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[OPINION] Will local peace talks succeed?
After dissolving its negotiating panel in the peace talks with communist insurgents, the Duterte administration decided to revise its method by applying the so-called Colombian model. Following the...
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[OPINION] Contractualization and the rights of workers
Special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo’s controversial remarks against Filipino construction workers – made in defense of the influx of Chinese workers in the Philippines – should be taken as an affront...
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[ANALYSIS] How the Philippines fell for China’s infamous debt trap
China’s debt trap was completely avoidable. Yet we still fell for it.No less than Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio of the Supreme Court has combed through the Chinese loan agreements entered...
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PANOORIN: Universal health care – ano pa ang kulang?
MANILA, Philippines – Noong Pebrero 20, pinirmahan ni Pangulong Duterte ang Universal Health Care Act, na nagbibigay ng awtomatikong PhilHealth membership sa lahat ng Pilipino. Dahil dito, makikinabang...
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[ANALYSIS] Goodbye to arms control regime
Last year, the Philippines officially joined missile-capable countries in the Indo-Pacific region after successfully testing its Israeli-made Spike-ER (extra range) surface-to-surface missile (SSM)...
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[OPINION] Coming soon: Water wars
It is 2384 BC and the Sumerian states of Lagash and Umma are at war. Both cities lie along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, while the fertile plains of Guedana lay between. The reason for...
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Why I skipped class
When my parents moved me to a public school, it was a huge transition for me. The environment was very different. The school was tiny. The chairs were broken. There were only very few old books in the...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Justice by foreign intervention
If a former Supreme Court justice and ombudsman and a former foreign secretary, whose precise job it was to promote his country to the world, needed to seek foreign intervention to get justice for...
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[OPINION] The revolution Filipinos must uphold
Many are fixated on the rhetoric that voting "is a right" or rather "is a responsibility." Well, it is. The Constitution of the Philippines defines it as such but pray, believe, that the election...
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[ANALYSIS] Contextualizing Sara Duterte’s courage
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has again been projecting herself as the younger, female version of her father President Rodrigo Duterte: bold, courageous, uncouth, uncontrollable. I say “again” because...
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[OPINYON] Edukasyon at pagsasakapangyarihan ng mga botante
Tuwing napapanahon ang eleksyon dito sa Pilipinas, popular ang tinatawag na voter's education. Layunin nito na bigyan ng kaalaman at buksan ang isip ng mga botante patungkol sa tamang pagboto, pag-alam...
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[OPINYON] ‘Maligayang pagtatapos!’: Ang mensahe ng retokadong tarpaulin
Kailangan kong i-quote ang pamagat kasi hindi ako ang nagsabi niyan. Nababasa ko lang iyang “Maligayang Pagtatapos!” sa mga tarpaulin na nadaraanan ko kung saan-saan. Iyan ang nakasulat kasama ang...
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[OPINION] Mental health is not special
Earlier this year, my students went on a quest from one classroom to the next: they wanted to know their peers' beliefs and opinions about schizophrenia. I could not have been a prouder and more...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Michael Yang – ang crony ni Digong
Mukhang mayroong isang klase ng pagkakaibigan sa Palasyo na hindi matitinag ng intel report, kahit na iniuugnay nito ang kabarkada ng Presidente sa droga.Narito ang timeline. Nobyembre o Disyembre...
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[ANALYSIS] How the Marcos-World Bank partnership brought PH economy to its knees
In response to the efforts of Marcos apologists to disseminate the image of the Marcos dictatorship from 1972 to 1986 as a “Golden Age,” many analysts have rightfully described it as more akin to a...
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[OPINION] No vaccination, no education: A fair trade?
In a statement on February 22, the Department of Education (DepEd) brought to light a Department of Health (DOH) proposal to implement a "no vaccination, no enrollment" policy in public schools. This...
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[OPINION] I'm for lowering the minimum age of criminal liability
I was horrified to see my 4-year-old child being strangled by a boy who was around 9 or 10, who I'll call Child X. He was using a rope that he twisted around my son's neck.Despite me shouting "No!"...
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[ANALYSIS] 6 economic issues senatorial bets ought to be talking about
So many problems beleaguer the Philippine economy, yet so few senatorial aspirants – especially of the administration ticket – are talking about them. In fact, many candidates of Hugpong ng Pagbabago...
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[OPINION] In defense of Jim Paredes
Disclaimer: I myself have not seen the viral video of Jim Paredes masturbating, and I don’t intend to. All know is what I’ve read: that such a video exists (and Jim Paredes stuck out his tongue at...
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[OPINION] Is it time to amend the Philippines’ campaign finance law?
Our campaign finance law, Republic Act 7166, was passed in 1991 or 5 presidents ago. How did we fair at implementing it? Is it time to amend it?RA 7166 set the foundation of our campaign finance...
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