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[OPINION] No to the new Philhealth premium for OFWs
On Labor Day weekend, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rallied on social media against the new premium contribution assigned to them by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). A...
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[ANALYSIS] When should we relax the lockdown?
I. Testing disparity should not decide our post-lockdown scenarioThe Philippines’ post-April 30 scenario came out on April 24 (revised on April 30), and the following day we became aware of the IATF’s...
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[OPINION | Stakeout] Alay sa mundo ng Pinoy musikero
Sa gitna ng pananalasa ng coronavirus, ang dating maingay ngunit masayang pagtitipon na halos araw-araw ginagalawan ng mga musikerong Pinoy sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo, ay napalitan nang matamlay na...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] Martial law by any other name
On Tuesday, May 5, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered ABS-CBN to close. The order constitutes suppression of press freedom, a violation of the Constitution.The whole affair cannot...
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[ANALYSIS] Duterte and Congress closed down ABS-CBN
On the evening of May 5, 2020, in view of millions of its viewers, ABS-CBN, the country’s biggest radio and TV network, was officially shut down. This was to comply with a cease and desist order issued...
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[ANALYSIS] ABS-CBN closure: An attack on citizen rights
The shutdown of ABS-CBN merits a discussion on broader rights beyond the rights of the owners and workers of the network.Foremost of this the freedom of the press, which is enshrined in the...
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[OPINION] Are we going to prioritize research and development after this?
Seeing how ill-prepared our country was for this pandemic, we can also see how much we have taken the education and research sector for granted. There should have been several universities or research...
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[OPINION] Towards a Disaster Risk Reduction approach to virus response
I bet every Filipino has gotten wind of the term “new normal” as we reach the pinnacle of our COVID-19 experience. The so-called “new normal” as a term is not new after all. It entered the Filipino...
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[OPINION] A data driven revolution for a better future
In a matter of months, over 3 million people have been infected, hundreds of thousands have died, health systems have been overwhelmed, economies decimated, and the social fabric of countries stretched...
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[OPINION] 2 legs and a pandemic
This time around, it was my right leg bearing the brunt of another bad fall.One recent morning, after getting my usual dose of sunshine, I quickly shifted to my outdoor workout, including a variation...
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[OPINION] Beyond rhetoric: How to improve legal education in the Philippines
The discourse surrounding bar exam reform has been around for many decades, and has largely focused on one core tenet: that instead of teaching the law, the legal academe has been busy teaching to the...
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[OPINION] How a death in Manila led to the fall of a media giant
A lot of people are saying that it is "unthinkable" for ABS-CBN to be gone. That they "never dreamed" this would happen (again). In truth, the power to kill a media giant didn't appear overnight. It...
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[OPINION] Ang shutdown ng ABS-CBN
Kaisa ako sa kalungkutan ng ating mga kababayan sa pagsasara ng isang mahalagang bahagi ng buhay Pilipino – ang ABS-CBN. Gipit ang katayuan natin ngayon. Marami tayong dapat malaman araw-araw....
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[OPINION] China’s silent invasion
While the world is in a stupor because of the global lockdown, China has taken advantage of the crisis to sell the world its defective masks and pass it off as goodwill, worm its way into the UN Human...
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[OPINION] Our lack of critical reflection is the real disease in our midst
When medical experts warned us that this virus was especially dangerous for patients with underlying medical conditions, I was scared, given that this nation suffers from multiple comorbidities. Will...
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[OPINION] Campus journalists, now is the time to speak up
Recently, campus journalists all over the country were mad at one thing — and no, it's not what you expect.The Department of Education (DepEd) announced earlier that the National Schools Press...
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[ANALYSIS] Rare Philippine recession: Why this one’s unique, even necessary
This is not your typical recession. On Thursday, May 7, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) made a historic announcement: the Philippine economy shrank for the first time in 22 years.The...
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[OPINION] Dura lex and salus populi: TV stations and the duty of government
A friend of mine mentioned that ABS-CBN would’ve been better off waiting for the police to force them to close instead of simply signing off, suggesting that it would gain greater uproar from the...
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[OPINION] To the graduating class of COVID-19
Many of you might have the good fortune of escaping physically unharmed, but you are likely losing psychological safety nets attached to identity. The last in-class exam from that awful professor who...
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[OPINION] Our biggest asset: Putting employee health first in the pandemic
The country’s already-extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is tentatively slated to close on May 15, and the hope is that it will be shifted into a more relaxed general community quarantine...
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