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[OPINION] Independence in a time of terror
Should we still look forward to Independence Day, at this time?Tens of thousands of our countrymen are now struggling to make ends meet, as the government chose to enter general community quarantine...
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[ANALYSIS] Famine at the shores
Most fishing communities depend on a slew of traditional and modern forecasts to see a storm coming. At the best times, this gives them ample time to secure their boats and houses, get loans to stock...
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[OPINION] Hashtags, trending topics, and the death of Michelle Silvertino
Every day, I check the trending topics on that blue bird app. I don’t have an account to interact with and follow specific people; I just check out the trending topics of that day, of that hour. I...
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[OPINYON] Hindi ito ang panahon para bumitaw ka sa Facebook
On hindsight, nasuri naman natin nang mas matindi ang komportable nating pag-iral sa Facebook at sa iba pang social media platform noong nagdaang araw. Tapos lahukan ng kaunting kapraningan, nausisa...
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[OPINION] Anti-Terror Law? Or Anti-Filipino Law?
Hard cases make bad law, says a legal maxim that is more than 180 years old.Its meaning is simple: It is a dangerous time for society when lawmakers start making laws that appeal to strong emotions or...
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[ANALYSIS] ASEAN’s homework for rebalancing post-COVID-19 global health
This piece was first published on the Strategic & Warfare Studies Initiative's official site. By now, the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in China, has already swept the entire world, with the...
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[OPINION] The humanitarian imperative and the threat of the Anti-Terror Bill
Last week, House Bill No. 6875, or the proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,” hurdled its second reading at the plenary, after it was certified as urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte. The House of...
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[EDITORIAL] Dagok sa demokrasya
Bukod sa magdalamhati, higit sa magluksa, dapat tayong mangalit. Lunes, Hunyo 15, hinatulan ni Manila RTC Judge Rainelda Estacio Montesa sa salang cyber libel sina Rappler CEO and executive editor...
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[OPINION] Where lies the terror?
The Anti-Terror Bill naturally triggers in those of us who grew up under martial law memories of the horrors under the Marcos dictatorship. Like Proclamation 1081, it is understandably feared to be...
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[OPINION] Black lives should matter to us too
“America is not a land of one race or one class of men. We are all Americans that have toiled and suffered and known oppression and defeat, from the first Indian that offered peace in Manhattan to the...
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[OPINION] Studying in the U.S. in the middle of a pandemic
When I applied for Fulbright’s Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Finance and Banking, a fully-funded program of non-degree academic study and related professional experiences in the USA, I did not...
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[OPINION] Who’s afraid of the new anti-terrorism law?
I am not a terrorist. I have never participated in nor have espoused any act of terror or mayhem in my life. I do not own a gun or any weapon save for a few kitchen knives. I am not a member of any...
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[OPINION] Do I have to label myself to have an identity?
The abundance of labels used to confuse me. I thought that the rainbow pride flag was inclusive enough: the multiple colors were supposed to represent the variety of sexual orientations and gender...
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[OPINION | Newspoint] From here to cyber’nity
The court verdict pronouncing Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr guilty of libel and sentencing them to jail puts the press in the gravest...
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[OPINION] Health inequity: The real health issue in our coronavirus response
Sifting through the news, we’ve read or heard that the coronavirus is the great equalizer — that it doesn’t discriminate which person it will infect in terms of income level, employment status, level...
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[OPINION] What do the Titanic and the coronavirus pandemic have in common?
Bingeing on films and TV shows is one of our guilty pleasures during the quarantine. Titanic (1997) is one of these films, as it is available on streaming site Netflix. It has, through time, remained...
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[ANALYSIS] On the Anti-Terror Bill: Beyond constitutionality
The current public debate in media and occasionally in the streets, as well as the reported executive department review of the new Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB) presented by the leaders of both houses of...
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[OPINION] Injustice anywhere is a threat everywhere
These were the words of Martin Luther King Jr when he defended his participation in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. Today, they are the rallying cry of people all over the world...
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[OPINION] Clinical clerkship: Being next in line in the pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was swamped with books, case discussions, reports and examinations. We were only a week away from our quarterly examinations. There were only 3 more months until our...
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[OPINION] When we're scared to share: Thoughts from an environmental advocate
Last June 3, 2020, the Anti-Terrorism Bill was passed by the House of Representatives. A few days later on June 9, Congress transmitted the bill to Malacañang despite calls to junk it.To take the bill...
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