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[OPINION] The radicalization of Maria Lourdes Sereno
The first time I met her was in a small meeting of the Coalition for Justice in a nondescript, 2nd floor office space used for Christian worship services. It was a few days before the Supreme Court...
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[OPINION] Ideas that divide the nation
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio delivered this speech to the graduates of the National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, on June 22, 2018.Allow me to...
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[OPINYON] Tayo nang maglaro ng Chinese barter
Hindi ko alam kung paanong naging Chinese ang larong Chinese garter, o iyong larong may goma o garter na nakabanat, hawak o nakatali sa katawan ng dalawang bata, at niluluksuhang pataas nang pataas ng...
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[OPINION] Reading, understanding, and appreciating Rizal
The way José Rizal is celebrated in the Philippines as a national hero finds no match in the world. Shrines and monuments dedicated to his figure are abundant throughout the archipelago, and his name...
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[OPINION] We must not keep quiet
As our brother priest Father Richmond Nilo was being interred in Cabanatuan on June 15, the clergy of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan gathered in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, to atone for...
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[OPINION] The wrecking-ball president
If there is one huge casualty of President Duterte’s first two years, it is the rule of law. It is that certainty that our behavior is steered by a body of laws, guided by the idea that law is a path...
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[EDITORIAL] #Animated: Getting rid of the tambays
Imagine coming home to an immaculate neighborhood after a hard day’s work. The garrulous men who’d heckle you no end are gone. The shirtless, silent drunk who stank has disappeared. You could sleep...
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[OPINION] Interim peace proposal for 3-month wait in talks with communists
The front of war and peace of the government and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) has just taken its most recent twist and turn: the suspension of peace talks, including backchannel...
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[OPINYON] Tungkol kay Adan, Eba, at pananampalatayang Katoliko
Ang binatikos ng Pangulo ay ang sarili niyang interpretasyon sa Bibliya. Hindi naman ganoon ang turo ng pananampalatayang Katoliko. Sigurado akong hindi ganoon ang turo sa catechism ng mga religious...
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[OPINION] God is love
My dear children of God in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan: Through social media, you have been sadly exposed to the cursing, threats, and shaming by the President of our country. Choose to love...
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[OPINION] Lessons on fear in the grand manner
(This is the valedictory address of Maria Patricia S. Valena during the graduation of the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Law)If I may, I’d like to begin with a story.My parents had me...
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[OPINYON] May panahon para manahimik, magsalita
Hunyo 23, visperas mayores ng kapistahan ng mga pintakasi ng aming parokya, San Pedro at San Juan. Isa ako sa mga mapalad na nakadalo sa misa alay sa mga laykong lingkod ng simbahan, dahil sa oras din...
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Is the Philippine economy really 'in the doldrums'?
Two years into the Duterte presidency, how is the Philippine economy faring?On June 24, barely a month before his third State of the Nation Address, President Duterte offered this rare and grim...
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[OPINION] The extra struggles of the LGBTQ+ community in Mindanao
Openly LGBTQ+ are everywhere in the Philippines. Given this level of normalcy, pride events are organized in the Philippines’ central metropolitan cities – a celebration of gender diversity by parading...
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[OPINYON] Kasama tayo sa laban para sa mental health
Isa sa sikat na salita pero di-kilala sa diksiyonaryo ang “mental.” Kung sa Ingles, ito ay isa lamang pang-uri; sa Filipino, ito ay isang pangngalan.Hindi lamang ito basta may kinalaman o konektado...
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[OPINION] Duterte Year 2 and blunders galore on social media
If social media during President Duterte's first year was defined by hateful rhetoric online, the second year will be remembered for its cringe-worthy display of incompetence.Six months ago, we...
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How a Duterte supporter fell out of love with the President
The sari-sari store Joseph* was buying from happened to have a small television flashing a clip of President Rodrigo Duterte calling God stupid. Something about the presidential outburst gnawed at...
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[OPINION] China’s economic time bomb
Conventional wisdom holds that China is on the ascent and the United States is in decline, that China’s economy is roaring with raw energy and that Beijing’s “Belt and Road” mega-project of...
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[OPINION] Celebrating safe spaces and diversity in schools
(This is the valedictory address of Ralph Jervis M. Bangan during the commencement exercises of the Far Eastern University on Tuesday, June 26.)As a child, I admired people with great intellectual...
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[OPINION] Women in the shadows of Duterte’s drug war
Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign has not only left a bloody trail of over 4,000 dead bodies. Also left are over 4,000 families bearing the brunt of a one-sided war. For the past 5 months, I have...
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