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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Miss Spain is a woman
Miss Spain Angela Ponce did not win Miss Universe but she did have her own moment of victory. Ponce made history as the first transgender candidate and was given a special segment to highlight the...
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[OPINION] Catriona Gray, David Ricardo, and the law of comparative advantage
Thank God for the smartphone, which allowed us to listen in to a special session of the Econ 101 class of Prof Ben Nojoke at UP Diliman.Student X: Sir, I’d like to ask a question about the fuel tax...
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[OPINION] DFA foils oil exploration with China – for now
It’s back to step one for China and its much-awaited joint development of oil and gas with the Philippines.In October, after Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Manila, the Global Times, a subsidiary of...
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[OPINION | Deep Dive] 18 words
If the best thing you can say about 2018 is that it's about to end, then you probably have more than 18 words that would capture your 2018. This week's Deep Dive focuses on 18 words that best sum up my...
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[OPINION] (Some) evil was defeated
2018 ends in a matter of days. Let's amuse ourselves now by looking back on how we defeated evil not once, not twice, but at least thrice this year.I'm referring of course to the triple defeats we...
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[OPINYON] Kung saan na naghahalo ang balat sa tinalupan
Ang dami nating nalaman, hindi lang natin alam kung may napala tayo, huwag nang pag-usapan pa kung tumalino. Basta. Mistulang payapa na ang lahat. Hanggang sa susunod na pagsambulat ng panibagong isyu,...
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Learning to play chess
When I was young, I would watch my grandfather play chess with his friend whenever I visited him. I had no idea how any of the pieces actually worked, nor could I ever memorize their names no matter...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Make 2019 a game-changer
2018 was the year of apologies for Facebook, the year of buyers’ remorse for President Rodrigo Duterte voters, and the year journalists stood their ground worldwide.What will 2019 be?We face a future...
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[OPINION] Proposed review of PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty: Opening a Pandora's...
Several days ago, Delfin Lorenzana, the Secretary of National Defense, issued intriguing statements pertaining to a purported Philippine government desire to review the Philippine-United States Mutual...
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[OPINION] Be careful against many antichrists
An open letter to my godson Seth on New Year's EveDear Seth,Nothing is easy these days when it comes to rearing children like you. You are subjected to so much vulgarity and violence that I fear you...
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[OPINION] Xi Falls and Mahathir Rises: Asia's Winners and Losers 2018
Two years back, when we picked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as Asia's big winner in 2015 in our annual assessment of the year that was, it was not without controversy. Duterte topped our list...
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[OPINION] Bullying and the forgotten virtue of justice
At the end of 2018, Merriam-Webster chose its word of the year: justice. The choice was made at a time when Filipinos seem to have all but forgotten about this virtue.Put most simply, justice is...
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On Sionil Jose’s theoretically correct but historically wrong take on the...
In a commentary published by the Philippine Star last December 28, 2018, F. Sionil Jose argued the non-necessity of being a communist in making a revolution. In this article, he discussed 4 correct...
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Why is the world silent on China’s Uyghur Muslims?
In the age of information technology, the atrocious reality of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang has been fed to the palms and appears before the eyes of the global...
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[OPINION] I'm complicit in the rise of the HIV epidemic – and so are you
The rising HIV epidemic has no room for bystanders. Every day, 31 people are newly diagnosed with HIV, more than doubling the number just 5 years ago. Young people are a disproportionately burdened...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Who to blame: the pollsters or us?
If there remains any doubt that our world has been turned upside down, the latest Social Weather Stations survey should dispel it decisively: 74% of us supposed adults not only don’t mind what Duterte...
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[OPINION] Yes to Bangsamoro
When President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Bangsamoro Organic Law on July 26 last year, it signaled new hope for the establishment of self-determination in an autonomous region that will take over the...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: The 'kadiri' President
Imagine yourself as the maid violated by Rodrigo Dutere in 1959 or the early 1960s. You're up before sunrise and work through the day and you're dead tired at night. You are awakened by a hand inside...
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[OPINION] My first Christmas without dad
This Christmas and New Year season marked the first year that we celebrated the holidays without my father. Our family didn’t really celebrate Christmas or New Year in the traditional Filipino sense:...
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How Facebook is reconfiguring freedom of speech in situations of mass atrocity
Facebook has been described as a service to democracy. This perception arguably peaked during the Arab Spring uprisings, touted as Facebook’s crowning glory in its mission to connect people.The past...
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