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Under decentralization: More Ampatuans than Robredos?
The 2016 national elections seem so far away in distant memory now; but the official statistics on the elections only recently released and analyzed, should spur the country to think deeply about its...
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Marcos at the Libingan: Fears of a resurgent authoritarian regime
It was an overcast, drizzling Saturday afternoon when my parents and I decided to go to the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) to visit the grave of my brother, 2nd Lieutenant Julian Omar V. Advincula of...
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Reexamining the Philippines' place in the world
CUSCO, Peru - The Philippines, with its 7,107 islands, can be considered part of the Pacific Islands and of Oceania. From Taiwan, the big bulk of the great Austronesian migration may actually have...
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#AnimatED: Dismiss anti-Marcos protests at your peril
It’s been more than a week since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, but the anger among the affected remains. It is raw. It is real. It is deep.Pockets of...
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Of marriage, morality and misogyny
Living on the edge poses risks and dangers. But it also enables a sense of adventure that sometimes propels meaningful change even in our policies and practices. Much like the thrill of intimacy -...
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[Newspoint] Choosy protesters
Protesters have returned to the streets, but they seem choosy with their issues and targets, and careful not to touch President Duterte.These days they have seized upon the hero's burial given the...
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Digong and the Donald: The indiscreet charm of informality in politics
Due to the obvious differences in terms of context, power, and global significance, it is difficult to compare the current President of the Philippines, Rodrigo R. Duterte, and the US President-elect...
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Cancer and the merchants of hope
“Sayang ang mga buhay.” (These lives are put to waste)Thus was the lament of my colleague, a medical oncologist, who confided to me her frustration over cancer patients who seek alternative treatments:...
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Making sense of the SC, Marcos burial, and the democratic process
The majority of the Supreme Court has spoken. It has deferred to the President’s executive power and found that “there is no clear constitutional or legal basis to hold that there was a grave abuse of...
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Clash of memories
“No to Marcos historical revisionism!” has become one of the most urgent battle cries of anti-Marcos protests following the dictator’s surreptitious burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. This call...
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My jeepney ride with Loribeth
"Loribeth, kuyugan nimo siya sa ilang balay." (Loribeth, guide her to your house.) Teacher July Lasaca asked her student Loribeth Fernandez to take me with her on her way home.Loribeth, 24, is a person...
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#AnimatED: PNP and the Duterte effect
Let’s get the facts straight. Sometime before November 5, Director General Ronald dela Rosa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), had received intelligence reports that one of his officers,...
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Robredo’s liberation and millennials rising
Even the most insensitive people know that it is not right and cool to break up with someone through SMS, personal messages, or email. For long distance relationships, a love letter might suffice, but...
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Leni leads PH pro-democracy movement
While the November 25 and November 30 mass actions had manifested the emergence of what could be described as a virtual pro-democracy movement against the perceived authoritarian tendencies in the...
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[Newspoint] The oddest ménage in Philippine politics
Leni Robredo must have made President Rodrigo Duterte and his sycophants feel awkward, sitting there among them being her own man.She was against extrajudicial killing, the death penalty, lowering the...
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So what if Mocha Uson is not a journalist?
So what if she's not a journalist?By asserting that she's not a journalist, Mocha Uson can claim that she stands for the truth. She has suggested after all that the media industry is biased, even...
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Leni ‘stole’ the vice presidency? The data doesn’t say so
Vice President Leni Robredo’s shocking expulsion from the Duterte Cabinet this week has revived several issues from the hotly contested May elections.Still at a loss over the unfortunate series of...
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Transform rage into courage
Vice President Leni Robredo has decided. Head and heart have finally aligned. Our Vice President Leni has firmed up her resolve to work for people, by continuing her work without the constraints of...
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Time for pro-democracy forces' agenda
Our restored democracy is under threat. What has been nurtured over the last 30 years faces imminent destruction and demolition by conspiring political forces with authoritarian tendencies.The threat...
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Conclusion: Time for pro-democracy forces' agenda
(READ: Part 1: Time for pro-democracy forces' agenda)The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution was the game-changing political upheaval that led to the restoration of Philippine democracy and the revival...
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