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#FridayFeels: Oodles and oodles of noodles
MANILA, Philippines – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is made up of countries with amazing cuisines, all sharing a common thread. One thing every ASEAN country has is a delicious...
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How incentives drive Duterte policies on drugs, housing, China
Incentives play a key role in our daily lives. We can induce people to act in one way or another by changing the benefits and costs that they face.The government also uses various carrots and sticks...
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[Newspoint] Our own Gang of Four and a Half
The Duterte regime should recall lessons from tragic history, but apparently it does not. The default is readily ascribed to the nation's prodigiously short memory, but that reason is itself underlain...
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Addressing myths of PPPs
As enshrined in the 1987 Constitution, the government recognizes the valuable contribution of the private sector in attaining national development goals through public-private partnerships (PPPs)....
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#AnimatED: PNP's skeletons behind a bookshelf
The problem with the administration’s war on drugs, as illustrated in the back-to-back fiasco at the Manila police last week, is not just about the thousands of deaths in dirt-poor neighborhoods in key...
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Duterte’s best gift to labor
Early on in the 2016 campaign period, then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said that “labor contractualization is adopted in the United States and other developed with stable economies but for a...
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'Fake news' is not journalism
Would you trust your news from any source? How are we able to ensure that ‘fake’(d) news does not overtake the flow of information?Journalism plays a vital role for society, bringing verifiable news...
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Explaining the PNP secret detention cell
The secret police cell discovered in the Raxabago Police precinct of the Manila Police District is, indeed, a new low in the standards of the Philippine penal system.We all know that detention centers...
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Miners’ victory at the CA will be short-lived
Gina Lopez is probably the only Cabinet appointee who has caught the imagination of the public. Over the last 10 months, people have cheered her on, inspired by the passion and determination with which...
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WATCH: UN Secretary General's message for World Press Freedom Day 2017
MANILA, Philippines – The world observes World Press Freedom Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 3.This year's WPFD has the theme, "Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media's role in advancing peaceful and...
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Resist the trolls, resist the hate
Trolls want to dominate social media and if they win, even those who support President Rodrigo Duterte will lose.What are trolls? Trolls are online entities that derail normal online conversation by...
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Scientist group to CA: Confirm Judy, Ka Paeng, and Gina
We at Agham or Advocates of Science and Technology for the People support the confirmation of progressive Cabinet members Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael "Ka...
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A race to kill democracy
The 30th ASEAN Summit wrapped up in Manila on Saturday, April 29. Leaders in attendance shared pleasantries, posed for photo-ops, and talked about a more “people-centered” regional grouping. But they...
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The Big Brother Within
In the opening of Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy wrote: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Having lived in several countries with varying levels of censorship...
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Wither Ateneo in the Age of Duterte?
A group called “Ateneans for Duterte” recently popped up on my Facebook feed. Its avowed goal, which I can no longer read since the group has been locked, was something to the extent of proving to the...
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The rejection of Gina Lopez is a rejection of change
The rejection of Gina Lopez as Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR) secretary by the Commission on Appointments (CA) is very disappointing and worrying, and shows how destructive...
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The deeper effect of name-calling women
Social media was up at arms on May 3, after Philippine Senator Tito Sotto insulted a senator for being a single mother, suggesting she was just knocked up. Sotto dismissed it as a joke, but netizens...
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#FridayFeels: Forever MRT
I have died every day, waiting for youMRT, sobra na ang perwisyoKay tagal ng trenPlanado man ay late pa rin– Rappler.com #FridayFeels is a cartoon series by the Rappler Creatives Team. Cathartic,...
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Let Gina remain an advocate, what we need is a good regulator
( I wrote this post in my personal capacity. My views here are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institutions where I work.)I admire Gina Lopez's passion as an...
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[Newspoint] A press under siege
Doubtless many of us, not just in this town but in many other places, have become anxiously preoccupied by the thought of freedom.Indeed, there would seem an anti-freedom virus going around if you...
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