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[OPINION] The dark side of leadership
Nowadays, we often hear of government leaders who are incompetent and who use their position of leadership for their self-interest: they are corrupt, despotic, immoral, power-hungry, materialistic,...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Puro bukbok ang diskarte ng gobyerno sa krisis sa bigas
Kung nasisikmura ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol na kumain ng kaning may bukbok, hindi ng taumbayan.At lalong di natin masisikmurang magsaing ng bigas na binugahan ng kemikal.Kung totoong ligtas...
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[ANALYSIS] Unjust to De Lima, unjust to all
Perhaps it is an instructional coincidence that 2 days before the Supreme Court denied Senator Leila de Lima’s motion for reconsideration to allow her to appear in the oral arguments on the ICC Case,...
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5 questions we should be asking on the rice shortage
A lot of things in the Philippines are not as clear-cut as they seem.The rice shortage is one of them. There are a number of basic questions that appear to have been lost in the competing press...
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[OPINION] Voiding Trillanes' amnesty: Illegal, unwise, immoral
In issuing Proclamation No. 572, the President revoked the amnesty granted to Senator Sonny Trillanes for being void ab initio on the ground that he did not comply with the "minimum requirements to...
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[OPINYON] Dapat bang kainin ang bigas na may bukbok?
Nagbabagang paksa ang bigas ngayon. Tumataas ang presyo, mahahaba ang pila sa mga outlet ng National Food Authority (NFA), at binabatikos ang gobyerno dahil hindi nito sineguro ang sapat na suplay....
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[ANALYSIS] Why is Philippine inflation now the highest in ASEAN?
Yesterday, we were greeted by truly shocking news: the Philippines' inflation rate, which measures how fast prices are rising, reached a whopping 6.4% in August.Not only is this the highest in 9.4...
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[OPINION] Marites Vitug and Mr Duterte’s mad wife
Deep in the dungeons of the Department of Foreign Affairs on Roxas Boulevard lies the 479-page verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the maritime dispute between the Philippines...
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[OPINION] Duterte’s vendetta against Senator Trillanes
Duterte’s Proclamation 572 is chiefly anchored on a DND certification to the effect that there is no amnesty application of Senator Trillanes in their official files. This is the very same dirty...
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[OPINION] 5 years after Yolanda, imperatives for addressing disasters
Five years ago, Super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan) devastated the Visayas, killing thousands and causing massive destruction. We were unprepared for that disaster. One would think we...
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[ANALYSIS] Don't mess with the military
The trigger-happy civilians in the Duterte administration blinked in their standoff with the Philippines’ most media-savvy mutineer. What happened in the last 5 days illustrates their shallow...
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[OPINION] Urgently needed: Department for disaster resilience and climate change
(Part 1: 5 years after Yolanda, imperatives for addressing disasters)After supposedly going through 6 technical working group meetings and 11 regional consultations involving more than 1,000 local...
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[OPINYON] Malayo sa bituka
Lagi ko itong sinasabi sa bawat pagkakataong maiimbitahan akong magsalita o kapag magsusulat hinggil sa mga paksang tungkol sa paglipana ng teknolohiya at ng social media platform, at uulitin ko...
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[OPINION] From Russia with love
Last July 18, Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist Manny Mogato wrote for Reuters about the possibility of sanctions imposed by the United States on the Philippines as a result of the Duterte...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Pinakbet economics at pusit tactics
Paano magluto ng pinakbet sa gitna ng “sizzling inflation”? Aba’y unang una, dagdagan mo ang panggastos mo nang 25%! Problema mo na kung saang kamay ng Diyos mo 'yan huhugutin. Tumaas nang 25% ang...
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[OPINION] U.P. and the Marcoses
Imee Marcos was in the University of the Philippines Diliman on August 25, 2018, attending the Kabataang Barangay (KB) reunion held at the Bahay ng Alumni. The venue happens be the site of one bloody...
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[OPINION] What 'Goyo' teaches us about leadership, youth, and patriotism
Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral was frustrating. But you have to watch it and be frustrated too.Let me explain: two days ago, I came into the cinema hopeful, positive, and excited to watch Goyo. Two hours...
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[ANALYSIS] Viral misconceptions about inflation, how to debunk them
The past week saw an alarming explosion of myths and misconceptions about inflation (how fast prices are rising).This came in the heels of the shocking announcement of the Philippine Statistics...
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[OPINION] The true impact of Typhoon Ompong on the Philippines
As Luzon braces for the impact of Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut), the entire Philippines and the world are about to find out just how prepared we are for disasters.Have we learned from...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: Inflation, deflation, and hyperinflation
MANILA, Philippines – With the country's inflation hitting 6.4% last August, many Filipinos are debating whether it's good or bad for the economy.But what really is inflation? And when is inflation...
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