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[OPINION] A National Polytechnic University?
Last September 4, a letter by the Philippine President addressed to both houses of Congress vetoed the bill seeking the declaration of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) as a “national...
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[OPINION] De Lima on the wreckage of the Duterte years and how to emerge from it
After over two and a half years in detention on fabricated charges brought against her by the administration, Senator Leila de Lima has become the symbol of uncompromising opposition to President...
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[OPINION] The climate emergency challenge: It's time
A global climate emergency is upon us.UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights Philip Alston recently reported that the climate crisis will push 120 million people into poverty by 2030. Alston...
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[EDITORIAL] BuCor Senate hearings: Bakit pinalusot si Bato at Faeldon?
Nakayayanig ang mga nahalungkat sa mga hearing ng Senado tungkol sa katiwalian sa Bureau of Corrections.Papeles ng good conduct na binebenta Certificates ng pagkakasakit na may presyo Marami ring...
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[OPINION] Part 2 | De Lima on the wreckage of the Duterte years and how to...
Read Part 1 of former congressman Walden Bello's interview with detained Senator Leila de Lima here.Duterte Cabinet, military, and the United StatesBello: Not all people in the Cabinet are dangerous...
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[OPINION | Point of Law] Cutting the Philippines off from the rest of world!
We now live in a borderless world. Information has become freely accessible at the click of a button wherever you may be in the world. The internet of things has made it possible for anything that...
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[ANALYSIS] Just how bad was corruption during the Marcos years?
We’re 3 years shy of the 50th anniversary of Marcos’ Martial Law declaration. Yet so many myths about the Marcoses still abound.One is that Marcos supposedly holds the Guinness World Record for...
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[OPINION] Navigating the new globalization
I can only scratch the surface of the 5th Annual Public Policy Conference, the subject of which is of much gravitas and challenges are formidable, characterized by VUCA (volatility, uncertainty,...
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[OPINYON] Nagkaisa, pinagkaisahan, naisahan
Kasama sa katangian ng kahit anong wika ang magtaglay ng konotasyon, o iba pang kahulugang hindi literal, ang isang mistulang pangkaraniwang salita. Napakadali sa ating gumawa o magbigay ng iba pang...
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[OPINYON] Paano na lang kung hindi naghiwalay ang mga magulang ko?
Hindi ko ma-imagine ang buhay namin kung hindi naghiwalay ang mga magulang ko. Maraming nagsasabi na ibinabasura ng divorce bill ang pagiging sagrado ng marriage, but as a person who had watched her...
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[OPINION] It’s time to stop investing in climate change
September gives many of us opportunities to reflect on our relationship with the environment and our fellow human beings. This month, Filipino Catholics celebrate the Season of Creation, recognizing...
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[OPINION] Shouldn’t we call ourselves 'martial law babies' too?
My birth came 16 years after the first People Power uprising in EDSA overthrew Ferdinand Marcos. Certainly, it appears uncanny for someone as young as myself to discuss something as far from our own...
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[OPINION] Hayskul Batch '73: We were the martial law teenagers
(The following is an essay to be read in 2023 on the occasion of the 50th reunion of the author's high school batch.)Fifty years ago, 121 boys and 177 girls graduated from high school in a country...
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[OPINION] Martial Law: The pill I had to take
I was raised by my grandfather, a Marcos man, who was a police chief investigator during Martial Law. He was a strict man. This modifier is an understatement. I can vividly remember how framed...
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[OPINION] Countering Marcos propaganda with stories of resistance
This week, I had the rare opportunity to listen to the stories of two women Martial Law survivors. Speaking before an awestruck audience of eighteen to nineteen-year-old university students in UPLB,...
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[OPINION] We need parks, and ones we can actually use
Have you ever asked a friend to meet up or hang out in a park? Chances are very low, I would think.Park development in the Philippines is in its infancy stage, and one wonders if it would ever mature...
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[OPINION] How the Philippines can repair its culture
James Fallows is depressingly precise, but not that accurate.This is my take regarding his article "A Damaged Culture: A New Philippines?" published a little more than 3 decades ago in The Atlanta...
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[OPINION] Why I don't believe divorce will destroy a family
As Filipinos, we take pride in being a predominantly Catholic country, and the only one in the world that still bans divorce aside from the Vatican. But what would the Vatican, a city-state with an...
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[OPINION] It's not a cockfight between farmers and queers
Divide and conquer. This phrase describes an old tactic of war. Dominant groups use their weapons and authority to keep minorities segregated. A collective of minorities aware of the similarities of...
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[ANALYSIS] When Duterte doesn't know what he's talking about
Many times, when President Rodrigo Duterte answers questions from the media or declares a new policy on controversies that have cooked up a storm, he does so without any background or consultation...
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