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Duterte's diplomatic kerfuffle: The items wriggling on Yasay's plate
From curses to geopolitical talks, Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr has a lot on his overflowing plate.His boss has a now well-earned reputation of cussing anybody and everybody. Yasay...
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#AnimatED: Policy on drugs must be based on facts
On September 19, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) released its most recent nationwide survey on drug abuse in the Philippines showing 1.8 million current users of illicit drugs or 1.8% of our 101...
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‘Tokhang’: Maililista na kaya sa Oxford Dictionary?
Kung hahanapin ngayon sa mga bagong diksiyonaryong Filipino ang salitang “tokhang,” maaaring mabigo tayo.Una, pagkat ang “tokhang” ay inimbento lamang.Sa Ingles, alagad ng sining (at hindi alagad ng...
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Leila de Lima: A season for everything
There is a season for everything, even for a woman I had described earlier as a woman for all seasons. Just a year ago, Leila de Lima was heroine to many, the face of Daang Matuwid in its war against...
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Independent foreign policy: It’s about time
When President Rodrigo Duterte says the Philippines is not a vassal state of the United States of America, or when he insists that he wants to pursue an “independent foreign policy,” he is actually...
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Advice for comrade Duterte from the Great Beyond
President Rodrigo Duterte has been compared by some to the late Ugandan strongman Idi Amin, played by Forrest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland.” Were Amin alive today, he would probably send this...
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Miriam in chiaroscuro
She will rightly be long remembered for having dared the odds: She would not give the House Managers of the Corona Impeachment easy sailing – even if the tide was against him, and against her. PNoy had...
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[Newspoint] Searching history for culprits
How far back through history need we go in our search for clues to what may be wrong with us? And how much fault can be found there that will convince us that we are ourselves blameless?Indeed, so much...
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Peso depreciation: Should we be worried?
There seems to be some confusion about the economic impact of the peso’s recent depreciation against the dollar. Depending on who you listen to, the peso’s 7-year low would seem to be disastrous at...
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Recalibrating US-Philippine alliance under Duterte
For those familiar with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his string of insults directed at the United States – from the (mis)reported obscenity directed at outgoing US President Barack Obama last...
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Confused and sad yet hopeful
This is the full text, both in English and Filipino, of the message of Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas on the Feast of the Holy Rosary, October 7, 2016 and First Friday of the Rosary Month. English...
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The moral dilemma of extra judicial killings
Imagine this:Person A was found to have 5 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) at the back pocket of his pants. Is Person A guilty of drug possession?Probably yes. Most of the time, Person A...
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Why contractualization is bad for everyone, not just for workers
As expected, business groups such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines and individual business leaders are claiming that the epidemic of contractualization plaguing the country is actually...
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[Dash of SAS] #EveryWoman: Her vagina is made of steel
I was the woman in the sex video.You hoped a sex video would shame me. You thought it would humiliate me. You were certain it would silence me. (READ: Alvarez: OK to show De Lima's alleged sex tape in...
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Courage of conviction
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Timochenko recently inked a peace deal that potentially has brought the last of the major Cold War conflicts to an end. It was perhaps the one...
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#Everywoman
As someone who has counselled with women, I have noticed how some men use sex videos to abuse their female partners.It’s a new form of violence. A new method found by these decrepit souls who never...
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#AnimatED: A hundred days of bluster and anger
President Rodrigo Duterte marks his 100th day in office on October 7, and truth to tell, they seem like a lifetime to many Filipinos.A lifetime to Joseph Escaño, whose 5-year-old daughter Danica was...
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Fraternally yours: Adolf's message to Rody
If Hitler were alive today, he would probably send this message to his latest self-declared admirer.My dear Rody:You seem to have shocked the world with your comparing your plan to kill three million...
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#AnimatED: Isandaang araw ng angas at poot
Ika-100 araw na ni Rodrigo Duterte bilang pangulo sa Oktubre 7. Sa totoo lang, kasinghaba na ito ng habambuhay para sa maraming Filipino. Buong buhay para kay Joseph Escaño, na ang 5 taong gulang na...
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Welcome to our community of hypocrites!
Enough!I've reached the limit of my tolerance for those who bash the Catholic Church as hypocritical when our bishops ring the alarm bells about egregious violations of human rights.The usual invective...
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