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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: A revolution against disinformation
The EDSA People Power has been criticized these past decades as a failed revolution. Practically every year since 1986, various voices would chime in: no real change happened; we overthrew a dictator...
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[OPINION] Why lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility is false...
The Philippine House of Representatives caused national and global outrage when in early January 2019 it considered lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 9 years old. The House resolved to...
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[OPINION] Why I want to leave UP – and why I might stay
I remember the moment. I was in a jeepney in the probinsya (province) – you know, the packed-like-sardines kind with a wooden bench in the middle and men dangling on the back, sides, and roof. Sardines...
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[OPINION] Campaign posters: What's illegal, what's not?
The anti-illegal posters campaign of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started on a high note, with spokesman James Jimenez calling out Bong Go, Mar Roxas, among other candidates, for violations....
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[ANALYSIS] How Duterte’s exaggerations worsened the Philippines’ drug problem
We’re nearing the midpoint of the Duterte administration, yet we’re nowhere near solving the Philippines' drug problem. By all accounts, things even seem to have gotten worse.For example, over the...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: 5 books that can help you achieve your...
Just like many people, history and literature professor Leloy Claudio is making an effort to stick to his New Year's resolutions.In this episode, he recommends 5 books that may help in achieving one's...
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[ANALYSIS] America, China and the real star wars
Early this month, two United States Navy missile-guided destroyers sailed within 12 nautical miles off Mischief Reef, one of 7 man-made islands built by China in the disputed South China Sea,...
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[OPINION] Holding the line against fascism
The #HoldTheLine phrase littered social media when news about the arrest of Maria Ressa broke out. What does this phrase mean?One prominent explanation is that it means all of us are being called upon...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] Where there’s a sitting judge there’s justice
The question has been often asked since Rodrigo Duterte, upon becoming President, began demonizing and bullying it:Is the Philippine press really free?These days, that is asked with particular alarm,...
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[OPINYON] ‘Sagot kita, Beyb!’
Pananagutan. Isang amoy-binubukbok na baul na salitang, malamang, sa lumang pelikula ninyo pa huling narinig. Iyong tipong dialogue na: "Huwag kang mag-alala sa sasabihin nila Papa at Mama, Rosaura,...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Candidates avoid debates to avoid scrutiny
Let’s cut to the chase and call out reelectionist Senator Grace Poe for shunning public debates now that she does not need them, yet she benefited from the same in 2013, when she topped a senatorial...
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[OPINION] Moving forward with Philippine-U.S. relations
We, at the Stratbase ADR Institute Incorporated, fully welcome the official US statement that, "As the South China Sea is part of the Pacific, any armed attack on Philippine forces, aircraft, or public...
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[OPINION] Letting go, moving forward
Last week, I bid goodbye to a job. It wasn't just any job. It was 7 years of my life, mostly during my 20s, that I spent learning about the complexities of service to others. Other twentysomethings...
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[OPINION] Labor in the age of Duterte: The Pacific Plaza strike
The lesson of the Pacific Plaza strike is that workers’ solidarity, not presidential promise, will end contractualization. “Kung titingnan natin sa umpisa, pumasok ako ng Pacific nung construction pa...
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[ANALYSIS] Diokno’s appointment to the BSP: Need we worry?
Former Budget Secretary Ben Diokno’s appointment as new governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has sent shockwaves across economic policy circles.On the one hand, Diokno is a PhD economist...
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[ANALYSIS | Deep Dive] The problems with list
The President loves his list, which is presumably a list of names of those supposedly involved in the illegal drug trade. “Presumably,” because no one, other than the President and a small cohort has...
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[OPINION] This is what we want for our women
Below is the message of United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines Ola Almgren for International Women's Day 2019.At the start of this year, a Filipino scientist became one of the...
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Voters’ (mis)education
“Totoo pa ba ’tong survey?” Noong isang araw ito. Bago ako umuwi mula sa unibersidad kung saan ako naglilingkod bilang katuwang na propesor at administrador. Tanong ito ng kasamang propesor na...
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They’re fighting over Lang Leav’s ‘instapoetry,’ and I think that’s good
For a day, I became a student again. University of Santo Tomas assistant professor and Rappler columnist Joselito delos Reyes announced on Facebook that he could accommodate sit-ins for his class...
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[OPINION] How to be a strong single mother
Paid in hugs, kisses, and tears, single parenthood is a full-time job. It takes everything, and more. You have to be the strongest person she knows – tougher than her heartaches.You will really love...
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