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9/11: A day that changed my life forever
MANILA, Philippines - It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed. Perhaps it's because it's best to imagine the sands in our individual hourglasses being infinite, or we don't like to feel so...
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Duterte may have insulted Obama, but he also held US to account
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has taken his “bad manners” – having gained global notoriety with his election campaign insults earlier this year – to a new level.At a press conference at Davao...
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Change has come!
In the 12th Media Nation, an annual gathering of journalists to exchange views and air pressing concerns, some facts stood clear: An organized campaign to discredit mainstream news organizations is...
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Homage to Davao
Decades ago, I decided that if I was ever going to live outside my beloved Quezon City, I would live in Davao.In the late 1980s, fate shoved me into the women’s movement. I had been in community-based...
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Duterte’s shock and awe
Finally we have a president who dared to publicly declare that we are no longer a colony of the United States of America and that he will only answer to the Filipino people.But instead of recognizing...
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STAKEOUT: Sumisikip na ang mundo ng mga pulis na 'ninja'
Eksaktong 20 araw matapos na magdeklara si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng “giyera” laban sa mga sindikato ng droga sa buong bansa, isang grupo ng mga aktibong pulis na binansagang mga “ninja” mula sa...
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Matobato and the pathology of power
I don’t remember anything more revealing of the pathology of official power than the insider testimony given today at a Senate hearing on a reign of murder and terror in and around Davao City under...
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Policy issues from Matobato's testimony
On September 15, 2016, the Senate committee on justice and human rights reconvened to continue the legislative inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial killings surrounding the ongoing war on drugs of...
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On the shoulders of giants
In the past week, international media attention was fixed on President Duterte for reasons we already know. Despite reassurances that Philippine-US ties remain strong, the incident calls into question...
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#AnimatED: Never forget martial law
This week, two dates stand out in our history: September 21, when President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081 declaring martial law throughout the country, and September 23, when he actually...
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Confronting extrajudicial killings under Duterte
With more than 3,000 drug war-related killings and counting, there is no doubt that President Rodrigo Duterte is continuing the unwritten state policy of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) against perceived...
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Brazen
I have repeatedly professed my support for President Digong's drive against criminality, particularly his unrelenting pursuit of peddlers and pushers. While I do not like it that the bodycount rises...
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BNPP: Not about nuclear; it’s about trust and accountability
The Department of Energy has said it is considering revisiting nuclear power in general, and rehabilitating the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in particular. Yet important questions persist,...
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The tragedy of martial law
Allow me to give a different view on the Martial Law era. One, Martial Law did not happen in the Philippines alone but also in many parts of the world. Though it happened in the Philippines quite...
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Philippines must get rid of its militias now
One of the points that emerged clearly from the Philippines’ Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings held on September 15 was that the Philippines must get rid of its militias immediately. These...
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Cebu Press Freedom Week Editorial: The challenge of keeping credibility
Every 3rd week of September, members of the community press in Cebu come together to celebrate Press Freedom Week. Joining this year's celebration are journalists from Sun.Star Cebu, Cebu Daily News,...
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[Newspoint] Living upside down
There seems to me every reason to feel unnerved these days; it feels as though things have been turned upside down. But numerous others don’t seem to mind. Could it be age?I myself belong to a...
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[Dash of SAS] Marriage is not an achievement
I came across this Huffington Post article and just had to stop and read. It said: “Marriage is not an Accomplishment”.Normally, I would have dismissed this article with a quick upward swipe because it...
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Towards an independent foreign policy
Let me begin by asserting that US-China relations will define the future of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. And as power relations go, a nation’s location in the global pecking order will be determined...
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Rice in the time of Duterte: Will more imports be good?
Although national attention is currently focused on the war on drugs, the Duterte administration is quietly making gains in another policy area – rice policy.Recently the Duterte Cabinet, led by its...
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