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[ANALYSIS] Is Duterte ready to handle a looming Middle East crisis?
While the Philippines has been transfixed in the last few days on the boat-ramming incident involving 22 Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea, further west near the Persian Gulf, another...
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[OPINION] The Philippines needs submarines
Last week, a Chinese people’s maritime militia unit rammed and sank a Philippine fishing vessel and then left the crew to drown. That should have shocked the world, but, in fact, Chinese Coast Guard...
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[OPINION] Detox retreats: The icing on your wellness cake
It's hard to see the picture when you’re in it, which is why I only began to notice the alarmingly high number of Filipinos getting sick and dying young when I started living abroad.I remember...
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[OPINION] Best way to educate students on social media is through social media
Should teachers really avoid using social media as teaching tools?Previously, teachers and schools were left on their own to judge this matter. This has changed with the recent memorandum from the...
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[ANALYSIS] Sodom, Gomorrah, and the fate of gender equality
Whenever same-sex marriage or gender equality is brought up, somebody is expected to offer a biblical rebuttal. From Leviticus to Romans, the scriptural options are wide and predictable. It happens...
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[OPINYON] Kaibigang putik sa social media
Magkaibigan kayo simula high school hanggang ngayong pareho na kayong nagtatrabaho at pareho nang may pamilya. Sa dumadalang na pagkakataong nagkikita kayo, hindi katulad noong mas bata at mas malaya...
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[ANALYSIS] Why is Duterte still so popular?
The results of the 2019 elections can be reasonably read as a reaffirmation of the Filipino people's enduring support for President Rodrigo Duterte.On the one hand, you might say this is totally...
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[OPINION] Disappointment, exhaustion, fear: An incoming freshman on Duterte's...
Problematic.This word perfectly encapsulates President Duterte and his administration for the past 3 years.For starters, the President prides himself as a defender of human lives while failing to...
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[OPINION] Who is afraid to mess with the 'bakla?'
If asked about why Pride is important, activists would more likely say that it is a way for the LGBTQIA community to be visible. To be publicly seen is crucial at this time when legislative battles...
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[OPINION] Before it breaks down, we need to keep constitutional order
(Retired Supreme Court justice Mendoza delivered this speech, edited for brevity, at the Recognition Day of the UP College of Law on June 25, after the conferment upon him by the University of the...
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[OPINION] A facade of smiles over the Recto Bank incident
It has been a source of puzzlement why Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana issued a statement strongly condemning the ramming by a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat, the Gem-Ver, only to walk...
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[OPINION] Rodrigo Roa Duterte, best 'tibak'
We live in strange times.As we round off 3 years into a Duterte presidency, it seems that a week doesn’t go by where something isn’t happening. A Chinese boat sinks 22 fishermen. Eleven activists are...
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[OPINION] United Nations stands with Pride
The struggle for the rights of LGBTQ+ people is a core part of the struggle for the full and equal enjoyment of human rights by all. This Pride Month, the United Nations (UN) in the Philippines stands...
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[ANALYSIS] A law too small for its title
When the Senate passed what it called the “End of ENDO Law” on May 22, 2019, many wanted to believe that the widespread bane of contingent, short-term employment suffered by countless Filipino workers...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] A nation held to ransom
Lest anyone forget, the Philippines’ troubles with China began when President Duterte surrendered to it control over the West Philippine Sea. That it happened just after an international arbitral court...
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[OPINION] Pride is coming to an end, now what?
When Pride month rolls every June, the LGBTQ+ community and our allies gear up to celebrate our identity and humanity while preparing to protest against discrimination and systemic oppression. It’s a...
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[OPINION] The choice to be childless: Being the woman I used to fear and despise
I have become the woman I was warned about in my childhood. I can still remember the things I have been told. I had to be careful with the company I keep. I had to stay away from "liberated" women....
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[ANALYSIS] Elections in the era of charismatic politics
Elections are often regarded as the quintessential expression of democracy. Yet elections can have undemocratic outcomes. The carefully choreographed election designed to give a fig leaf to an...
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[OPINION] The sublime and unfathomable wisdom of Rodrigo Duterte
Even Salvador Panelo, the man after the President’s mouth, got him wrong this time and was humble enough to admit it.That the Presidential Spokesman himself misconstrued his master’s parable of not...
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'Hindi kami intern': Why social media managers should get way, way more respect
I've been part of the team behind Rappler's social media accounts for nearly 6 years now, and before that, I took care of social media for a few big brands in a digital ad agency. Like any job, social...
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