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[OPINION] Con-Com draft constitution sets Comelec in the right direction
The Commission on Electons (Comelec) is a strange constitutional creature. Unlike in most jurisdictions where the sole function of election management bodies is to administer elections, Comelec was...
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[OPINION] The South China Sea precedent: Rising instability amidst...
Across the Indo-Pacific, rising economic dependence has enabled Beijing to revise the nature of international relations and a rules-based order underpinned by adherence to international treaty-based...
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[OPINION] Small people bear brunt of Boracay closure
I have tried to refrain from commenting on social media on what's happening in Boracay. Insofar as I'm concerned, I am not actually affected since I am not doing business on the island and the absence...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Anti-middle class ang driver-only ban sa EDSA
Araw- araw bumabiyahe si Angel mula Commonwealth sa Old Balara, Quezon City, papuntang trabaho niya sa Ayala Avenue. Nagta-tricycle siya palabas ng village nang alas-singko kuwarenta y singko,...
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[OPINION] NutriAsia skirts the law to oppress workers, hide its greed
Last week, the picketline at the NutriAsia, Inc factory in Marilao, Bulacan was violently dispersed and plant operations have resumed. But the labor dispute remains.The union is still officially on...
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[OPINION] In defense of mothers and others
Around the time that the infamous i-pepe-dede-ralismo dance was busily plunging Philippine political discourse to the gutter, I was personally coming to terms with an image I had seen on my Facebook...
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[ANALYSIS] Why Duterte’s federalism endangers government’s finances
More and more groups are opposing President Rodrigo Duterte’s push for federalism via charter change, otherwise known as Bayanihan Federalism.Rather surprisingly, a lot of the pushback is coming from...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: The importance of philosophy
MANILA, Philippines – Philosophy majors often get two different reactions when asked about their courses – awe, because of the seemingly esoteric nature of this field of study, and concern, because for...
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[OPINION] Lawyers of the Philippines, unite!
Last night, in the blog of the European Journal of International Law, I saw this disturbing headline – “Young Philippine Lawyers Arrested Today for “Obstruction of Justice” in the Philippines Drugs...
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[OPINION] Ninoy’s impossible dream
Thirty-five years after the assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino, has his dream of building a republic on the principles of liberal democracy reached a similarly bloody conclusion?The era in...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] How long can Duterte wait?
President Duterte's public admission that he has grown "tired and exasperated" at his own inability to curb corruption and that he feels like resigning is certain to inspire some desperate excitement....
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[OPINION] A prophetic oracle against murderers
If the Israelite prophet Amos or Ezekiel were to prophesy in the Philippines today, this is what he would say:The word of the Lord came to me thus: "Son of Man, I appointed you as a watchman for my...
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[OPINION] Power to the young
This opinion piece is part of the Silver Lining Series written by members of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD), an organization of liberal and democratic parties in Asia, to celebrate...
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[OPINYON] Orakulo ng propeta laban sa mga mamamatay-tao
Kung si Propetang Amos o Exequiel ay mangaral sa Pilipinas ngayon, ganito ang sasabihin niya:Ang salita ng Panginoon ay ipinahayag sa akin nang ganito: "Anak ng Tao, itinalaga kita bilang tagapagbantay...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Why Duterte's 'resignation' should be your concern
Are you tired, Mr President? So is the stranded overseas Filipino worker who missed her flight back to work in Dubai last weekend because of an airport accident at NAIA. So are grade school students in...
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Finding a way forward for Cambodia after sham elections
Hun Sen’s bogus election held on July 29 throws down the gauntlet to the international community to prove that democracy is possible in Cambodia.The only party that could have defeated the government,...
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[OPINION] Tax carbon emitters, use new revenue for health care
The passage of the TRAIN law and the ongoing debate now on additional tax reform packages raise the issue of what products and activities should be properly taxed. I argue in this article that carbon...
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[ANALYSIS] Weaker peso boosts exports? Not necessarily
If you ask President Duterte’s economic managers, the weakening peso – now more than P53 to the US dollar – has an important redeeming value: it supposedly makes our exports “more...
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[OPINYON] Buwan ng Wika: Hindi bawal umingles, basta ayusin mo
Heto na naman us. Like you know what I mean. To make habol sa about-to-conclude na national Buwan ng Wika celebs. Like most of the celebrations in schools were really lit and fab. Gosh. Kaya naging in...
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[OPINION] Political independence
Our so-called political parties form and recede quickly like mushrooms in the political field.We had the KBL for Marcos, LP for Ninoy Aquino, UNIDO for Laurel, Lakas-NUCD for Ramos, LABAN for Mitra,...
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