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[OPINION] Nothing but a honeytrap: Leni Robredo's appointment as anti-drug...
I was on a bus riding back home when I read the breaking news on my phone: Duterte appoints Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of gov't committee vs illegal drugs. I almost choked on my coffee....
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[ANALYSIS] 75 years after MacArthur's return, WW2 combatants face common threat
Last October 8 to 18, the militaries of the Philippines, the United States of America, and, most interestingly enough, Japan conducted a multilateral exercise. It was dubbed Exercise Kamandag or...
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[OPINION] Super Typhoon Yolanda is a man-made disaster
Every November 8, we commemorate the devastation wrought by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.Six years have passed since Yolanda made landfall in...
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[ANALYSIS] Is the Philippine economy in the pink again? Not exactly
You will recall that economic growth in the second quarter of 2019, as measured by gross domestic product or GDP, clocked in at a dismal 5.5%.That was the lowest in more than 4 years, and also short of...
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[PODCAST] Laffler Talk: OK Boomer
MANILA, Philippines – "OK boomer."Nag-trend kamakailan sa social media itong pansagot ng millennials sa mga argumento ng matatanda, lalo na iyong "baby boomers." Pero tapos na ba ang debate sa...
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[OPINION] Outgrowing Yolanda
The bitter taste of pressed coffee lingers as I empty my cup. Its warmth stirs up nostalgia as I stand behind the ledge, gazing into the horizon. Beneath the rubble covered in offshoots were lives...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] A never-ending cleanup
Just about halfway through his 6-year term, the question is already being asked: How do we clean up after President Rodrigo Duterte?How do we undo his drug war, which has claimed thousands of lives but...
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[OPINION] How do you solve a problem like EDSA?
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) appeals for discipline and patience from the public as the EDSA traffic problem worsens. State authorities could only resort to experiments and...
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[OPINION] Before the fall: Remembering the casualties of the Berlin Wall
A side trip after a work event led me to witness how Germany continues to remember one of its darkest periods post-World War II, the division of Berlin literally enforced for 3 decades by at least 111...
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[OPINION] The anger toward the ‘Elcano & Magellan’ film is unjustified
Philippine schoolbooks of history seem to be written not to understand the past nor to stimulate critical thinking, but to feed the students with tones of blind patriotism. If young Filipinos were...
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[OPINION] Duterte's sense of history
What's the difference between President Rodrigo Duterte and his predecessors? For one thing, Duterte's sense of historical time differs from other presidents. He doesn't see history as moving along a...
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[OPINION] Was the outrage (not anger) over ‘Elcano & Magellan’...
This is in response to Jorge Mojarro's article, "The anger toward the 'Elcano and Magellan' film is unjustified."Mojarro's 3 points in the article are accurate, and they are actually the correct...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Rape, incest and inequality – the other reasons for...
Twenty-four babies are born to teenage girls every hour. Over 200,000 babies are born to teenage girls each year. That number has stayed at that level since 2010. An estimated 2,000 girls between 10...
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[EDITORIAL] Ang patibong para kay Leni
"Trap." Lahat halos nagkakaisa na maburak pa sa Ilog Pasig ang motibo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtatalaga kay Bise Presidente Leni Robredo na co-chair ng Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal...
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[OPINION] Duterte is vulnerable
Almost everyone thinks Duterte is super powerful. Academic and media opinion says Duterte is overwhelmingly dominant, especially after the May 2019 midterm elections.It would seem so, since no...
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[OPINION] Was the outrage (not anger) over 'Elcano and Magellan' unjustified?...
This is in response to Jorge Mojarro's article, "The anger toward the 'Elcano and Magellan' film is unjustified."Mojarro's three points in the article are accurate, and they are actually the correct...
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[OPINION] Was the outrage (not anger) over 'Elcano and Magellan' unjustified?...
This is in response to Jorge Mojarro's article, "The anger toward the 'Elcano and Magellan' film is unjustified."Mojarro's three points in the article are accurate, and they are actually the correct...
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[OPINION] Busting myths on Lapu-Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan
Recently, a Spanish-produced Pixar-esque film has stirred controversy among our countrymen, owing to the fact that it portrayed the Portuguese Magellan in a polished light and the Visayan hero...
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[ANALYSIS] Scarborough Shoal and its threat to Philippine centers of gravity
Unceasingly had drummed into them the utterance of The Times: "You are lions led by packasses." – Francisque Sarcey, in Paris During the Siege, 1871 The harassment of the Liberian registered tanker the...
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[OPINION] Robredo could score a 'drug war’ win
No one was surprised when Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said recently that the country’s “war on drugs,” in which police have admitted to killing more than 5,500 people, was “not working.” She...
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