[ANALYSIS] The Anti-Terrorism Act: Duterte will have all dissenters’ necks
At a time when people are sick, dying, hungry, and anxious because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Duterte’s focus isn’t on mobilizing government to combat the virus and aid the poor. Rather, his priority...
View Article[OPINION] The George Floyds in our midst
The world seems to be marching shoulder to shoulder in solidarity against the recent spate of racial prejudice in the US. The fuse was lit when an African American, George Floyd, died in the hands of...
View Article[OPINION] A lesson from the Paleolithic for this time of pandemic
The Paleolithic, also known as the old stone age, was a period that we know little of as it was an era of prehistory. We know that it probably happened approximately 3 million years ago, dating from...
View Article[OPINION] The Philippine military and its hypocrisy
We tend to forget that the communist New People’s Army (NPA) has long been decimated. Even the military is burying this fact, as it has come to embrace its own propaganda that the guerrillas and their...
View Article[OPINION] We can’t breathe
“I can’t breathe,” said George Floyd, a victim of police brutality who will be buried today, Tuesday, June 9;“They can’t breathe,” doctors worldwide described patients who succumbed to COVID-19; “We...
View Article[OPINION] Rethinking patent policies in the coronavirus era and beyond
The race to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is on. Countries have funded and incentivized the private sector and the academe to develop the vaccine, although their...
View Article[ANALYSIS] West Philippine Sea strategy in total disarray
We must continue to defend our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Otherwise, in the near future our fishing boats will not only be rammed in the WPS like F/B GenVer 1 was rammed one...
View Article[OPINION] Preparing for typhoon season in the middle of a pandemic
The discourse and practice related to learning lessons from disasters are complex and complicated. Resilience as a term is argued from different viewpoints, with some questioning it for valid reasons....
View Article[OPINION] Medicine has its own cancer that needs curing
A few weeks ago, the Association of Philippine Medical Colleges-Student Network (APMC-SN) surprised everyone by publishing its most political statement in a while, upholding press freedom in light of...
View Article[OPINION] Witnessing #JunkTerrorBill alongside #BlackLivesMatter
We are in this life together. We share a common humanity. But what is it about people and institutions that insist on keeping us apart?I am Filipino-American. I cannot claim to have found myself in...
View Article[OPINION] Let us think more critically about 'terrorism'
Amid ongoing conversations about the so-called Anti-Terror Bill, certain academics have recently argued that the legalization of armed movements in the country, particularly the Communist Party of the...
View Article[OPINYON] Tara, webinar!
Naging popular ang neologism na “webinar” sa aming mga guro ngayong panahong ito. Ang salita ay isang halimbawa sa sociolinguistics ng portmanteau (/pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/) o ang blending ng dalawang salita...
View Article[ANALYSIS] The alarming jobs report Duterte is ignoring
This could well be the grimmest jobs report of the Philippines on record. Yet Duterte doesn’t seem to care.Last week the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that in April 2020 the country’s...
View Article[OPINION] The politics of dissent
I was already tempted to shelve this piece, aware that by this time, a huge number of articles against the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill of 2020 have already flooded various print and online...
View Article[OPINION] Citizen-blaming: The discipline rhetoric is a trick
In this regime, we've been waking up to news reports that get worse each morning. To date, there have been at least 3 bikers killed in Metro Manila during the community quarantine: a physician who was...
View ArticleBasagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: The relevance of #BlackLivesMatter to...
Bookmark this page to watch the episode on Thursday evening, June 11MANILA, Philippines – With the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, thousands took to the streets all around the United...
View Article[OPINION] Can Balik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa help stranded Filipinos?
If you visit the official website of Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2), you will realize how efficient the government can be when they set their mind to it. According to the website’s “Success...
View Article[OPINION] WNTTAA: We need to talk about acronyms, the snag in PH's virus...
In 2014, while volunteering with a civil society organization in Quezon City, I took a photo of a Powerpoint slide during one of my first meetings. (See below.)In that moment, I recall being struck by...
View Article'Ang duyan ng magigiting': Mensahe ni VP Robredo sa Araw ng Kalayaan 2020
Ngayong taon, ipinagdiriwang natin ang ating kalayaan sa harap ng pandemya. May irony ito: Pinagninilayan natin ang konseptong ito, at ginugunita ang lahat ng dinaanan ng ating lahi para makamit ito,...
View Article[OPINION | Artwork] Malayang Maria
MANILA, Philippines – For Independence Day 2020, Rappler called out for art submissions on nation and freedom, and chose the series below by Zelina Baluyan, entitled Malayang Maria. (READ: Independence...
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