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How a sniper’s bullet shut down a slum champion
In her book, The Durable Slum, Liza Weinstein points to how informal settlements are often able to survive natural disasters and city-state attempts to dismantle them. What is not often articulated in...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Porn in your pocket: What the law says about your...
Jeff Bezos may be the richest man in the world but there is at least one way he is just like many of us. Bezos has taken and sent his share of racy intimate photos or – to use direct street parlance –...
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Rated PG: This is why I wished my parents cared
I went to see my psychiatrist the day after my birthday this year. I guess it bears emphasizing that I have been making such trips since my ex-partner and I broke up. The whole experience tore me apart...
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[OPINION] Last chance
The 2019 mid-term election might as well be the last chance for Philippine democracy and sovereignty. If the elections result in a Senate dominated by Duterte, we can kiss both goodbye. What will...
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[ANALYSIS] Balikatan: U.S. shifts gears from counterterrorism to great power...
The world’ most advanced multi-role stealth aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Force (JSF), made a debut this week in the Philippines as thousands of American, Australian and...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Natokhang din sa Negros Oriental ang ating konsyensya
Nanlaban. Pinaslang ang 14 na aktibistang magsasaka sa magkakasabay na operasyon ng pulis sa Negros Oriental – 8 ang patay sa Canlaon City, 4 sa Manjuyod, at dalawa sa Santa Catalina.Nanlaban. Ayan na...
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[OPINION] Debates, discourse, and dissonance: Politics as a spectator sport
Aristotle once divided citizens into two camps: the polites, citizens concerned with public affairs; and the idiotes, people who were only preoccupied with their own private matters. Today, these terms...
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I didn’t vote the last elections, and boy do I regret it
You could say I was a different person 3 years ago. I’d been working in a newsroom for years by then, and despite (or maybe because of?) this, I was a classic cynic, the ideals of our democratic...
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[OPINYON] Kalimutan ang ‘winnable’
Noong nakaraang buwan, sumulat ako sa espasyong ito tungkol sa miseducation ng botante. In a way, ipinaliwanag ko, with a pessimist tone, na mahirap nang lektyuran ang mga botante, mahirap nang...
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[ANALYSIS] We never defaulted on our loans? That’s historical revisionism
The historical revisionism never ends.This time it comes from the Department of Finance (DOF), which is drawing flak for signing onerous loan agreements with China in behalf of the Duterte...
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[OPINION] Part 1| Kaliwa and Chico Dams: More than just debt of money
In this two-part article, we argue that the controversy over the Chinese loans that will finance the Kaliwa Dam and Chico River Projects should not be seen only through the prism of whether the...
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[OPINION] Part 2 | Road to damnation through Chinese-funded dams
READ: [OPINION] Part 1 | Kaliwa and Chico Dams: More than just debt of money Beyond the provisions of the loan agreements and contentions on patrimonial property lie the reality on the ground, and...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Sara Duterte's honest convictions
Falsehoods, cover-ups, treacheries – that's what the regime of Rodrigo Duterte is all about, and it’s the sense you got from the mouth of babes, indeed from the mouth of his own daughter Sara no...
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Game of poverty
People want to be successful. They work hard to achieve their dreams. They tend to push their limits to accomplish something. But does hard work really lead to success?Society tends to believe the idea...
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[LEGAL ADVICE] 3 tips to correct a birth certificate error (for OFWs and...
As a practicing family lawyer, I am contacted by OFWs all the time. Among the familiar requests for annulments and child support are the no less dramatic requests to help correct an OFW’s birth...
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[OPINION] Should we ban the Marcoses from our campuses?
This is a teaching moment that the Ateneo de Manila community should not miss. It's also a teaching moment for other institutions, like the University of the Philippines, which has faced similar...
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[OPINION] Universities should take strong stance against the Marcos dictatorship
This piece is a response to Atty Antonio La Viña’s piece, “Should we ban the Marcoses from our campuses?”We have utmost respect for the former dean of the Ateneo School of Government, but this respect...
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[OPINION] The paradox of a gift: Foreign aid and its conditions
Amid the increasing tensions over the disputed South China Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte asserted: "You know, Red China or Communist China just wants to be friends with us." This statement is not...
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[EXPLAINER] Vote-buying is not just giving or taking cash
(First of two parts)The crime of vote-buying is the most misunderstood and therefore committed most often. In the long list of election offenses under the Omnibus Election Code, vote-buying and...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Walang tubig, kuryente, pera – penitensya ngayong...
Kung maikli ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot – iyan ang sabi ng matatanda. Ilang pamamaluktot ba ang kailangan nating gawin upang maka-survive?Walang tubig, walang kuryente, walang pera– ito ang drama ng...
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