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[OPINION] In response to Senator Imee Marcos' statement on teachers
In 2018, I was teaching children of all ages 5 days a week, 10 months a year at a small private school in San Juan. There was a student named Elsa. She was smart and athletic, and she loved learning a...
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[OPINION] HK today, PH tomorrow: They are coming for us
When people choose to be a democracy, they are, in fact, choosing the quality of life that lends itself best to the survival of humanity: one that values every life, gives everyone the opportunity to...
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[OPINION] I can't breathe: A Filipina's experience with racism in the UK
The death of George Floyd outraged millions of people, not just in the US, but across the world. I watched the video on Twitter and grieved for him, and I still do today.I’m a Filipino millennial with...
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[OPINION] Terrorizing us, but not the terrorists
Voting 34-2 on May 29, with only Reps Karlos Zarate and Kit Belmote dissenting, the House committees on Public Order and Safety, and on National Defense and Security, essentially adopted the Senate’s...
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[ANALYSIS] Pandemic and the new authoritarianism
The havoc caused by the coronavirus on the world economy is not a death knell for neoliberalism as many had hoped for. Instead, the situation mutated to embrace authoritarianism over market liberalism...
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[OPINION] The dirty data, misleading graphs that muddle Duterte’s pandemic...
So much of Filipinos’ lives now depend on the word of government officials who, in turn, shape their policies on the basis of the data: the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, tests, and so on.We need...
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[OPINION] As the world collapses, the 4th estate is under threat
In some countries, freedom of speech is considered a luxury. But in our society, it is a necessity. It is the 4th estate on which our democracy depends on. As it is, the government has co-opted the...
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[OPINION] The shift to GCQ: When the brakes were off and we were left on the...
Today is one of those days when it’s just so hard to be a commuter in the Philippines. Yes, a Filipino commuter. In a pandemic. After two and half months of quarantine, the government finally decided...
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[OPINION] A double dare to the government: Take charge of people’s welfare or...
After 3 months, the government is slowly lifting its lockdown policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a total standstill while the government controlled almost everything in people’s daily...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] An official act of terrorism
The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, a done deal but for the President’s signature and the formality of a published notice, revives a deep national trauma suffered from contemporary experience and...
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[OPINION] What is the need for this anti-terror bill?
Never mind the propriety or wisdom of deliberating upon an anti-terror law in the middle of a global pandemic, the provisions of the anti-terror bill propose to grant to the government new and broad...
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[OPINYON] Pandemya at tiranya, paglimot at pagbawi
Sa panahon ng lockdown, dumagsa ang content sa internet kung paano lilibangin ng mga tao ang kanilang sarili. Marami ang namasyal sa kanilang mga tahanan, inubos ang mga puwedeng luto sa sardinas,...
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[OPINION] I'm already a minority. Do I need to learn more about racism?
Being Wasian (white and Asian), I'm part of a minority. But what do you call a minority that doesn't look like they're part of a minority? I look very white, and most people just assume I'm white...
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[EXPLAINER] Proposed Anti-Terror Act of 2020 a devil’s playground in the...
Part 1In many of his late-night public addresses on the COVID-19 situation, President Rodrigo Duterte’s obvious fixation with the New People’s Army has been apparent, oftentimes overtaking what the...
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[OPINION] Will a coronavirus vaccine reach developing countries in time?
In a developing nation, those who can shelter in place co-exist with those who cannot. Not everyone has a home. Not everyone wears masks. People will go about their business at the risk of getting...
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[EXPLAINER] Can government employees post criticism of the anti-terror bill?
Part 2(Part 1: [EXPLAINER] Proposed Anti-Terror Act of 2020 a devil’s playground in the hands of a despot)In recent years, social media networks like Facebook and Twitter have become the new platform...
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[EDITORIAL] 'Terror bill' ang veerus na papatay sa kalayaan
Humatsing si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ngayong panahon ng pandemic. Ang lumabas ay uhog na malapot at berdeng-berde mula sa kanyang ilong: ang anti-terror bill. At tulad ng COVID-19, ito’y...
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[OPINION] Martial rule without martial law: An anti-terror bill subtext
I could not have said it better. Senate President Tito Sotto made my main point when he said there is no more need for martial law if the anti-terror law passes. Etta Rosales, Akbayan Chair emeritus,...
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[OPINION] Don’t pass the anti-terror bill; legalize the Communist party instead
Let us not kid ourselves: the proposed anti-terrorism bill is a measure aimed at combatting the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Certainly, the military also wants more leeway to go after...
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[OPINION] The problem with cancel culture, virtue signaling, and everything...
Now, before you condemn me to the pits of hell, I ask you to put down your Twitter accounts for a moment and listen. A strange concept, isn’t it? Listening. It’s especially strange today, as our...
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