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[Newspoint] An ISIS hang-up
There seems a tendency these days to see the hand of Islamist terrorists in any criminal operations mounted by armed bands. Where before we saw only plain outlaws and rebels of purely domestic...
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Why the needless and remorseless violence?
The video clip of alleged Maute gang members smashing statues, tearing pictures of the saints and of the Pope and finally setting a Catholic Church ablaze have gone viral. And many are outraged. Many...
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Part 2: The Moro-Filipina will stand in the way of fanatics
(READ: Part 1: Filipino Islam will outlast its fanatics)In my years doing field research in Moro Mindanao, I was not only in awe of Moro entrepreneurship, I was also captivated by the power of Moro...
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Duterte's development plan: Recycled, failed economic policies
(First of two parts) The Duterte administration's public launch of its Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 on June 2 somewhat coincidentally happened the day after the supposed June 1 end of...
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What Duterte development plan ignores: Local industry, accessible social...
(Second of two parts) READ FIRST PART: Duterte's development plan: Recycled, failed economic policiesThe Duterte administration's public launch of its Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 on...
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#AnimatED: Independence from Vitaliano Aguirre II
The tragedy of Vitaliano Aguirre II’s recent lie is not so much his refusal to bow in shame for it, it is the sorry fact that we are his captive audience, desperate to be liberated from his alternative...
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The art of changing your mind
A recent study showed that religious fundamentalists have damaged brains. Apparently, impairments in a part of the prefrontal cortex diminishes one’s capacity to be open minded, leading to the kind of...
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WATCH: Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio
Historian and professor Dr. Lisandro "Leloy" Claudio talks about Independence Day, and using the term 'Filipino' in this pilot episode of "Basagan Ng Trip."Watch it here on Rappler. – Rappler.com
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Citizenship, identity and global Filipinos
This week, on June 12, we celebrate Independence Day in the country. It's been 119 years since Emilio Aguinaldo declared our separation from Spain and we still debate about what makes us one...
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Towards the abyss
When I resigned from the House of Representatives in March 2015 owing to principled differences with the previous administration, including then President Aquino’s obstinate refusal to accept command...
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Duterte's historical revisionism: A settler hijacks Mindanao
Let me get this straight: Rodrigo Duterte is a settler from Mindanao. He is the president of the country narrating "Mindanao" to the Nation. The country listens in awe and submission. He is, as...
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Abdillah and a city reduced to ruins
We have another name for this conflict: Abdillah Dimangampong Masid.He was a 14-year old boy, a 6th grader from Datu Saber Elementary School in Marawi City. Last Friday, June 9, Abdillah was shot dead...
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The Maute Group and rise of family terrorism
Though Philippine government forces are actually fighting in Marawi City a unified armed groups that have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group that inevitably...
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#FridayFeels: Cuddle weather
[Sing to the tune of Rihanna's "Umbrella"]Now that it's raining more than everHanep na ang cuddle weatherSana may space ang payong niyaSana may space ang payong niya(Niya niya niya eh eh eh)May space...
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The day Marawi died
My fingers tremble as I sit down to write about what I see and hear. But the lives of people are at stake, so I must write.Every minute someone is dying in Marawi while aerial strikes pound the once...
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The decline of critical thinking
Nobody likes graded recitations. You prepare hard. But you pray hard anyway that you won't be called. And still you get called and asked the most difficult question. Then everything you thought you...
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STAKEOUT: Ganito ang dapat gawin sa mga tiwaling pulis
Naniniwala ako na ang pamunuan ng bagong tatag na Counter Intelligence Task Force (CITF) ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ay marubrob ang pagnanais na mawalis, kundi man nila mapatino, ang mga...
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Digong is boss, not the bayan's champion
It is easier to label President Rodrigo Duterte as a populist with an authoritarian tan. It sets him apart from his predecessors, but it also makes it easy to his supporters and, oddly, observers...
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[Newspoint] Save democracy, save ourselves
Few phrases pack a load as heavy and as serious as the one used as a theme title for a forum I have just attended: Saving the democratic institutions. It carries the whole burden of freedom, social...
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On Father's Day, a letter to Tatay
Eight years ago, a text message from my cousin changed my life forever. It still haunts me every time I recall everything that happened that day.It was a gloomy Wednesday afternoon. I couldn’t move, I...
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