resulted in an exodus of workers and professionals that now amounts to approximately 10% of the entire country’s population. From a temporary and seasonal employment strategy during the early American colonial period, labour export has become a cornerstone of the country’s development policy. This was institutionalised under the Marcos regime (1965-1986), and especially in the early years of the martial law period (1972-81), and maintained by successive governments thereafter. Within this context, this paper investigates the relationship between Marcos’ ‘New Society’ agenda, the globalization of migrant labour, and state sponsorship of labour exports. In particular, it analyses the significance of attempts made to deploy education policy and educational institutions to facilitate the state’s labour export drive. Evidence analyzed in this paper suggests that sweeping reforms covering curricular policies, education governance and funding were implemented, ostensibly in support of national development. However, these measures ultimately did little to boost domestic economic development. Instead, they set the stage for the education system to continue training and certifying Filipino skilled labour for global export – a pattern that has continued to this day. Keywords: migration, labour export, education reforms, Ferdinand Marcos, New Society Introduction This paper extends a historical analysis begun with an investigation of early Filipino labour migration to the US and its role in addressing widespread poverty and unemployment (Maca, 2017).
    [Show full text]
  • THE POLITICS of TOURISM in ASIA the POLITICS of TOURISM in ASIA Linda K
    THE POLITICS OF TOURISM IN ASIA THE POLITICS OF TOURISM IN ASIA Linda K. Richter 2018 Open Access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. Licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 In- ternational (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits readers to freely download and share the work in print or electronic format for non-commercial purposes, so long as credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require per- mission from the publisher. For details, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The Cre- ative Commons license described above does not apply to any material that is separately copyrighted. Open Access ISBNs: 9780824880163 (PDF) 9780824880170 (EPUB) This version created: 17 May, 2019 Please visit www.hawaiiopen.org for more Open Access works from University of Hawai‘i Press. © 1989 University of Hawaii Press All rights reserved Contents Acknowledgments vi Abbreviations Used in Text viii 1. The Politics of Tourism: An Overview 1 2. About Face: The Political Evolution of Chinese Tourism Policy 25 3. The Philippines: The Politicization of Tourism 57 4. Thailand: Where Tourism and Politics Make Strange Bedfellows 92 5. Indian Tourism: Pluralist Policies in a Federal System 115 6. Creating Tourist “Meccas” in Praetorian States: Case Studies of Pakistan and Bangladesh 153 Pakistan 153 Bangladesh 171 7. Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Islands in Transition 178 Sri Lanka 178 The Maldives 186 8. Nepal and Bhutan: Two Approaches to Shangri-La 190 Nepal 190 Bhutan 199 9.
    [Show full text]
  • SANCHEZ Final Defense Draft May 8
    LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK: SOLIDARITY CULTURE AND THE MAKING OF A TRANSNATIONAL OPPOSITION TO THE MARCOS DICTATORSHIP, 1972-1986 BY MARK JOHN SANCHEZ DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History with a minor in Asian American Studies in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018 Urbana, Illinois Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Augusto Espiritu, Chair Professor Antoinette Burton Associate Professor Jose Bernard Capino Professor Kristin Hoganson Abstract This dissertation attempts to understand pro-democratic activism in ways that do not solely revolve around public protest. In the case of anti-authoritarian mobilizations in the Philippines, the conversation is often dominated by the EDSA "People Power" protests of 1986. This project discusses the longer histories of protest that made such a remarkable mobilization possible. A focus on these often-sidelined histories allows a focus on unacknowledged labor within social movement building, the confrontation between transnational and local impulses in political organizing, and also the democratic dreams that some groups dared to pursue when it was most dangerous to do so. Overall, this project is a history of the transnational opposition to the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines. It specifically examines the interactions among Asian American, European solidarity, and Filipino grassroots activists. I argue that these collaborations, which had grassroots activists and political detainees at their center, produced a movement culture that guided how participating activists approached their engagements with international institutions. Anti-Marcos activists understood that their material realities necessitated an engagement with institutions more known to them for their colonial and Cold War legacies such as the press, education, human rights, international law, and religion.
