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[ANALYSIS] 4 more years for Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy
According to The Diplomat’s most recent issue, Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy (NSP) to date has been a “relative success.” Inaugurated in 2016 as President Tsai Ing-wen’s signature foreign policy to...
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[OPINION] ABS-CBN and the power of 'non-essentials'
Quite unwittingly, the shutdown of ABS-CBN raised a red flag for those who saw it as a display of raw power against dissenting media, and also for those who depend on it for livelihood or...
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[OPINION] Happy in Happyland: Notes from Tondo during the lockdown
I’m an Asian Canadian currently residing in Metro Manila. During this time of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), I have been volunteering with the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture...
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[OPINION] The case for going cashless
When India placed its entire population of 1.3 billion under lockdown, it took them merely a week to make payments to 204 million people. At roughly the same time, the Philippines began pushing out...
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[ANALYSIS] Have we flattened the curve?
Never before has the need for evidenced-based decision-making been greater than today. The stakes are high. The economy has been pushed into recession. Lives and livelihoods are at risk.Forecasts are...
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[ANALYSIS] The right to call the government crazy
Frustrated over the current state of affairs in the country, a Butuan City salesman turned to Facebook to express his sentiments, calling the President “crazy” and an “assh*le” in Bisaya. Then came...
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[OPINION] Katherine's death calls for women’s reproductive health in pandemic
The death of a young woman named Katherine Bulatao a few weeks ago highlights the need for more work to enable women and girls to protect and enjoy their sexual and reproductive health and rights, as...
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[OPINION] Taking advantage of the 'Twitter University major' during the pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, it has recorded over 4.6 million cases worldwide. It is the first pandemic in the social media era, with about 3 billion social media users worldwide. With...
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[PODCAST] I've Got An Opinion: Fat is not a bad word
Subscribe to I've Got An Opinion on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud. MANILA, Philippines – Fat. Calling someone fat, especially in the Philippines, is an insult, a form of judgment. For many,...
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[ANALYSIS] There's still much work to do to curb this virus in the PH
Table 1 below compares the Philippines with 23 other East and South Asian countries. 1. Testing capacityOne can see in the last column of Table 1 that the number of tests per 1 million population is...
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[OPINYON] Namimigay ng bigas, aso, smartphones, pera...
Sandali lang. Paraanin mo na lang ito. Kaunti lang. Gusto ko lang magbunganga rito. Nakakainis na kasi. Nakakagalit even. Alam ko, alam ko. Natalisod ninyo itong rant na ito sa inyong newsfeed...
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[ANALYSIS] Is the PH ‘healing as one’ from the pandemic? Far from it
After two months under lockdown, the Duterte government has placed Metro Manila under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), thus partially reopening it.The rationale is clear enough. If we...
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[OPINION] How do you practice non-toxic positivity?
Recently, an interesting term emerged in the discourse on framing and experiencing pain and struggles: toxic positivity. The phrase refers to the idea that we should remain positive at all times,...
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[OPINION] Have you asked your teachers how they're doing in this pandemic?
I sent an email to my students about their requirements for the semester. I was anxious at first, but even though this is an institutional directive, I felt like I had betrayed my own teaching...
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[OPINION] Why it's so difficult for us to 'heal as one'
There is a perspective in the social sciences which views society as a system of interrelated parts, with specific functions, working together to maintain the state of balance. It contends that any...
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[FIRST PERSON] Dilemmas for the urban poor in Barangay Doña Imelda, QC
An urban poor leader discusses life under COVID-19COVID-19 has changed the way we live. In our urban poor community, we face uncertainty every day of our lives. The new demands placed on us by the...
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[OPINYON] Bakit tayo umaasa?
Maling ihambing ang sitwasyong dulot ng COVID-19 sa ngayon sa literal na digmaan noon. Noong nakaraang ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig, durog at wasak ang mga institusyong panlipunan. Walang pamahalaan...
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[OPINION] 3 years on, Marawi bakwits face another danger – the coronavirus
Mila Camid Pagarungan, mother of 7, is tired. Wearing a mask and sitting on the floor of her relatives’ house, she laments how exhausted she is from moving place to place, from struggling to put food...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Sex under lockdown
Whether you’re isolating at home or confined with your bae, the other thing that this pandemic has turned on its head is our sex lives. Those happily cocooning with their beau jumped at the chance to...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Dangerous distraction
Better equipped and capable all around, First World nations are presumed, by virtue of their means alone, to manage better than the other nations in an emergency. But, for this pandemic, one driven by...
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