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[OPINION] We should stop calling it the 'drug war'
"Nalilimot ng bawat isa sa inyo na habang napag-iingatan ng isang bayan ang kanyang wika, napag-iingatan din nito ang katibayan ng kaniyang paglaya, katulad ng pagpapanatili ng isang tao sa kaniyang...
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[ANALYSIS] The pipe dream that is Build, Build, Build
They promised us a “golden age of infrastructure.” But all we got so far is a pipe dream.Build, Build, Build is being touted as the Duterte administration’s flagship economic project. With an original...
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[ANALYSIS] #DefendMediaFreedom: Time to act at an existential moment
On July 10 and 11, I was among the more than 1,500 journalists, academics, and civil society activists who joined 60 ministers in delegations from more than 100 different countries to...
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[OPINION] Rainbow glitters after the storm: The UN Human Rights Council...
Activists worldwide, including myself, were all holding our breaths while governments deliberated on a crucial UN resolution aimed at advancing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,...
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[OPINION] The visa nightmare and Filipinos' need for stronger passports
I am fully aware that there are other more pressing issues our government has to focus on and resolve than the passport issue. Grinding poverty. Human trafficking. Graft and corruption. Environmental...
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[OPINION] A prayerful Congress
At the heart of Filipino religiosity is prayer.“The family that prays together stays together,” so the saying goes. But even if people did not pray with their families, they still prayed on their own...
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[OPINYON] Hindi ko kailangan ng relihiyon upang maging mabuting tao
Relihiyoso talaga akong tao dati, noong bata pa ako. Naniniwala ako sa Diyos, kay Hesus, sa mga santo, nanonood ng Superbook tuwing Sabado, at walang palya ako kung pumunta sa simbahan tuwing Linggo....
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[OPINION] The new documentary film and its role in democracy
I unveiled, for the first time, my interactive documentary (i-doc) titled Obrero to a roomful of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in New Zealand. The i-doc forms part of my multiplatform documentary...
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[OPINION] 'Tuesdays with Morrie' moments with my high school literature teacher
It did not happen every Tuesday, as Mitch Albom had experienced with his ALS-stricken teacher Morrie Schwartz. The encounters would take place sporadically, sometimes months from each other, sometimes...
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Ang pulitika ng death penalty sa ilalim ni Duterte
Magkalinawan tayo bakit binubuhay muli ang death penalty.Deterrent ba ito sa krimen? Hindi. Bumaba nga ang index crimes mula 1978 to 2008 sa kabila ng kawalan ng death penalty. Ito’y sa kabila ng...
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[OPINION] Lives in danger: Extrajudicial killings and the denial of abortion
While President Duterte left out the status of women’s reproductive health and rights in the country from his 4th State of the Nation Address, the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution and false...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Applause for death, drugs, sex jokes – that is the...
Every July for 3 years now, President Rodrigo Duterte drags us down a cesspool of rambling profanity, lasciviousness, and threats that, aided by film directors and creative camera angles, has been...
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[OPINION] We are more than our disabilities
With all the access signs one could find – mandated, of course, in public places – one could be forgiven to think that all other opportunities, too, have truly been equalized for persons with...
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[ANALYSIS] The Philippine Left and the 2019 elections
Why did the Philippine Left perform badly (and worse than in previous years) in the 2019 elections? In the party-list contest, the mainstream Left saw its votes fall from 3.9 million in 2016 to 2.3...
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Sparking joy and fearing shame: The irony of Singapore's National Day Parade
American writer Mark Twain once wrote, “Dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening, love like you’ve never been hurt and live like it’s Heaven on Earth.” This free-spirited,...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Covering up a national sellout
The smokescreen trick is plain enough: The Duterte regime is beclouding the air with all manner of concocted issues to give itself cover as it tries to escape with its own crimes.The latest of these...
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[OPINION] A briefing for incoming first year college students
Dear First Year Students,As we start a new semester, let me give you some advice that comes from decades of teaching.In my institution, UP Diliman, we have put in place a very wise policy banning...
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[OPINION] One woman's journey from Christianity to agnosticism
I was born in one of the quiet districts of Zamboanga, a peninsula of different people with different ideologies. It was like a common ground for a variety of religions—Catholicism, Islam,...
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[OPINION] Jefferson Estela, changing the climate for strikes in the Philippines
26 years ago, the Supreme Court recognized the doctrine of intergenerational responsibility, which states that future generations have the right to a balanced and healthful ecology. Today, the future...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Itigil ang martial law-style na patayan sa Negros
Anim na bangkay ang isinilid sa sako at ipinarada sa harap ng isang himpilan ng pulisya sa Negros nitong Disyembre. Pinatay sila sa ngalan ng “Oplan Sauron” – ang operasyon ng pulisya laban sa mga...
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