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[OPINION] Did EDSA fail us?
For some time now, when we commemorate the People Power Revolution of 1986, there has been criticism that it has failed us.This has come from different groups through the years. This year, however, we...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Pakinggan ang multo ng EDSA
Hindi tayo sentimental. Sa loob ng 32 taon, pumusyaw ang diwa ng EDSA habang nagpatong-patong ang mga dekada. Marami sa mga namuno sa EDSA’y uugod-ugod na habang ang iba'y pumanaw na. Marami sa...
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[OPINION] Youth as troublemakers
How convenient it is for many adults to blame the youth. They are the perfect scapegoat for the chaos around us. After all they walk out of their classrooms and take to the streets.Look at the...
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[OPINYON] Wala nang hubad na katotohan, bes
(Dahil pinagsalita ako noon tungkol sa “kahalagahan ng social media literacy sa laban against fake news” sa UP Diliman College of Mass Communication)Bueno, dahil sa ease-of-use kaya tayo napasadlak sa...
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With carbon pricing, Train Law can help reduce pollution
One of the things that the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law does is put a price on carbon.Carbon pricing aims to reflect the actual cost of carbon by integrating the cost of the...
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[OPINION] What scares me the most about China’s new, ‘friendly’ loans
In a recent meeting of businessmen, socioeconomic planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia admitted that China’s infrastructure loans are more expensive than Japan’s.Yet when asked why the Duterte government...
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[OPINION] Duterte’s Cha-cha reverses gains of EDSA
This year’s EDSA People Power anniversary was marked by widespread protests against President Rodrigo Duterte’s push for Charter Change. And with good reason. Taken as a whole, the various proposals to...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] A last stand for national redemption
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has never doubted she would be impeached. And neither has everyone else in a nation polarized between those who cheer her impeachment and those who protest it –...
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Bursting at the seams: Philippine detention centers
Thousands who escaped death from President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign considered themselves lucky until they were committed to detention centers. They never expected that the jails would be...
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[OPINION] Injustice in the Court of Appeals: The Ortega case
There are two kinds of abuses of due process in a criminal suit – abuses which a professional prosecutorial service and judiciary are mandated to curb.The first is when the process is used to harass a...
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[OPINION] Part 2: Distorting probable cause in Ortega case
READ: Part 1: [OPINION] Injustice in the Court of Appeals: The Ortega caseIn the first part of this article on the Gerry Ortega decision, where a division of the Court of Appeals absolved former...
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[OPINION] Protests remind us that we can do better
No administration is immune from student protests. Every now and then, our news feeds are filled with images of students from Santa Mesa burning chairs to protest tuition hikes, activists from Diliman...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Tragedy at the Supreme Court
A huge tragedy.The public spectacle at the Supreme Court has never been seen in recent memory: justices shamelessly against the chief justice, justices blatantly criticizing each other, internal...
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[OPINION] A new mom's thoughts on postpartum depression
I'm a new mom. To say that the first year of motherhood was difficult is an understatement.Four months after I moved to Japan, I found out I was pregnant. Child-bearing and -rearing seemed like a...
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[OPINION] Duterte’s Cha-Cha disempowers Filipinos, especially poor, marginalized
READ: Part 1: Duterte's Cha-Cha reverses gains of EDSAThe 1987 Constitution is often hailed as a document against dictatorship. But more than that, it also reflects our people’s struggle for national...
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[OPINION] Much has to be done to have more elected women
On November 2, 2017, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Global Gender Gap Report for 2017. It is unfortunate that the Philippines slipped by 3 spots from number 7 to number 10, primarily due...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: 4 reasons why a liberal arts course is a...
MANILA, Philippines - History professor Leloy Claudio gives 4 reasons why high school seniors should seriously consider taking up a course in the liberal arts.In the process, he tackles issues such as...
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[OPINION] Celebrating women’s month with the fearless females in fisheries
Marilou, Analou. Marju, Susan, Gina. Dita, Lina. Evelyn, Mary Jean. These names may not ring a bell as much as “si Aida o si Lorna o si Fe” for OPM fans of a certain age. To many fishers in different...
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[OPINION] Chaos is Duterte’s key message
In one of the Cabinet meetings early on in President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, it was suggested that all key messages of the executive departments run through the Office of the President’s communications...
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[OPINION] We’re not here to be your friends
In recent weeks, we’ve seen an almost comically obvious crackdown on the critical press. Rappler has been banned from presidential events as it faces the threat of shutdown and now a tax evasion...
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