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Hard choices: 2016 presidential candidates
"I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it [author’s...
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Climate action: Long term goal or short term actions?
The Conference of Parties (COP), a yearly meeting of countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will be on its 21st year of negotiations in December. If Paris...
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[Dash of SAS] Health care providers with a heart
MANILA, Philippines – As a little girl growing up in Capiz, Western Visayas, Jonamae, 17, loved putting make-up on her friends. She thought of them as dolls that she never had. She dreamed of working...
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5 things to know about the amended PH fisheries code
For more than 3 years now, Greenpeace Philippines, together with its allies and supporters from the fishing industry, has been campaigning long and hard to end illegal and destructive fishing that has...
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Securing the gains of the Paris climate deal
December 2015 marks a pivotal moment for the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change. The Conference of Parties (COP), under which 198 countries are signatories, will try to forge a...
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Is it time to have another leader like Heneral Luna?
One of the most noted ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the idea of forcing man to be free. That is because we are "born free yet everywhere we are in chains," we are limited and constrained by our...
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Why we need to empower the youth of Basilan
Most people think Basilenyos are rebels and terrorists, that war is always waged in our province – that Basilan is a bloody and chaotic place. Very few people realize that there are innocent younger...
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Notes on crossing the border
To cross the border between New York and Canada during a recent vacation, our friends and I gathered our passports and handed them over to the immigration officer. We were celebrating our friend's...
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Will PH be the biggest carbon emitter in 35 years?
2013 was the most devastating year in recent Philippine history in terms of natural disasters. It was the year we experienced something we had never experienced before. Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the...
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Climate change, the Syrian refugee crisis, and PH governance
A deluge of climate refugees will be yet a new challenge, if world leaders fail to forge an ambitious, robust, and binding global climate deal in Paris this December. This was how European Commission...
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Mar Roxas as default candidate of the elite
The announcement by Grace Poe of her presidential candidacy on September 16 was met by stoic indifference by the Liberal Party (LP). Claiming not to be worried, stalwarts of the party asserted that the...
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Traffic woes! What to do with MMDA?
Within just a few days after taking over traffic control duties on EDSA, the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG) has made a dramatic difference.They haven't solved the problem by any means, but they have...
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The Vice’s brain
"If you are not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you are not conservative at 30, you have no brain."This quote allegedly penned by Winston Churchill could very well be the best spin that...
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Will countries achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050?
The upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris, France under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will see countries trying to negotiate a fair and binding...
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Overhaul the MMDA to improve traffic
Within just a few days after taking over traffic control duties on EDSA, the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG) has made a dramatic difference.They haven't solved the problem by any means, but they have...
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'Bongbong Marcos knows what to apologize for'
Editor's Note: Below is an open letter to Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr from the trustees of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation, which aims to honor martyrs and heroes from the martial law...
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We need election debates, not boodle fights
Last week, I received an e-mail from Hillary Clinton (since I don’t personally know her this is clearly from her campaign staff) asking if I could join her in the Democratic Presidential primary debate...
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Aries, we shall weep for a night
MANILA, Philippines – Past midnight of Saturday, September 19, I found myself crying, just crying, and I couldn’t tell why.“Lord, where is this sorrow coming from?”I would have normally texted you, as...
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#AnimatED: Millennial, paano ka apektado ng martial law?
Twenty-something ka ba? 'Di ka pa ipinapanganak nang naganap ang batas militar. Narito ang 7 dahilan bakit apektado ka ng madilim na yugto ng kasaysayan.1. The Butcher.Si Jovito Palparan aka “Berdugo”...
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A historic opportunity for lasting peace
The Philippines faces a historical moment. Legislation can be passed that will put the Philippines on the path to sustained peace and inclusive development ending decades of conflict and...
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