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What Lee Kuan Yew’s son, Lee Hsien Yang, could be trying to tell us this...
Singapore’s netizens went into a frenzy after the following family portrait surfaced on social media and went viral in late May. It is the late Lee Kuan Yew’s (LKY) son Lee Hsien Yang (LHY). His...
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[OPINION] The press owes society courage
Note: This is the speech of Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, after receiving on Thursday, June 13, the Canadian Journalism Foundation's Special Citation "in recognition of his...
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[OPINION] Sometimes the truth leaks out in the effort to conceal it
The "Press Release on the so-called collision of fishing boats between China and the Philippines" dated June 14, 2019 is very revealing:It confirms that it was indeed a Chinese fishing vessel, the...
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[ANALYSIS] A workers’ alternative for Hanjin
The January 2019 collapse of the giant Hanjin shipbuilding facility in Subic, Zambales has precipitated a mad scramble for solutions to the crisis. The government frantically scours for new investors...
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The Papa I lost and found in Japan
I knew so little about the man whose face I have, and apparently whose temper and love for spicy things I also inherited, but I learned to accept the scarcity of details I got growing up.Perhaps it was...
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[OPINION] In memory of my father
Last January, I wrote about my father's life, his dreams, and how he and my mother were simple barbecue vendors, in honor of him and the grief I felt during our first Christmas without him.Now, on...
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[ANALYSIS] China’s new Great Wall
China’s first emperor in the 200 BCE built an extensive fortification, known now as the Great Wall, which was continuously expanded, improved, and strengthened until the Ming dynasty in the 14th...
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[OPINION] Maguindanao is a forgotten crisis
When a humanitarian emergency fades from the headlines there is a tendency to forget that many people displaced by armed conflict continue to face difficulties and uncertainties to survive. This World...
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[ANALYSIS] China, the patron, is Duterte's reality check
He had been to practically every dead soldier’s wake, but he chose to snub the homecoming of the men who watch our seas and claim what’s ours by their sheer presence in the middle of nowhere.Worse, he...
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[ANALYSIS] Rebuilding the Left's shattered electoral base
The recently concluded party-list election was a colossal setback to many left-leaning and progressive party-list groups. Once the dominant force in the party-list system, over time, many left and...
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[OPINION] Paper vs plastic: The right choice might not be what you think
When the husband and I got engaged, family and friends took turns inviting us out to celebrate. One uncle brought us out on Manila Bay for the day. Pulling out of the bay was unforgettable, but sadly...
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[ANALYSIS] China vs Filipino fishermen: Where is Duterte’s ‘tapang at...
Even while betraying the country, the Duterte government could not get its act together.Last June 12, on Independence Day, we learned from Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that a Chinese vessel...
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[ANALYSIS] Will boat sinking put pressure on ASEAN Summit?
China’s unsafe and dangerous navigation in the South China Sea will be under the spotlight at this weekend’s gathering of 10 Southeast Asian leaders in Bangkok, where the 34th Association of Southeast...
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[OPINION] The 'problem-solving' impulse and the limits of state power
The trouncing of the oppositionist Otso Diretso slate in the recent 2019 elections ensures a friendlier Senate for President Duterte, and to this, supporters of the President rejoice. The much vaunted...
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Finding Gabriela Silang in Abra
All I wanted was to take a breather from the metro.A week-long holiday brought me to the landlocked province of Abra. Not much is heard about the province, but a quick Google search on what it has to...
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[OPINYON] Pagsakay sa bangka
Maraming antas ng kahulugan ang katagang “pagsakay sa bangka.” Una, puwedeng literal. Sasakay ako sa bangka patungo sa kung saang kailangang tumawid ng ilog o dagat. Sasakay sa bangka dahil malalim at...
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[OPINION] The 22 fishermen must learn a proper fist bump
And the engines wouldn’t even work on the boats, which in the first place were too small to take to Recto Bank where the big fish are.Twelve boats for 22 fishermen presumes a buddy system because they...
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Why the term 'bakla' can be more closeting than liberating for some
Labels and templates are constraining – even in the context of gay rights.In the Philippines, if you are to look around and spot people who fall under non-normative sexual orientation, gender identity,...
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[OPINION] Aswang: A strange new energy
What is this strange new energy the Bicol region has been sending out throughout this country in crisis? Its latest surprise, if Comelec is to be believed – in-your-face victory only Naga City gave the...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: May hangganan pala ang nasyonalismo ni Duterte
Bakit ramdam natin ang sinapit ng mga mangingisda ng Gem-Ver sa kamay ng mga Intsik? Bakit b’wisit tayo sa mga opisyal na nambraso sa kapitan ng Gem-Ver upang “bumaliktad” sa kanyang pahayag na sinadya...
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