    [Show full text]
  • The Philippines Are a Chain of More Than 7,000 Tropical Islands with a Fast Growing Economy, an Educated Population and a Strong Attachment to Democracy
    1 Philippines Media and telecoms landscape guide August 2012 1 2 Index Page Introduction..................................................................................................... 3 Media overview................................................................................................13 Radio overview................................................................................................22 Radio networks..........……………………..........................................................32 List of radio stations by province................……………………………………42 List of internet radio stations........................................................................138 Television overview........................................................................................141 Television networks………………………………………………………………..149 List of TV stations by region..........................................................................155 Print overview..................................................................................................168 Newspapers………………………………………………………………………….174 News agencies.................................................................................................183 Online media…….............................................................................................188 Traditional and informal channels of communication.................................193 Media resources..............................................................................................195 Telecoms overview.........................................................................................209
    [Show full text]
  • The Filipinos Protest Over Hero's
    Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies, Vol. 46 (1) (July 2019): 1-26 @ Centre For Policy and Global Governance (GAP), UKM; ISSN 2180-0251 (electronic), 0126-5644 (paper) NORIZAN Kadir Universiti Sains Malaysia REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING THE MEMORIES OF VIOLENCE: THE FILIPINOS PROTEST OVER HERO’S INTERMENT FOR MARCOS, 2016-2017 This article examines the divergence in social memory about Ferdinand Marcos’ rule into two types of historical narratives following the announcement made by President Duterte in 2016 to bury the Marcos’ remains in the Heroes’ Cemetery or Libingan ng mga Bayani. The historical narratives were divided into two major school of thoughts which comprised the national narrative that was propagated by President Rodrigo Duterte and the opposition narrative advocated by the victims and relatives of Marcos’ human rights violence. The protests and demonstrations took place from 2016 until 2017, before and after the interment of the remains through various forms and methods including street protests and internet activism. Thus, this study shows that the changing of political ideologies has changed the national narrative since the memories of violence during the Marcos’ regime are gradually lost from the social memory of the society. The proponent of President Duterte and Marcos’ legacy demand justice for the late President Marcos for his contributions to the country, while those who oppose President Duterte as well as the victims of Marcos’ cruelty, try to revive the memory about Marcos’ spate of violence. Their demands are voiced through their protests over Hero’s burial for Marcos. Keywords: Memories Of Violence, Interment, Dictatorship, Social Memory, Historical Amnesia.
    [Show full text]
  • The City As Illusion and Promise
    Ateneo de Manila University Archīum Ateneo Philosophy Department Faculty Publications Philosophy Department 10-2019 The City as Illusion and Promise Remmon E. Barbaza Follow this and additional works at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/philo-faculty-pubs Part of the Other Philosophy Commons Making Sense of the City Making Sense of the City REMMON E. BARBAZA Editor Ateneo de Manila University Press Ateneo de Manila University Press Bellarmine Hall, ADMU Campus Contents Loyola Heights, Katipunan Avenue Quezon City, Philippines Tel.: (632) 426-59-84 / Fax (632) 426-59-09 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ateneopress.org © 2019 by Ateneo de Manila University and Remmon E. Barbaza Copyright for each essay remains with the individual authors. Preface vii Cover design by Jan-Daniel S. Belmonte Remmon E. Barbaza Cover photograph by Remmon E. Barbaza Book design by Paolo Tiausas Great Transformations 1 The Political Economy of City-Building Megaprojects All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in the Manila Peri-urban Periphery stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or Jerik Cruz otherwise, without the written permission of the Publisher. Struggling for Public Spaces 41 The Political Significance of Manila’s The National Library of the Philippines CIP Data Segregated Urban Landscape Recommended entry: Lukas Kaelin Making sense of the city : public spaces in the Philippines / Sacral Spaces Between Skyscrapers 69 Remmon E. Barbaza, editor. -- Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2019], c2019. Fernando N. Zialcita pages ; cm Cleaning the Capital 95 ISBN 978-971-550-911-4 The Campaign against Cabarets and Cockpits in the Prewar Greater Manila Area 1.
