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[ANALYSIS] 2020s: Can we sustain the stellar growth of the 2010s?
As the new decade dawns, let’s take a moment to appreciate how much we’ve progressed in the past 10 years.You may not have noticed, but most Filipinos’ incomes and living standards have grown...
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[OPINION] Leaving the medical profession to become a journalist
I’ve always wanted to tell stories. This has been the dream ever since I was young. But I didn’t go to journalism school. Instead, I took a medical course – a decision I regretted for the most part. I...
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Pain and promise: Journey of a millennial first-time mom
To get my daughter out of me, doctors cut me open from the base of my vagina to my anus. Her emerging head tore me up in two more places. My baby’s umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck as she was...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Leila de Lima, the missed tipping point
Given our thing about signs, occasions, and fortuity, it should be convenient in the New Year, at least for the partisans of Senator Leila de Lima, to view the American ban on Philippine officials...
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[EDITORIAL] Kasaysayan ang dapat maging gabay ng ABS-CBN
“Anak, ano na ang mangyayari sa ABS-CBN?” ‘Yan ang kabadong tanong ng isang lola sa amin matapos pumutok ang balitang nanganganib ang pagre-renew ng prankisa ng higanteng network. Nagulantang siya sa...
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[ANALYSIS] Writing contracts on water
We enjoy no 2020 vision on the ultimate consequences of the water concession controversy ignited late last year by President Duterte. The trigger was his order reported on December 4, 2019 to file...
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[OPINION] To improve the Philippines, Filipinos should have something to live...
In a study conducted by Prim Paypon, the founder of a philanthropic, volunteer-based organization named The Dream Project PH, a total of 614 Filipino teenagers from different socioeconomic classes were...
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[OPINION] Push for pro-poor, pro-environment energy policy
Mass unemployment. Landlessness. Escalating prices of goods and commodities. Severe lack of access to basic social services such as health, housing, education, and insurance coverage. These are some of...
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[OPINION] Running to stand still: On U2 fans and the war on drugs
“Talagang dapat na patayin 'yung mga adik na yan. Hirap lang sa bahay namin, di sang-ayon 'yung nanay at tatay ko. Nabrainwash na ata ng media.” (I do think those addicts need to be killed. At our...
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[OPINION] Iran takes on the world's leading superpower, the United States
The assassination by the U.S. of Iran's charismatic military figure, Qassem Soleimani, as the world entered the new year, upped the ante between these two protagonists. Since then, the world has been...
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[OPINION] Lost in Traslacion: Is this what my Catholic faith looks like?
When I think about my childhood, I remember not just the endless interactions I had with my playmates, or the dreams I told myself I should achieve. More than anything, I’m reminded of the...
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[ANALYSIS] The stroke of genius in Robredo’s drug war report
Policies ought to be informed by data. But many government officials would rather have us groping in the dark.Nowhere is this more evident than in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, which started...
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[OPINION] Getting judged for my tattoos, and the issue of taboos in 2020
Inside the FX during one of those quiet holiday mornings, a middle-aged woman sat beside me. Minutes later, I began hearing murmurs. Every commuter knows we need to be aware of our surroundings all...
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[PODCAST] Laffler Talk: 2020
Pakinggan din sa: Spotify | Apple PodcastsMANILA, Philippines – Akalain 'nyo, 2020 na? Bagong dekada, bagong simula.Uso na naman ang New Year's resolutions, na maaaring matupad o maaari ring hindi.Pero...
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[OPINYON] Isinulat habang walang signal
Dahil malapit ang apartment ko sa Quiapo, ngayong kapistahan ng Itim na Nazareno, gumising akong walang pumapasok na notification, ni hindi ko mabuksan ang social media account ko. Alam kong hihina o...
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[OPINION] Reflections at the dawn of a hope-filled New Year and decade
Count me, please, among the Filipinos who welcome this new year with hope. But my hope is not because of Duterte’s presidency, but in spite of it.I do not, and never have, taken it against the...
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[EDITORIAL] Si General Snatcher at ang pamana ni Digong
Hindi na kami magpapaligoy-ligoy pa. Natulala kami na isang heneral na pulis – hindi isang hamak na SPO lamang – ang nanghablot ng cellphone ng isang mamamahayag na kumukuha ng video ng isang debotong...
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[OPINION] Making the Marcoses say sorry does nothing; here's what to do instead
We express regret when we realize that we can no longer change our past actions. As moral beings, we are filled with remorse when we do something wrong, or when we fail to do what we should have...
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[OPINION] Planning and preparation: Unglamorous, yet most critical, in disasters
Suddenly, the world is plunged into all kinds of natural disasters, from fires in Australia to volcanic eruptions in Japan, Mexico, and now my beloved Philippines. In an effort to help out and...
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[OPINYON] Trahedya dahil sa isang terminong hindi nauunawaan ng lahat
Kapag ang ating pamahalaan at media ay may balita tungkol sa sakuna, kadalasang gumagamit ang mga ito ng mga siyentipiko at teknikal na salita. Sa pagkakaalala ko noon sa Super Typhoon Yolanda, ilang...
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