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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Democracy’s short Philippine life
Democracy does not live long with us; we're able to sustain it for only one generation at most. Of course, we've only had a go at it twice. But with the untold losses we've suffered with each failure,...
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[OPINION] It's time for more fintech in the Philippines
BANGKOK, Thailand – With the Philippines a major destination of remittances, the benefits of addressing the digital divide and of harnessing the power of fintech should be clear-cut.Taken together,...
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[OPINION] Joint development in West PH Sea: An idea whose time has come
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published as a PacNet commentary on March 19. Rappler is reposting this piece with the permission of the author and the original publisher. A proposed joint...
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[EDITORIAL]#AnimatED: Dear Facebook, it’s truly complicated
It must be that bad when even Playboy decides to call it quits.Facebook’s absolute desire to connect us mortals, the consequences be damned, unmasks not just the duplicitous nature of our relationship...
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[OPINION] New beginnings
I have just started walking again.No. This is not some dramatic story about a serious accident or illness resulting in a severe loss of mobility. Not a story about a hard struggle that ended in a...
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Fix the Judicial and Bar Council
When Maria Lourdes Sereno applied to join the Supreme Court in 2010, she submitted a single Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth or SALN: that of 2006. The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)...
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Dissecting TRAIN’s impact on our incomes
Duterte’s tax reform law called TRAIN has so many moving parts – and affects so many aspects of our economic lives – that it’s hard to grasp how it will ultimately affect us and our incomes, both in...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Coming together
On Monday evening, April 2, more than a hundred leaders of organizations protesting against the excesses of the Duterte regime came together agreeing to forge a united front. It was an impressive...
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[OPINION] ‘Missing’ audit logs, wet ballots, and other Marcos lies
On April 2, 2018, the manual recount of the vice presidential votes officially started. The exercise will initially revisit all the physical ballots from Bongbong Marcos' 3 pilot provinces: Camarines...
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Goebbels' diary shows he took note of Fall of Bataan
This week, we mark the national observance of the Philippine Veterans Week commemorating the 76th Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor). As we celebrate the bravery and heroism of the Filipino and American...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Kahibangan ang pagsasara ng Boracay
Kaya mo bang mabuhay nang 6 na buwan na walang trabaho?“Hindi.” Iisa ang sagot ng mga bangkero, masahista, tindero, at diving instructor sa Boracay na isang kahig, isang tuka sa hanap-buhay. 'Yan din...
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Philippine detention centers and the price of criminal justice
In the Supreme Court decision of Allado v. Diokno, the SC pronounced that, “[t] he sovereign power has the inherent right to protect itself and its people from vicious acts which endanger the proper...
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[Dash of SAS] Pickup artist today, dirty old man tomorrow
The building was tucked away behind the main Quezon Avenue. It was drab and dingy, had no distinct markers. It was unmemorable unlike the sprawling structures that lined the main avenue. This was...
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‘Bakit maraming bobo?’ at iba pang chenes chenes sa social media
“He becomes the one real, true, and legitimate leader when he holds the one real, true, and legitimate source of information chenes chenes.”Puwede ko namang pagbintangan na ang sikat na sikat na si...
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Facebook's hubris in the midst of victimhood
Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn't believe Facebook is a monopoly.At a US Senate hearing on Tuesday, April 10, Zuckerberg responded to Senator Lindsey Graham's question on this, saying, "It certainly...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: Why the Cambridge Analytica scandal...
MANILA, Philippines – Are you paying attention to Cambridge Analytica? How about the data privacy issues that sprung in the wake of the scandal that got social media giant Facebook in trouble? Well,...
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[OPINION] Enough of policymaking without planning
Many thought it impossible, yet here we are: Duterte is closing Boracay for 6 months starting April 26.As I pointed out before, a number of glaring double standards surround this impending Boracay...
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[OPINION] What I learned after covering Palarong Pambansa
Publishing articles under your name, appearing in news reports, taking photos to be included in the event’s highlights, and gaining more followers on social media – these are come of the things I...
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I was denied a U.S. visa, and it's very personal
It’s strange. I was born to be an immigrant. My family did everything in their power to make sure I wouldn’t grow up in the Philippines.My mother was successful at that. She immigrated to the United...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] The ultimate betrayal
The proceedings the Supreme Court is conducting to determine whether Maria Lourdes Sereno is fit to remain as chief justice are a historic event, but only in the most abominable sense – as a spectacle...
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