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Roxas-Robredo sorties: 4Ps, 'aylabyus' and the 'laylayan'
MANILA, Philippines – On February 8, 2015, I resigned myself to a summer of yellow.It was raining in Roxas City that afternoon, as workers, project coordinators, campaign staff members and production...
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To forgive or not to forgive Duterte?
Rodrigo Duterte's scandalous remarks about raped Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill just goes to show that a lot can happen a few weeks before the elections.The story, picked up by foreign news...
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A slowing China brings growing concerns
With so much of Southeast Asia linked to China through trade and tourism, the latest news out out of the Manila-headquartered Asian Development Bank should give many in the region good reason to pause....
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Deconstructing Duterte's diction
A quick thumbnail: Grace Poe sounds like a street evangelist begging public utility commuters for loose change; Roxas, a little boy tugging at the hemline of his mother’s skirt; Miriam, well nobody but...
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Dear Mayor Duterte, a woman or child is raped every 53 minutes in PH
Dear Mayor Duterte, I don’t know you personally, although I know what you have done for women in Davao City and the support you have given our women’s groups there, including our One Billion Rising...
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Wa na ta sa tubaan, Mayor!
Na unsa na man ka mayor? Imbis nga midaghan na ang mirespetar ug mobutar sa imoha, morag mahagbong ka sa imuhang puwesto numero unoNgano man intawon nga ipanghambog nimo sa mga priso nga ikaw ang...
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Dear Duterte voter: 'Di gumagana ang drug war
Kung ang una mong reaksyon sa title ko ay “Bayaran!” please stop reading. Hindi ito para sa mga troll na ginagamit ang Duterte campaign para magmura at mang-insulto. Madaling maniwala, lalo na 'pag...
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Dear next president: PH roads are death traps, how will you make them safe?
MANILA, Philippines – They were all in their teens. John Russel Garcia, John Paul Tena, Kirby Bokingo, Jaymee Gubaton, Bren Loren Calabines, and Rodalyn Bautista were graduating Grade 10 students. They...
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No movie, no map, no money: Local road financing innovations
GoPro videos have become ubiquitous among mountain bikers. The more adventurous the journey the better. Go viral on social media, and you have a winner. You might even get a payout from YouTube.But we...
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[Dash of SAS]: The D joke
My social media feed is spewing out post after post of venom about Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s rape “joke”.Whether from a stand point of castigating him or defending him, the tone of the commentary is so...
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A story of stars: The rights of Lumad and the Paris Agreement
There are many stories that will be told after over 160 nations – the Philippines included – signed the Paris climate deal on April 22, which also happens to be Earth Day. Let me tell you one about...
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The promise of busting crime, and why it’s old news
Retire, the President told 239 police generals as he convened a national crime summit. At least 150 people had been kidnapped in Manila alone, and 31 banks had been robbed nationwide. Rape cases rose...
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Duterte: Sieg Heil?
If we are to weigh the number of asides by the supporters of Mayor Rodrigo V. Duterte against those who took him to task for his rape comments– all in social media – the heft will favor the former. I...
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Flirting with a strong man named Rodrigo Duterte
The country needs a strong leader.Here’s the bleak picture why: massive corruption such as the PDAF [Priority Development Assistance Fund] scam and DAP [Development Assistance Program] controversy,...
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Dear future president: I appeal on behalf of our farmers
Dear Sir or Madam,A few days before the elections – before we know who you are – allow me to write you a letter. This is not my story, but I feel this is mine to tell.Let me first introduce myself. I...
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Famine in Cotabato circa 1950s-Early 1960s
The hunger that is currently plaguing Central Mindanao was not the first time that farmers suffered from such depravity. It has always been there ever since settlers moved to these areas from the...
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#AnimatED: A vote for character
Amid all this divisiveness—the season of hate talk, deception, bombast and intrigues—and as time rolls fast to election day, we call for a moment of reflection and make a pitch for that one,...
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Call for justice: Prevent a repeat of the Kidapawan bloodshed
Anxious, frightened, and alarmed – I felt these all at the same time as we passed the most critical area between the boundaries of Bukidnon and Cotabato around 7 pm last April 11. I've known the area...
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Winning the elections
There have been many challenges the Comelec has had to deal with: its controversial Poe disqualification decision, the controversy over receipts, and the leak of voters' data, among others. Still to...
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Time to stop kidnap for ransom in Sulu
Kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) incidents in Sulu province have gotten out of hand. It appears that the government is powerless to do anything about it and can only react after the fact – after victims have...
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