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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Portrait of the Filipino child as a criminal
Asked what made him think 12 is the Solomonic minimum age of criminal liability, Senator Richard Gordon, whose committee has been hearing the issue, replied, in his now characteristically peremptory...
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[OPINION] Relationship status: Happily single
Valentine’s Day has become an annual commemoration of love that unites people together. Loving and being loved by someone could be the most wonderful feeling in the world. Lovers are excited to...
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[OPINION] What is racism?
In a senior high school philosophy class on intersectionality, students were determining their “race”.One student asked me about what her race ought to be. I asked, "Which ethnicity or culture or...
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[OPINION] 7 reasons why we should oppose Manila Bay reclamation projects
I have been in the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) several times to do coastal cleanups as part of the environmental efforts of the university I am affiliated...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Bantay-salakay ng Malasakit Center?
Ano ba ang ginawa ni Bong Go para makaangat mula sa dati niyang nakakaawang posisyon sa senatorial surveys? Sa pagsukat ng Pulse Asia nitong Disyembre 2018, malapit na sa Go sa Magic 12. Gumanda nang...
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[ANALYSIS | Deep Dive] Inaccessible SALNs
It has brought down two chief justices already and continues to be the bête noire of many a public official. “It” is, of course, the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth or SALN, a...
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[ANALYSIS] US finally pays attention to East Asia and the Pacific
For the first time in almost 20 years, the United States has authorized the release of US$1.5 billion a year for the next 5 years – until 2023 – to allies and friends in the region and help them...
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[ANALYSIS] Why the free tuition law is not pro-poor enough
Improving the poor’s access to quality tertiary education is far from being a done deal.The free tuition law (Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act) signed by President Duterte in August...
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[OPINION] Why we need to support free media in era of fake news
I have enormous respect for the work you do as journalists: your ability to produce coherent reports and analysis under extreme time pressure often in uncomfortable, sometimes dangerous, circumstances...
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[OPINION] It’s tidying up, not trashing, with Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo has been in the “tidying up” business since her university days when she was only 19 years old. She continued building up her business and published her best-selling book The Life-Changing...
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[OPINION] Judicial independence: Democratic counterweight to populist sentiment
This was delivered at the Conference on Democracy and Disinformation of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Iloilo City on February 8, 2019.I became a lawyer in 1998. I belong to...
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(OPINION) What Nagasaki taught me: Nuclear weapons must be banned
Anyone who knows me can attest that I enjoy travelling and exploring places. While every journey is beautiful in its own way, there are some that leave a lasting impression in your mind and soul. I...
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Rainbow’s Sunset: A story of love and family politics
Last week I was touring Nat, an American friend, around Maginhawa when we hit upon the bright idea of watching a movie. We decided to watch Rainbow’s Sunset at Cinema Centenario. It would be a nice way...
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[OPINION] Don't terrorize children
Why are our government officials afraid of children? They are seeing them as future criminals instead of having the hope that they will become great leaders in the future.If I may ask, with due...
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[OPINION] What the Bangsamoro Museum needs to do
Curating a museum around the word Bangsamoro meant diverging from the typical inclinations of museum makers. It could not be a museum of antiques. Filipinos have lost nearly all refined examples of...
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[OPINION] Poverty and the 'trapos'
The campaign period for the May 2019 elections is nearing and a lot of trapos (traditional politicians) are on the prowl again, imitating hungry wolves hunting for a herd of lost sheep.In general,...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Let's own these elections
This week – on Tuesday, February 12, to be exact – the campaign period starts for those seeking seats in the Senate and in the House of Representatives through the party list. There will be 63...
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[OPINYON] ‘Taho, taho kayo d’yan!’
Gusto kong samantalahin ang pagkakataon. Narito ako sa isang bagong puwesto para makapagsulat. Sa isang sulok ng bagong-gawang bahay dito sa lalawigan ng Quezon. Kapritso itong sulok na ipinagawa ko....
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[OPINION] Rehabilitation over reclamation for Manila Bay
Manila Bay has long been a symbol of the environmental degradation that has plagued the Philippines for decades. Despite a 2008 Supreme Court ruling ordering government agencies to clean it up, the...
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[OPINION] How to make the automated elections less vulnerable to cheats
The 2019 elections will be our 4th automated one. In 2010 the country implemented its first automated elections using Smartmatic’s voting machines called the Precinct Count Optical Scanner or popularly...
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