    [Show full text]
  • KABALITA Resilience of a Free Press in All Platforms Is Integral to the Free Flow of Information in the Wake of the Global Pandemic
    ISSUE NO. 3872 JUNE 17, 2021 KABALITA Resilience of a free press in all platforms is integral to the free flow of information in the wake of the global pandemic. While many have withered under the pandemic storm, there are media entities that continue to hold fort in the name of fearless reporting. This is the essence of love of country where freedom of the press reigns supreme, a recognition that serves as a lasting legacy. Indeed, when the newsmakers make the news, they make history. www.rcmanila.org TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM TIMETABLE 03 MANILA ROTARIAN IN FOCUS 48 STAR Rtn. Teddy Kalaw, IV THE HISTORY OF THE ROTARY 06 CLUB OF MANILA BASIC EDUCATION AND JOURNALISM AWARDS 55 LITERACY 27 PRESIDENT'S CORNER COMMUNITY ECONOMIC Robert “Bobby” Lim Joseph, Jr. 57 DEVELOPMENT 28 THE WEEK THAT WAS 58 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CLUB ADMINISTRATION 32 From the Programs Committee 60 INTERCLUB RELATIONS Programs Committee Holds Meeting Attendance THE ROTARY FOUNDATION List of Those Who Have Paid Their 62 Annual Dues Know your Rotary Club of Manila ROTARY INFORMATION Constitution, By-Laws and Policies 63 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Manila for RY 2020-2021 Holds 25th Special Meeting 65 OTHER MATTERS Board of Directors of the Rotary Club Quotes on Life by PP Frank Evaristo of Manila for RY 2021-2022 Holds Second Planning Meeting 66 ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND RCMANILA FOUNDATION, INC. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, 39 RY 2020-2021 40 VOCATIONAL SERVICE RCM BALITA EDITORIAL TEAM, RY 2020-2021 46 COGS IN THE WHEEL Rotary Club of Manila Newsletter balita June 17, 2021 02 Zoom Weekly Membership Luncheon Meeting Pro Patria Journalism Awards 2021 Rotary Year 2020-2021 Thursday, June 17, 2021, 12:30 PM PROGRAM TIMETABLE 11:30 AM Registration and Zoom In Program Moderator/Facilitator/ChikaTalk Rtn.
    [Show full text]
  • Research on the Quality of Print Journalism Regarding Political Survey Results During the 2004 Electoral Campaign in the Philippines
    Research on the Quality of Print Journalism Regarding Political Survey Results During the 2004 Electoral Campaign in the Philippines Mr. Wolfgang Wichmann University of Augsburg Manila, Philippines 2004 2 University of Augsburg, Germany Asian Institute of Management, W. Sycip Policy Center (AIM-WSPC, Manila) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Philippines Interim Report on the Bachelor Thesis by Mr. Wolfgang Wichmann Summer 2004 Research on the Quality of Print Journalism Regarding Political Survey Results During the 2004 Electoral Campaign in the Philippines Presented by: Wolfgang Wichmann Onyx Rd, Parc Chateau Cond., Penthouse 1905 Ortigas Center, Pasig City 4th Semester BA Medien und Kommunikation (MuK) Matrikel: 80 53 02 Manila, August 24th, 2004 © 2004, Wolfgang Wichmann; „All rights reserved“ Published by: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Manila, Philippines 2004 3 1. ABSTRACT Pre-election surveys have been criticised and hailed, almost wherever, and however, they may have been published. Especially candidates who may be lagging behind are likely to express the fear that pre-election survey results could have an unwarranted influence on the voter’s decision and therefore on the election results. This thesis gives a short review on the background of those criticisms and why the results of pre-election surveys are still considered important news for the journalists and important information for the voters. Therefore, this paper investigates the quality of reports on pre-election polls in the 2004 election campaign in the Philippines. The database is a content analysis of 281 articles that were published in the three major newspapers in the Philippines [Manila Bulletin (MB), Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), Philippine Star (PS)] in the last 4 weeks before election day on May 10, 2004.
    [Show full text]
  • Accs Cfs1218 Abscbn Corporation and Subs Filed.Pdf
    ABS-CBN CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT PART I - BUSINESS AND GENERAL INFORMATION 3 1. Business Overview 3 1.1. Historical Background 3 1.2. Lines of Business 3 1.3. Subsidiaries 6 1.4. Significant Philippine Associates and Affiliates 8 1.5. Competition 8 1.6. Patents, Trademarks, Licenses, Franchises, Concessions, Royalty 12 1.7. Corporate Social Responsibility 16 1.8. Principal Competitive Strengths of the Company 18 1.9. Key Strategies and Objectives 21 1.10. Transactions with Related Parties 19 1.11. Risks Relating to the Company 20 2. Properties 20 2.1. Head Office 20 2.2. Local and Regional Properties 23 2.3. Leased Properties: 25 3. Legal Proceedings 207 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 28 PART II - OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 5. Market for Issuer’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters 28 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 284 7. Financial Statements 34 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 34 PART III - CONTROL AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION Error! Bookmark not defined. 9. Directors and Executive Officers of the Issuer 35 9.1. Board of Directors 35 9.2. Executive / Corporate Officers 39 10. Executive Compensation 44 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 46 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 49 PART IV - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 52 13. Corporate Governance 52 PART V - EXHIBITS and SCHEDULES 65 14. Exhibits and Reports on SEC Form 17-C 65 SIGNATURES 65 PART I - BUSINESS AND GENERAL INFORMATION 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Interview with Joshua Wong Plus a Short Story by Bao Ninh China's
