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Part 1: The Philippines at its best at Paris climate talks
Reports of deaths and damages from the two most recent typhoons (Onyok and Nona) that devastated the Philippines have raised the urgency of understanding how the new global climate agreement can...
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Part 2: The Philippines' influence on the Paris Agreement
Our interests since the beginning of the climate change negotiations in 1990 has remained constant: how to make sure that the threat of climate change is averted and its worst impacts does not affect...
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We need managers, not saviors
Last November, I was honored to speak at an integrity forum organized by Xavier University, the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals and the AIM alumni of Cagayan de Oro City,...
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My Syrian patients’ strength amid war
Just 5 kilometers away from the Syrian border is the busy Ar Ramtha hospital in Jordan where Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders/MSF) runs an emergency surgical department. The patients...
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The question is not whether Binay is bad but whether he will be badder
In arguing against a Jejomar Binay presidency for the next 6 years, critics of the incumbent Vice President point to the numerous graft and corruption charges he is presently facing at the Ombudsman...
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#AnimatED: 2016 begins with hope
Without fail, for the past 15 years, most Filipinos have been greeting every new year with hope. Survey after survey has shown that the lowest percentage of hopeful Filipinos was 81% (2004), still an...
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10 New Year wishes – Pet Peeves Edition
I thought I might keep up my consistency about being the Season's grouch, by making new year's wishes that aren't full of positive things like health and prosperity and world peace. (Although I do wish...
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[Dash of SAS] Forbidding and punishing home births
An indigenous women’s group is calling for a review and repeal of local public health ordinances that prohibit and penalize home births.At an annual gathering in October 2015, indigenous women from...
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Life, death, and the best of us
It seems strange to start the New Year with an article about death and grief. But when those deaths are meaningful because of the lives that were led and when the people who loved them grieved and...
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China and the Philippines: When demographics is destiny
When it comes to kids, perhaps there's no bigger contrast than China and the Philippines. For decades, Beijing had an iron-clad edict that limited Chinese couples to one child. And from Vatican City...
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Uyghur militants in Southeast Asia: Should PH be worried?
Beyond the South China Sea disputes currently bothering the region, Southeast Asia is facing an evolving security challenge emanating from the growing presence of Uyghur militants. On 24 December...
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Your life under the next dictator
It's Monday morning and you are late for work because your kid's yaya didn't make it to your house in time. Her son disappeared over the weekend while out with his friends, and she doesn't know where...
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I am Hijo, devotee of the Nazareno
MANILA, Philippines – I joined my father in celebrating the Feast of the Black Nazarene 26 years ago. My decision to take part in the procession drew a smile from my father, who had been a lifelong...
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'We could have been Lorelie'
Lorelie Cruz Melevo, a 30-year-old single mother of two young children, was killed after a government dump truck driven by Jonathan Silverio hit her while she was pushing her bicycle on a bike lane in...
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Reproductive health budget cut: A betrayal of women
In one of the far flung islands of Sulu live Bibing Antula, her husband and 5 children. For years, going to the town center in another island has been a perilous journey.At the height of armed...
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#AnimatED: Enforcing the gun ban
While candidates for national posts have been making the rounds in the past months, wooing voters in various guises, election season actually begins January 10 .(For a complete election calendar, read...
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Khaleesi
She slips into her heels, draped in pearls and cashmere cardigans. She smiles through kitchen windows with a hot, oven-fresh casserole on hand. She will invite you for brunch, or afternoon tea, but...
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It’s not traffic: MMDA’s hold on film fest is illegal
Why is a government agency tasked to manage traffic also managing a film festival?The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is under fire from filmmakers and Congress for arbitrarily...
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Part 1: Choosing for 2016: Kapitan, lingkod, katiwala
If we had a more mature democracy, choosing our country’s leaders would not be difficult. One would simply look at the political parties vying for position and vote according to one’s party affiliation...
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Part 2: Assessing the candidates for 2016
(READ: Part 1: Choosing for 2016: Kapitan, lingkod, katiwala)For the 2010 elections, the Movement for Good Governance, a coalition of individuals and organizations led by Winnie Monsod and Nene...
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