{"id":16441,"date":"2014-06-22T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16441"},"modified":"2014-06-22T23:48:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T15:48:22","slug":"binay-commends-google-taking-down-blog-against-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/22\/binay-commends-google-taking-down-blog-against-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Binay commends Google taking down blog against Filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11558\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jejomar-Binay1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11558\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jejomar-Binay1.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Jejomar Binay. Photo courtesy of Binay's official Facebook page.\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jejomar-Binay1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Jejomar-Binay1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Jejomar Binay. Photo courtesy of Binay&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday commended Google for taking down an anonymous \u201cBlood Stained Singapore\u201d blog which suggested ways how to harass Filipinos in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank Google for not allowing itself to be a platform for prejudice and ethnic discrimination, and I laud everyone from Google for leading the drive in keeping the world wide web free from bigotry and intolerance,\u201d Binay said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive blog suggested that Singaporeans should refused to be served by Filipinos restaurants; shove them in crowded places, and not to help Filipinos involved in traffic accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Binay, president adviser on overseas Filipino workers, advised his fellow Filipinos to hold their heads high in the face of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAs Carlos P. Romulo once wrote, in our blood runs the immortal seed of heroes \u2013 seed that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage. Let us be proud of our culture and heritage, but at the same time, let us also be examples of tolerance, respect, and acceptance,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n<p>Binay cited a shining example of Xyza Cruz Bacani, an OFW in Hongkong whose stunning photos have been featured in The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dShe did not let her humble background get in the way of her pursuing her passion for photography, which she now plans to use to advance the cause of her fellow OFWs,\u201d Binay said.<\/p>\n<p>Binay said Singapore and its citizens \u201care our good friends and partners in the ASEAN, and host tens of thousands of our workers, to the mutual benefit of both our nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt is obvious that the blogger, in choosing to hide behind the veil of anonymity, knew he would be held liable for what he wrote under Singaporean law against hate speech. And even as we condemn hate speech, we Filipinos reiterate our well wishes for the people of Singapore,\u201d Binay added.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore police is now investigating the source of the offensive blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday commended Google for taking down an anonymous \u201cBlood Stained Singapore\u201d blog which &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[607,5800,1026,906,970],"class_list":["post-16441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-filipino","tag-hate-blog","tag-jejomar-binay","tag-racist","tag-singapore","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}