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[OPINION] Punishing the pregnant woman
The mandatory testing for pregnancy by the Pines City Colleges (PCC) of all their dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy students is a classic illustration of the proverb that says, “the road to hell is...
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[OPINION | Deep Dive] What's the big deal about the bar exams?
This Sunday, November 25, the 2018 bar examinations will conclude, officially signaling the start of the waiting period for the 8 bar examiners to check and grade all the notebooks – a process that...
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This is the best time to become a Rappler
Have you ever thought of finding yourself in a situation where you'd be harassed for doing your job or disregarded by your relatives just because your beliefs differed from theirs?Ten months after the...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: The importance of sociology
What is sociology? How does sociology help our society and relationships?In this episode of Basagan ng Trip, Leloy Claudio sits down with Bubbles Asor to discuss the importance of sociology and why you...
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What happened after I wrote articles on abortion
The first email came just 3 days after Rappler released part one of an investigative series on abortion.The 3-part series I penned for Rappler explores the dangerous practices of backstreet...
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[ANALYSIS] Is Duterte selling out the Philippines to China?
We need to talk more about President Rodrigo Duterte’s excessive pandering to Chinese interests.This week, after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic 2-day state visit, a total of 29 deals were...
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PANOORIN: Ano ang katotohanan sa inflation?
Sa nakalipas na mga buwan naging maugong sa balita ang inflation rate, isang estadistika na sumusukat sa bilis ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin. Nadama natin ang walang humpay na pagtaas ng...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Defaults and plain bad choices
No matter how poor a semblance of the real deal elections have become, they always inspire hope for change. And, because that's especially true in our case, we’re able to overcome our own deep distrust...
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[OPINION] Why federalism won't work with political dynasties in power
The serious anxiety many Filipinos have with charter change and federalism is caused by the reality that traditional political families control the Philippine political system.Simply looking at the...
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[OPINION] Time for crazy rich change
Whether of Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese or Chinese-Americans, not to mention the "Chinoys" of the Philippines, the stereotypes of the ethnic Chinese abound on film and in real life. Can a...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Campus violence and toxic rhetoric – where are the...
A friend and I were discussing the leaked conversations allegedly from a University of the Philippines (UP) fraternity and she asked me: "Should we care? We could just ignore the conversation as that...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: At tayo’y ibinugaw sa bisita ni Tatay
Wala tayong tiwala sa “kaibigang” niyuyukuan ni Tatay. Ang balita mula sa ibang barangay, naghahanap siya ng mga sambahayang hikahos, at aalukin ng limpak-limpak na pautang, para umano’y umunlad ang...
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[OPINION] De Vera's ouster from the House of Representatives is unconstitutional
Last November 20, news circulated that Eugene de Vera, representative of the party-list group Arts, Business, and Science Professionals (ABS), was expelled from the House of Representatives.My first...
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[OPINYON] Ang maging manunulat sa panahon ng smarter-than-user smartphone
Patapos na ang Nobyembre. Ang daming nangyari. Highlight na ng buwan na ito siguro para sa bansa natin ang pagdating ng BFF ng Pangulo kaya nawalan kami ng pasok sa matandang unibersidad sa Maynila...
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[ANALYSIS] Deep Dive | What's the big deal about seniority in selecting the...
The President has appointed the Supreme Court’s 163rd Associate Justice, Lucas P. Bersamin, to be the country’s 25th Chief Justice.Before his appointment, he was number 3 (appointed in April 2009) on...
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[ANALYSIS] Does Gen Z care about social and political issues?
Next year’s elections will prove pivotal for our country. With issues like federalism and charter change looming in the horizon, electing the right leaders (especially senators) has never been more...
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[OPINION] Why I distrust Solita Monsod’s ‘Why Filipinos distrust China’
In her Inquirer article, Solita “Mareng Winnie” Monsod makes the same mistake as F. Sionil Jose of conflating “Chinese people” with “Chinese government,” and, worse, conflating “Chinese people” with...
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[OPINION] Pablo Virgilio David: The shepherd of Caloocan
President Duterte unleashed his most recent tirade against the Catholic Church by accusing Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of stealing Church donations and using them for his own personal use....
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[ANALYSIS] G20 showdown? U.S. calls out China
The Philippines is not a member of the G20 – the grouping of the largest economies in the world – and so unlike the recent ASEAN and East Asia Summits here, as well as the APEC Summit in Papua New...
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[OPINION] What's at stake for the Philippines at COP24
This December, negotiators from all countries will convene at the 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, for two weeks to finalize how the Paris climate agreement will be implemented....
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