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The unbearable weight of traveling while female
One cold autumn night in Warsaw, all I wanted was bread. The sun had set at around 4 pm and it felt like it was time for dinner not even an hour later. I had some cold cuts and cheese in the hostel...
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Build, Build, Build? Evict, Evict, Evict!
Media extoll the completed or on-stream Build, Build, Build (BBB) construction of expressways, overpasses, bridges, airports, railways, school buildings, evacuation centers and flood control...
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[OPINION] Who keeps the Solid North solid?
The Solid North still appears solid in November 2019, 3 years after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried at the Libingan ng mg Bayani. Many still stereotype Ilocanos as pro-Marcos, although...
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[OPINION] Life with Noonan syndrome: If others can, then why can't I?
I am Anne Honeylene Rigor, fondly called Honey by my friends. I have Noonan syndrome. Though it is a common genetic syndrome associated with heart disease, not many people are familiar with it,...
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[EDITORIAL] Edukasyon sa Pilipinas: Tinimbang ka nguni’t kulang
Madalas mong maririnig ito sa mga naghihirap na nagsusumikap: "Magtatapos ako ng pag-aaral upang makaangat sa hirap." Sa Pinoy, edukasyon ang solusyon – ito ang great equalizer. Hindi baleng mahirap ka...
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[OPINION] Dancing onstage while on the autism spectrum
In my own way, I try to do small deeds that can still make an impact. I was able to show, for instance, that despite being on the autism spectrum, I can perform in a realm where people like me don't...
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[OPINION] When a farmer asks for seeds instead of noche buena
The old man’s face was a picture of defeat.Someone who produces food should never know hunger, but how does one feed a family when one earns so little? Accept government doleouts? Take out a loan?...
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[OPINION] The Filipino farmer is not a dying breed
When asked why he became a farmer, Armando delos Santos, 25, of Barangay Bonifacio, Angadanan, Isabela, recalled his struggles as a child of a farmer. He had once decided to find a job in Metro Manila...
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[ANALYSIS] PISA results: Using this to set an Olympic goal for PH education
The 2018 PISA results have been released for the Philippines and the results are dismal. Test results for the country’s 15-year olds randomly tested as a group scored the country lowest among the 79...
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[ANALYSIS] Aetas and New Clark City: Trampling on human rights of our first...
Beneath the glitz and glamor of the New Clark City (NCC), one of the venues of the 30th SEA Games hosted by the Philippines, lies an insidious reality – the forcible displacement of the Aetas from...
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[OPINION] Our current climate policy is leading us to a future underwater
Ah! It's that time of the year again! And no, I’m not referring to Christmas, but rather, to international climate change negotiations. They usually culminate at this time every year, with agreements...
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[ANALYSIS] Making sense of the surprisingly good jobs, poverty stats
Last week the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) brought us a string of surprisingly good economic news.Not only did the country’s unemployment and underemployment rates dip to 14-year lows, but...
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[OPINION] ABS-CBN and its struggle to obtain its franchise
I can't imagine our home without ABS-CBN. This television station and the shows it produces have been a staple in our household. My father cannot let a single episode of "Ang Probinsyano" pass, in the...
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[OPINYON] Tara, tong-its!
Hindi ko alam kung may interesado pang magbasa at umunawa o mag-comprehend (pun intended), pero may sasabihin pa akong baka may kinalaman sa Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at sa...
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[OPINION] P10,727 a month? Why numerical estimates shouldn't be taken that...
As a former lecturer on statistics and quantitative analysis, I was very fond of numbers, figures, and estimates.In fact, I used to tell my students that statistics can estimate just about anything! As...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Sotto attempt to remove fund for contraceptives is...
When Senate President Vicente Sotto III proposed to remove the P225M funding from the Department of Health (DOH) budget allocated for the purchase of contraceptive implants, he was guilty of...
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[OPINION] How millennials are helping informal settlers and the homeless
We millennials have been unfairly dismissed as lazy and entitled merely for being social media-using, Netflix-watching, Spotify-listening kids, as if these are all we do in our young lives. The fact...
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[OPINION] Nostalgia, conspiracies: The politics of recalling the Marcos...
Nostalgia is a kind of memory that makes us prioritize pleasant memories over painful ones. It often gives us mixed feelings about the past. It allows us to go back in time to relish an old feeling...
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[EDITORIAL] Whatever happens to the Constitution, you and I share the blame
Nothing beats the phrases “behind closed doors” and “while in execution session” in terms of provoking critics of charter change. Thus, when the House of Representatives’ committee on constitutional...
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[OPINION] My fight is their fight: Stand with human rights defenders under...
At around 6 pm pn August 5, 2019, Brandon Lee, a correspondent of the alternative online paper Northern Dispatch, was shot in front of his house in Lagawe, Ifugao. Lee is also a paralegal volunteer for...
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