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President Rodrigo Duterte: A new era?
Reflecting on Italy’s transmogrification during the opening decades of the early-20th century, Antonio Gramsci lamented how the “old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born.” It was not...
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What Mujiv Hataman’s reelection means for ARMM and PH
Reforming the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is far from over. But with the reelection of Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman, getting there might be sooner than what the Bangsamoro and the...
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#AnimatED: Forming the Duterte Cabinet
We welcome the orderly transition to the new government that is taking place after the fierce and hurtful rhetoric of the 3-month campaign.Swift count of election results and the overall credibility of...
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The time has come to break free from fossil fuel
There has never been a more appropriate time for us to step up and make an impact against climate change. As mankind enters a critical point in its history, people around the world are letting their...
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Manny Pacquiao, the senator
Manny Pacquiao is one the five new faces in the Philippine Senate. He joins the ranks of Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Win Gatchalian, and Leila de Lima, each of whom banks not just on platforms...
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What a Duterte presidency will mean for climate action in the Philippines
The Philippines has elected a new president whose slogan during his campaign was, “Change is coming.” But another change has come – climate change – something he seems to just easily brush off. In the...
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Young and gone too soon: How martial law took our future
The elections and the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr have once again brought up the issue of his father's dictatorship and the abuses of martial law. It seems the country can never escape the shadow...
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Change is coming: The politics of El Niño
This year, the campaign period for the Philippines’ national and local elections coincided with the occurrence of one of the strongest El Niño ever recorded. The climactic phenomenon has caused...
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Points to ponder on energy: A guide for Duterte
From a retired general who was part of the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to a lawyer who worked for one of the suspects in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, Philippine...
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[Dash of SAS] Love and sex advice from the Pope
I should be used to getting relationship advice from the Pope by now. I, after all, live in the Philippines, a Southeast island nation that is distant from Rome only in geography but is so much like...
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The Philippines is on the brink of a climate inferno
In about 4 billion years, the Sun will leave the main sequence and will evolve into a Red Giant. While this stellar evolution is a spectacular cosmic phenomenon, it marks as well the complete...
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Investing in biodiversity is investing in our future
As presumptive President Duterte’s agenda is progressively developed, International Biodiversity Day offers a timely reminder of the importance of effective management of a country’s natural wealth....
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In the aftermath of Paris Agreement, nature and humanity lose
The Paris Agreement has been signed in New York with much fanfare, a lot of shaking hands and patting each other on the back, and claims that “we did it” – that is, agreed to a historic climate...
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#AnimatED: Losing with dignity
This week, Congress convenes to canvass the votes for president and vice-president – and proclaim the winners. The transition process to the new government will thus officially begin.While the defeated...
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Aquinos over Marcoses?
During the administration of Cory Aquino, I was forced to leave my job at an NGO. The loss of income led my family (my eldest who was then 4 and my husband who was earning a pittance as an orthopedic...
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Dear President Duterte: What future awaits farmers?
Below is an open letter to president-elect Rodrigo Duterte on organic farming, extreme climate change, and the agrarian generation gap in the Philippines.Dear president (elect) Duterte,My name is...
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Taunting religion
When you ridicule believers for orientating their lives according to what you deride as 2,000 year old documents that are no longer relevant for the day, then you take a swipe at Christianity, Judaism...
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The Paris Agreement and PH's fossil fuel industry
The Paris agreement is, in many ways, a turning point in the global campaign against climate change. For the first time, virtually all nations recognized climate change as caused by human activities...
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How to make the US-Vietnam relationship great again
Billboards extolling the virtues of Vietnam's ruling communist party now compete for space with international brands such as Heineken, Samsung, and Toshiba in this Southeast Asian nation of 90...
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DepEd's feeding program: Are students better off with it?
In 2013, the government’s think tank, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, was provided extra resources by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to carry out impact evaluation...
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