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[OPINION] Iceland 1, China 0: The diplomatic significance of the U.N. Human...
The denouement of the United Nations Human Rights Council vote instructing its High Commissioner to “prepare a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines” was as...
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[OPINION] On the 'plus' side of being healthy: Not your typical weight loss...
It was in college when I reached my biggest size. I weighed at around 220 pounds (almost 100 kg) and I wasn’t fit at all. I lost my breath just going up two flights of stairs, and I felt pain in my...
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[POLICY] Follow rule of law, but aspire for rule of justice
Editor's Note: Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio delivered the commencement speech at the Ateneo Law School graduation rites on Sunday, July 14. Here is the full text of Carpio's...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: The good mayors need us
We were giving them 3 months, tops, to impress us with announcements of reforms and display of political will in addressing pestering problems in their localities. And they have, so far, not failed us....
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[OPINION] What Duterte has achieved in 3 years
When we assess what Duterte has achieved in 3 years since he took office, we will all be filled with awe. This is according to Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo. The best is still to come, he...
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[OPINION] LEAKED: Director's notes for Duterte's 4th SONA
Imagine it with me.The lights dim at the House of Representatives. Darkness coaxes all guests to fall silent. Music starts fading in gently, but it is not Freddie Aguilar’s Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago....
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[OPINION] The Baguio metanarrative
There are stories and then there are metanarratives. These are the stories that stop the presses and sadly with Baguio, our metanarrative literally stopped the presses.The July 16, 1990, earthquake was...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Why it's important that SC defined sexual harassment
The professor was known for opening the first class by asking students to introduce themselves, and the girls to say if they had a boyfriend. If the student did not have a boyfriend, he would say...
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[OPINION] Whose city is it anyway: On Isko Moreno's cleanup of Manila
Books from Underground and all other stalls at the Manila City Hall underpass have been evicted. The underpass is for the people, says Mayor Isko Moreno, not for illegal vendors. "Ito ay sa taumbayan...
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[OPINYON] Vico at Isko: Governance in the age of social media
Mas matanda pa sa kopong-kopong ang naratibo ng kanilang pagkapanalo laban sa matatandang pulitiko sa kani-kanilang lugar. Kaya naman sa mga unang araw matapos maglabasan ang resulta ng halalan noong...
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[ANALYSIS] The poor quality of economic growth under Duterte
One of the high points of my college days was taking a course under “Mareng Winnie” Monsod called Development Economics. I learned there that economic growth is not the be-all and end-all of...
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[ANALYSIS] The global fight for media freedom: Why it matters
Sixty government ministers and 1,500 international journalists, human rights defenders, media lawyers, and academics met in London last week for the first Global Media Freedom conference convened...
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Does Duterte fulfill the dictator criteria? This book can help us find out
It’s been said many times that President Rodrigo Duterte has dictator-like tendencies. He’s been called a populist, a demagogue, an authoritarian. But what do these words mean? And is Duterte really...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Duterte’s word replaces the Constitution
You can deny it to yourself all you like, but you and I and the rest of the nation have, for all intents and purposes, completed our descent into authoritarianism.When President Duterte said, on...
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[OPINION] Projecting military power: Japan’s carrier fleet reborn
Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu, Zuikaku, and Shokaku. Names of proud ships that once ruled the waves of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Warships that struck terror among the enemies of Imperial Japan. They...
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[OPINION] A love letter to Manila
MANILA, Philippines – Manila is crumbling.I often hear this from disappointed tourists and politicians. This year, I promised to explore the great capital more – to see if I would step on crumbs, as...
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[OPINION] The ‘cinemafication’ of Duterte’s State of the Nation Address
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the president of the republic is enshrined in Article VII, Section 23, of the 1987 Constitution as his mandated duty to open and address both houses of...
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[OPINION] Duterte's best and worst
The State of the Nation Address or SONA is one of the most awaited annual events of the nation. The SONA coincides with the formal opening of Congress. It is also the time when a sitting president...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Walang 'maginoo at bastos' – bastos lang ang tawag d'yan
Paminsan-minsan, nagsasabwatan ang langit, lupa, at kapalaran upang makalusot ang kabutihan. 'Yan ang kwento ng pagpapasa ng landmark na batas – ang Bawal Bastos Law o ang Safe Space Act.Sa paliwanag...
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[OPINION] Freud's libido and Duterte's jingoism
For someone supposedly so afraid of war that he gave away the Philippines’ EEZ to China, Duterte’s reckless taunting of the United States by ridiculously invoking the PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT)...
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