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[REFLECTIONS] Ramadan and isolation in the time of COVID-19
Like most people in this world, the hats I wear are varied: doctor, government official, father, friend. And in playing these roles, daily interaction is required for tasks to be accomplished and for...
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[ANALYSIS] Will the lockdown kill more people than COVID-19?
The huge economic cost of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the government’s main response measure to the COVID-19 epidemic, has been widely discussed. The issue is often posed as a choice...
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[FIRST PERSON] My mother, her bungahan, and the enhanced community quarantine
My mother was caught unaware. The moment she learned of the enhanced community quarantine implemented in Aklan, it was too late for her to replenish her bungahan – really just a grimy, white plastic...
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[OPINION] Confronting the new normal in seafaring
The maritime industry is not spared by the vicious coronavirus pandemic. Lethargic trade forced shipping companies to reduce operations, while news on cruise ships as environments conducive to...
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[OPINION] Taxes and the coronavirus pandemic: An open letter to lawmakers
To our honorable senators and representatives,Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world are implementing emergency tax relief to support companies, especially small businesses and their...
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[ANALYSIS] Duterte crushes free expression amid pandemic
We commemorate World Press Freedom Day in a vastly different context, amid a universal experience that is setting limits to mobility and privacy. But in some countries, the limits are crushing a...
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[OPINION] Excluding De Lima and others
(UPDATED) The coronavirus pandemic requires a whole of nation approach. Every sector and citizen must be enlisted in the fight ahead. This is a marathon and not a sprint. A disunited people and...
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[ANALYSIS] COVID Keynesianism: Beyond bailouts and Build, Build, Build
We bring bad – but necessary – news. Though billions worldwide are pinning their hopes on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, some new scientific evidence points to the possibility that a vaccine...
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[OPINION] How Lighthouse gave us hope
Embrace your fear: a lesson I learned when I was young, now even more relevant as we enter week 8 of a pandemic lockdown.That’s what Rappler learned to do after nearly 4 years of government attacks –...
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[OPINION] Foisting false dilemmas on China
The most consequential post-World War II naval thinker and strategist to come out of the United States after Alfred Thayer Mahan, RADM J.C. Wylie, once wrote in his book Military Strategy: A General...
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[OPINION] Thoughts on press freedom, from an ABS-CBN employee
Earlier this year, we found ourselves fighting for press freedom amid the government’s threat to shut down ABS-CBN. Every Friday, from January to February, we donned black or white shirts to protest....
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[EDITORIAL] Kapag tinatarget ng gobyerno ang isang OFW
“Bayani” ang OFW kapag nagpapadala ng salapi at bumoboto – pero kapag kritikal sa pamumuno – insekto na silang dapat tirisin.‘Yan ang pinatunayan ng karanasan ng caregiver sa Taiwan na si Linn Ordidor,...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] POGOs, a social virus
By all indications, POGOs will be allowed to resume operating, and that’s not before the pandemic could even begin to subside, and notwithstanding every evidence that POGOs do not do the nation any...
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[OPINION] Enduring principles for Philippine leaders and the media that cover...
Based on the latest ranking of the Philippines on the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index for 2020, Filipinos might well have wondered about or welcomed Malacañang's vows to...
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[OPINION] Rural societies and the coronavirus pandemic
The eyes of the world are set on major cities as they battle with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Flying under the radar are rural societies. As integrated to the globalized world as cities and...
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[OPINION] Women are in the forefront of another battle
The Independent, one of the UK’s major digital sources of news, reported recently that the numbers of domestic abuse killings appears to have doubled while the country has been in lockdown. Not...
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[OPINION] Pandemic pause: An open letter to the graduating batch of 2020
The pause seems to occur in each phase of a person’s academic journey, though its manifestation varies every time.We first encounter it when we start learning how to write, connecting dots that form...
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[OPINION] Who are the people in your neighborhood? On voluntarism and politics
About a week or two ago, I was able to get into a Viber account meant for residents of our barangay. I thought it was a blessing because I was finally going to be able to get to know who my neighbors...
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[PODCAST] I've Got An Opinion: Bisexuals are super misunderstood
Subscribe to I've Got An Opinion on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud.I've Got An Opinion· Episode 5: Bisexuality is super misunderstoodThe LGBT community has not had it easy. If you’re not...
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[OPINION] We should listen to what our beneficiaries have to say
Personal accounts reflect one’s perceptions and sentiments. “I learn many things. We learn to (go to the) market and cook. We learn about safe and unsafe places. We eat at one table and pray. We are a...
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