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Is Duterte's '4 million drug addicts' a 'real number'?
On May 2, various government agencies banded together to hold a forum called #RealNumbersPH which sought to "correct" numbers about the war against drugs being used by media and human rights...
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#AnimatED: Reality check not just for Gina Lopez
And then there were 3.In less than a year, the Duterte Cabinet has seen 3 members kicked out unceremoniously, either by the President himself or by lawmakers unhappy with his choices. Environmental...
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Ang problema sa pagdepensa sa jejemon
Sawang-sawa na ako sa mga nagsasabing elitista ang gustuhing maging maayos ang pagbaybay at gramatika ng social media posts at iba pang lathalain. Ayon sa mga ito, wala raw karapatan ang mga...
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[DASH of SAS] Whipping some sense into Tito Sotto
Dear Tito,It’s 1:28 am and I can’t sleep.I can’t stop thinking about you......What are you wearing?Are your pajamas unbuttoned at the top? You know, to give a peek of skin into the beginnings of your...
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Do not forget the sins of Napoles
After the acquittal of Janet Lim Napoles on illegal detention charges, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering making her a state witness in the pork barrel scam, as it reinvestigates the...
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#FridayFeels: CAThartic
Soft kitty, warm kittyMarxist ball of furRevolutionary kittyPurr, purr, purr– Rappler.com#FridayFeels is a cartoon series by the Rappler Creatives Team. Cathartic, light, but relevant, it's a welcome...
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The pain of being alone
How can it be that one feels so needed and yet at the same time unwanted? This is a question that strikes at the heart of people's realities today. Relationships break apart and friendships come...
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Code of Ethics for gov't officials applies to Mocha Uson's blog
MANILA, Philippines – Mocha Uson took care to declare on her popular Facebook page that all her posts there are about her personal views and not that of the Presidential Communications Operations...
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[Newspoint] Quibbling over life and death in the war on drugs
Senator Alan Cayetano traveled last week to Geneva, in Switzerland, to appear at a United Nations inquiry and argue on behalf of the Duterte government that, if any summary executions were happening in...
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#AnimatED: Change is coming? Duterte recycles the old
The quick-fix president favors quick-fix officials.This seems a rather simplistic view of the recent Cabinet appointments made by President Rodrigo Duterte, but it is also true. Impatient with the slow...
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How I became a 'Yellowtard'
I have a confession to make: I think I may have been infected by yellow fever. They say that people with my affliction can easily become biased or, even worse, supporters of criminals.Rumor has it that...
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The role of social media in women empowerment
This text was delivered as a speech on Tuesday, May 16, at the #SheForShe forum of the French Embassy in the Philippines during the "Women Empowerment through the Media" section. The forum highlights...
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Going bananas
The planned revocation of two agribusiness contracts in Mindanao puts a spotlight on the state of agrarian reform in commercial farms and plantations in the country.The first is a case filed at the...
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Don't let dictator Duterte mortgage our future like Marcos did
Everything seems to be going Duterte’s way. With Western criticism of his war on drugs and anti-human rights policies, Duterte has found a friend in China, a country that is not exactly famous for its...
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Duterte's young supporters that we don’t talk about
My social media feed follows a pattern. Caught in a stream of cute dog photos would be staunch criticism of the government – “Access to Contraception Nears End”, “Duterte Admits ‘Ogling’ Over VPs...
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The Atlantic's 'My Family's Slave' should not end with a feast
Alex Tizon, the Pulitzer-award winning journalist born in the Philippines, wrote a story about Eudocia Pulido, a woman he called "Lola," their family's slave for 56 years. It's "the story Alex was born...
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#FridayFeels: FXperience
Siksik sa trapikDakdak at halikHilik at pitikKatabi na lintikSabak at balik– Rappler.com #FridayFeels is a cartoon series by the Rappler Creatives Team. Cathartic, light, but relevant, it's a welcome...
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We are all Tizons
I read the story of the late Alex Tizon with both horror and heartbreak. I was heartbroken because I was reminded of my own hired mother, and the guilt I also carry for this woman who was with my...
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[Newspoint] Where Bongbong Marcos stands
It's been some time since President Duterte uttered the name of Ferdinand ("Bongbong") Marcos Jr, and, given the frequency with which he did so before, and the reason why – to reaffirm that Bongbong...
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56 years a slave
The posthumous publication of Pulitzer Prize-winning Filipino-American journalist Alex Tizon’s "My Family's Slave" has provoked much discussion and some controversy. Many readers were moved by the...
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