    Interview with Joshua Wong AUGUST–OCTOBER 2020 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4 China’s Rise of Japan’s hidden hand Shenzhen pop culture 32 Plus A short story by Bao Ninh 9 772016 012803 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 4 AUGUST–OCTOBER 2020 HONG KONG 3 Kong Tsung-gan The edict INTERVIEW 5 Elaine Yu Joshua Wong HONG KONG 8 Jeffrey Wasserstrom City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran; Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong by Holmes Chan (ed) POEM 9 Lok Man Law ‘Records of a Floating Island’ CHINA 11 Tom Baxter Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City by Fang Fang POEMS Yuan Changming ‘Woman-radical: A feminist lesson in Chinese characters’; ‘Fragmenting: A sonnet in infinitives’ FOREIGN RELATIONS 12 Michael Reilly Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg SINGAPORE 13 Theophilus Kwek Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited: Essays on Singapore Politics by Cherian George NOTEBOOK 14 Anjan Sundaram Asia matters INDONESIA 15 Lara Norgaard The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins MEMOIR 16 Helen Jarvis First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks by abiburahmanH BIOGRAPHY 17 Gozde Deniz Altunkeser MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman by Ben Hubbard URBAN AFFAIRS 18 Anne Stevenson-Yang The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China’s Instant City by Juan Du HISTORY 20 Paul French Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai by James Carter JOURNAL 21 Louis Raymond Personal history FICTION/TRAVEL 23 Emily
    [Show full text]
  • Transnational Bataan Memories
    TRANSNATIONAL BATAAN MEMORIES: TEXT, FILM, MONUMENT, AND COMMEMORATION A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN STUDIES DECEMBER 2012 By Miguel B. Llora Dissertation Committee: Robert Perkinson, Chairperson Vernadette Gonzalez William Chapman Kathy Ferguson Yuma Totani Keywords: Bataan Death March, Public History, text, film, monuments, commemoration ii Copyright by Miguel B. Llora 2012 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank all my committee members for helping me navigate through the complex yet pleasurable process of undertaking research and writing a dissertation. My PhD experience provided me the context to gain a more profound insight into the world in which I live. In the process of writing this manuscript, I also developed a deeper understanding of myself. I also deeply appreciate the assistance of several colleagues, friends, and family who are too numerous to list. I appreciate their constant support and will forever be in their debt. Thanks and peace. iv ABSTRACT This dissertation is a study of the politics of historical commemoration relating to the Bataan Death March. I began by looking for abandonment but instead I found struggles for visibility. To explain this diverse set of moves, this dissertation deploys a theoretical framework and a range of research methods that enables analysis of disparate subjects such as war memoirs, films, memorials, and commemorative events. Therefore, each chapter in this dissertation looks at a different yet interrelated struggle for visibility. This dissertation is unique because it gives voice to competing publics, it looks at the stakes they have in creating monuments of historical remembrance, and it acknowledges their competing reasons for producing their version of history.
    [Show full text]
  • OCT 2 2 2014 Respondent
    l\epublic of tbe tlbilippine~ ~upren1e QCourt ;Jfllln n iln FIRST DIVISION RADIO MINDANAO G.R. No. 167225 NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, Present: SERENO, CJ., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, - versus - PEREZ, and PERLAS-BERNABE, JJ. Promulgated: MICHAEL MAXIMO R. AMURAO III, OCT 2 2 2014 Respondent. x----------------------------------------------------------------------~~~~ DECISION BERSAMIN, J.: This appeal deals with the issue of whether the quitclaim executed by the employee was valid and effective against him. Antecedents On February 16, 1989, petitioner Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN) hired respondent Michael Maximo R. Amurao III (Michael) as a radio broadcaster for its DWKC-FM station and production manager for its metropolitan radio operations at a monthly salary of P28,400.00. 1 Years later, RMN decided to reformat and restructure the programming of its DWKC-FM station to meet the demands of the broadcasting industry. On April 25, 2002, the president of RMN met with Michael and other personnel of the station to inform them of the management's decision, advising them that the reformatting and restructuring of the station's programs would necessarily affect their Rollo, pp. 25, 55. Decision 2 G.R. No. 167225 employment; but assuring that they would be paid their retirement pay and other benefits.2 To formalize the discussions had in their meeting, RMN furnished Michael and other personnel separate letters dated May 14, 2002 reading as follows: This is to formalize your meeting with our President Mr. Eric S. Canoy, last April 25, 2002. During said meeting, you have been informed that in line with the Network’s reformatting/restructuring program for operations, your services are deemed ended effective June 15, 2002.
    [Show full text]