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[ANALYSIS | Deep Dive] Game changers
At the start of 2019, we take a Deep Dive into some of the things that we would want to see happen or not happen anymore in 2019 and why. These are the game changers we want – hope – to see in 2019.1....
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[ANALYSIS] The economic fallacies surrounding martial law’s extension
The list of Duterte’s policies that defy economic sense and logic grows ever longer.Last December 12, for the second time around, and by overwhelming numbers, Congress extended martial law in Mindanao....
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[OPINION] Constitutional reform in the Philippines is necessary
For many Filipinos, charter change is now a very serious political issue. Recall that President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in July 2016 with the commitment to shepherd the transition of the...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] President Duterte molested his maid. He’s not the...
Novelita Palisoc remembers the girl who was probably 16 or 17 years old at the most. She cried as she recounted how her employer groped her. All she wanted to do was make some extra money to go to...
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[OPINION | Data Matters] Learning from DFA's passport data fiasco
Since everybody including their mothers weighed in on Foreign Secretary Teddyboy Locsin's rather colorful statement that the past passport contractor has "made off" with our passport data, I could not...
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Globalization 4.0: The Davos 2019 Manifesto
We need a new framework for global cooperation in order to preserve peace and accelerate sustainable progress. After the Second World War, leaders from across the globe came together to design a new...
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[ANALYSIS] Global threat forecast 2019
The global terrorist and extremist threat is likely to persist in 2019 as the Islamic State (ISIS) goes through a phase of readaptation and decentralization.The group has established clandestine and...
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[EDITORIAL]: #AnimatED: A dozen wishes for 2019
It’s that time of the year, so we figure we should not begrudge ourselves for doing this. Here’s our own list of wishes for the year of the Earth Pig, 2019.Catholic ChurchWe wish them to show – not...
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[OPINION] Women in legislature: Do they really matter?
According to the latest Pulse Asia survey, 3 women senatorial bets are now leading the pack. This is welcome news considering that in terms of numbers, women still have a long way to go to catch up...
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[OPINYON] Dekalogo ng pamamahala para sa henerasyong milenyal
Nitong Disyembre, pinalad akong makadalo sa ika-25 anibersaryo ng Gawad Felicisimo T. San Luis para sa Namumukod-Tanging Kabataan ng Laguna. Taon-taon, halos 50 kabataan ang binibigyang parangal ng...
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[OPINION] What's the right thing to do? #DeleteFacebook
(This piece first appeared on Notes from the Slushpile.)Facebook.A lifeline to the world. A boon to authors who are their own marketing departments. A way to meet like-minded folk, share information,...
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[ANALYSIS] Dengvaxia scare: How viral rumors caused outbreaks
Fake news can kill, and the Dengvaxia scare is a perfect example of it.The Dengvaxia vaccine was a promising solution to the scourge of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease to which hundreds of thousands...
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[OPINION] Weaponizing the National Youth Commission
First things first: let us be clear about the role of the National Youth Commission (NYC). The Youth in Nation-Building Act of 1995 created NYC. According to the law, the Commission has the main...
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Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: 5 reasons why you should join a debating...
MANILA, Philippines – Does the idea of public speaking scare you? Do you think you have Glossophobia?In this episode of Basagan Ng Trip, history professor Leloy Claudio gives 5 reasons why you should...
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[OPINYON] Ang silbi ng social media troll
Nitong nagdaang araw, naglabas ng statement ang Facebook hinggil sa ginawa nilang pag-ban sa isang marketing group na nakabase sa ating bansa. Hindi ang mismong marketing group ang na-ban kung hindi...
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[OPINION] In defense of Manila Bay
Let me tell you a story. Twenty years ago, January 1999, a group of concerned citizens, led by UP Law students, filed an ambitious lawsuit in a trial court south of Manila. The petitioners, including...
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[OPINION] Bangsamoro hopes
In a few days, the first of two plebiscites to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will be held on January 21, to be followed by a second plebiscite on February 6. These mark another historic point...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Where numbers lie
As a matter of course, truth is conceded in the adage "Numbers don't lie." Well, not the numbers served up by our pollsters these days. The fact is, any polled number, no matter if arrived at by simple...
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Leloy Claudio wins 2019 George McTavish Kahin Book Prize
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler columnist and "Basagan Ng Trip" host Leloy Claudio has won the George McTavish Kahin Book Prize for 2019 for his book Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in...
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[OPINION] Yes or No: BOL plebiscite
Going into the plebiscite, there is an imperative need to answer the why behind the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). It’s easy to understand what that raison d’ etre is. We often hear or read that it’s...
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