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Japan must stop sweeping child abuse under the rug

By Anna Watanabe Fri, Mar 16, 2012 2:38PM UTC View Comments

Two shocking instances of child abuse have come out of Japan in as many days highlighting the upward trend of cases in recent years. The Asahi Shimbun reports that a charge against a man accused of sexually abusing two girls has been dismissed because one of the victims was deemed “too young” to provide accurate...

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Philippines: Why ‘Willing Willie’ should go back on air

By James Cordova Wed, Apr 27, 2011 8:35AM UTC View Comments

Chuck Smith of Yahoo! OMG! Philippines “interviewed” me via Facebook last week about the Willie Revillame controversy. (You can read his story here.) I’m posting below his questions and my answers in full. 1. Do you think Willie Revillame and “Willing Willie” should return to television after the Jan-Jan controversy? Why or why not? They...

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Controversial game show goes off air – temporarily

By Tonyo Cruz Sat, Apr 09, 2011 3:32AM UTC View Comments

Revillame brings and spreads same ideas to TV5

A defiant Willie Revillame on Friday announced that TV5′s flagship program Willing Willie will go off the air for two weeks, as protests rage over an episode which many view as a case of child abuse. In remarks broadcast over TV5, Revillame insists he did not do anything wrong, and vowed to “file charges” against...

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Child abuse furor rages as Willing Willie loses Unilever

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Apr 08, 2011 6:01PM UTC View Comments

Multinational company Unilever today announced it is withdrawing its advertising placements in the controversial television game program Willing Willie and other reality TV shows. Willing Willie, a flagship program on TV5, caught the ire of the public over its March 12 episode featuring Jan-jan, a six-year old contestant, who was made to dance provocatively. Concerned...

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Philippines: Why ‘Willing’ Willie Revillame shouldn’t be fired

By James Cordova Wed, Apr 06, 2011 10:44AM UTC View Comments

In the past two weeks or so, ever since the Willing-Willie-Jan-jan hullabaloo erupted, the campaign against the show “Willing Willie” has morphed from ousting the show’s host, Willie Revillame, into altogether removing the show from TV5 and into shaming, threatening and blackmailing TV5′s owner, Manny V. Pangilinan. It is a campaign, led by the Philippines’s...

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