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Marcos burial, democracy and authoritarianism
The Supreme Court’s majority opinion on the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani validates once more the conflicting themes of the country’s postwar political...
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The Left’s unity and struggle with Duterte
In the 2016 elections, the Left, particularly the party list groups and mass organizations under the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan, did not endorse the candidacy of then presidential bet Rodrigo...
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‘Noble cause’ police corruption: When good cops turn bad
The initial result of the Senate investigation on the death of Mayor Rolando Espinosa shows that it is premeditated. Senators are inclined to believe it was a case of extrajudicial killing. A number of...
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De Lima’s whimsical arbitrariness
Extrajudicial killings (EJKs) suddenly became a phenomenon in the country by itself only because Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV used it liberally in an effort to throw a monkey wrench...
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Persida Acosta and a justice’s cogitations
Video clips of Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta being grilled by the unflappable Angelina Sandova-Gutierrez have gone viral, and comments have not always been favorable to Persi, undoubtedly a very...
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IN PHOTOS, VIDEOS: A night of rage, camaraderie, and purpose
MANILA, Philippines – What was supposed to be a typical Friday night to celebrate the end of a week became a night to mourn and rage about an act many find unforgivable: the burial of a dictator in a...
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Carmaggedon redux: Will building more roads solve our traffic problems?
Traffic congestion seems to have worsened more than a year since my original "Carmaggedon" piece here on Rappler. Today even the ordinary trip to the grocery or mall has the potential to become a...
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The military that ousted a dictator buried him a hero
I got on the phone with a retired general on Friday, November 18, hours after the heroes' burial of the late dictator. He was at the gates of the Libingan ng mga Bayani, wanting to go in to pay his...
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A mortal miscalculation
There’s no way President Duterte can escape being dragged into the controversy provoked by the sudden, premature burial of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos among heroes at the Libingan ng mga Bayani...
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#MarcosBurial: 'Sorry I'm not sorry'
My voice against the Marcoses has been loud since the election days, making me gain virtual enemies and lose friends along the way. Nonetheless, I don’t regret anything, not a single moment of it. I am...
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A dictator's carcass and doleful memories
[This is an unfinished essay. I designed this so that others who were victims or were severely affected by the Marcos dictatorship, can add their stories. My hope is that if this pulls through we will...
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#AnimatED: Duterte’s Supreme Court
Last week, we saw aspirants to the Supreme Court interviewed for 2 vacancies by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). Images of men and women vying for the highest court of the land came to us via our...
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Thank you, millennials
"Bakit ka pa kailangang magpaalam ulit ?,” my husband asked this morning. (Why do you have to say goodbye again?)"Kasi kanina lang, may nag-tag sa akin tungkol sa isang may sakit na babae na iniwan ng...
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From Paris to Marrakech: Transforming our energy system
The Marrakech climate change conference, the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ended in a high note. The Marrakech Action...
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PH gov’t fence-sitting on LGBTIQ rights at UN
The rights of lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) persons have seen progress within the UN, with resolutions aimed at protecting and promoting these rights being adopted in...
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The politics of death
Death has always played a central role in Philippine life. The practice of mourning, or lamay in Tagalog, has long energized the families and communities of the dead, drawing them together around the...
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Were it not for Marcos, Filipinos today would have been richer
The controversial burial of Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last week sparked a raging debate online about how the late dictator continues to affect Filipinos today.On the one hand,...
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From selfies to squad goals, millennials can build better PH future
I can still remember being in the student council in the ‘90s talking to student leaders who had come before us.According to them, times had changed. Our generation was more apathetic, more concerned...
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Marcos and Mindanao: The non-Moro zones
The contradictions are beginning to show, and it is unfortunate that – for me at least – they go back to Mindanao, President Duterte’s home island. When the President deemed Marcos a hero and a soldier...
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[Newspoint] Dead but unburied
The following piece has been exhumed from the June 12, 1998 issue of BusinessWorld; it is also in the writer’s collection of essays Worse than free (Anvil, 2005). It appears here untouched but for a...
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