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[OPINION] The ethics of stealing during the coronavirus pandemic
In his magnum opus Summa Theologica, the medieval Catholic philosopher-saint Thomas Aquinas asks whether it is ethical to steal in a time of extreme necessity. He answers: "...if the need be so...
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[OPINION] Waiting for things to go back to normal isn’t going to work
“After the pandemic.”It’s such a nice thing to think about – the things we’d do once the lockdown is over, the places we’ll go to; the normalcy we’ll have once again. It’s comforting in times like this...
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[REFLECTIONS] Look out for the loneliest amid the pandemic – Pope Francis
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader, enter...
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[REFLECTIONS] Don’t get tired of waving your palms
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader,...
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[ANALYSIS] A failure of execution
Reposted with permission from Inside Story, first published April 4, 2020. The Philippines ranks among the world’s most disaster-prone nations, all too often suffering the debilitating impact of...
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Jun Factoran: Leadership and legacy in DENR
One of the best ways to remember Jun Factoran is to return to the immediate post-Marcos years, when he served as member of then-president Corazon Aquino's Cabinet. In our recent conversations, his eyes...
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[REFLECTIONS] When no one will say 'I am sick'
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader, enter...
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[ANALYSIS] What to do after April 14, 2020
There is a debate going on within the business community, within the health community, and between business and health groups regarding what to do after the period of expanded community quarantine ends...
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[OPINION] It's our dissent that will save us
Stay home. Be quiet. We’re on it. Just wait. Help will come. Trust us. Do as you’re told or else. These, in a nutshell, were the key messages pounded on the public by President Rodrigo Duterte and...
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[OPINION] Can we beat the coronavirus with ‘discipline’?
I currently live in Tagbilaran City and have observed how Filipinos patiently abide by the quarantine despite the great inconvenience. This, to me, is striking, considering the usual complaints about...
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[OPINION] Remembering Jun Factoran
At the end of a long day, somewhere in Liliw, Laguna, we, members of Batch '63 of the Sigma Rho Fraternity, were welcomed and celebrated by our senior brods at the end of many weeks of initiation.We...
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[EDITORIAL] People to Digong: Sige, i-police power mo nga ang virus!
“A failure of execution.” 'Yan ang tawag ng mga eksperto sa tugon ng pamahalaang Pilipinas sa pandemic. Na-stress nang todo ang buong mundo sa krisis na ito dahil hindi kilala ang kaaway. Kahit na...
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[OPINION] The virus that flushed out the neoliberals
There is no truth to claims that the ongoing pandemic is the planet's way of “healing” itself. This claim comes from a privileged viewpoint, romanticizing the pandemic in the face of catastrophic...
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[OPINION] I was trying to heal from trauma and grief – and then the pandemic...
The past two weeks of the lockdown may seem like a lifetime for many. But for people like me experiencing anxiety and grief, the past weeks have not been so different from my life before all this...
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[OPINION] An open letter to DOH’s communications team
Dear DOH communications team,Our understanding of how coronavirus testing works– and our general knowledge of this pandemic– would be greatly improved if the concerned government agencies in our...
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[REFLECTIONS] Faith in the risen Jesus amid the coronavirus
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader,...
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[REFLECTIONS] Business temporarily closed: Jesus, what now?
It's a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader, enter...
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[OPINION] Media and the coronavirus: Frontliners against the 'infodemic'
In the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, Raymond Rambert is a journalist from Paris visiting Oran, a plague-stricken town. Longing for his wife, Rambert stubbornly appeals to the authorities, and then...
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[OPINION] The risks we cherry-pick in a time of crisis
Today, every risk one takes is a risk shared by many. The problem is, many of us still think that we are just like branches of a tree, largely connected, but remaining intact even if one falls off....
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[OPINION] An open letter to the PAO on Persons Deprived of Liberty
Honorable Persida AcostaChief, Public Attorney's OfficeDear Chief Persida Acosta:Magandang araw po.I wish to forward to you the letter of Noemi, the sister of a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) in the...
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