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Do you have it in you to combat COVID-19?

Find out through Hi-Precision Diagnostics’ cPassTM Test As COVID-19 continues to infect and take millions of lives all over the world, scientists pursue the development of effective vaccines to counter its effects. But even as they look at other man-made cures, the answer may...

House Committee on Human Rights chair calls for House inquiry on Calbayog policeman

ABOVE PHOTO: Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights Jesus Suntay For ‘requesting’ for the list of lawyers defending personalities and groups identified with the Left, Lt. Fernando Calabria Jr.—a police officer from Calbayog City, Samar—seems headed for an...

Straight out of the Führer’s handbook

After three years worth of statements unleashed on the populace by none other than Pres. Rodrigo Duterte (you may throw in his minions as garnishing), what conclusions have I made so far? The statements, for what they were worth in whipping up the Devil’s...

Close encounters with the fishy kind: A Look at China’s ‘Fisheries war’

On March 4, the South China Morning Post published an online video of the Argentine Coast Guard’s brief yet tense encounter with a Chinese fishing vessel a few kilometers off the coast of its southern Argentine waters. The Hua Xiang 801—a grey, seemingly dilapidated...

Open season against netizens

Even then I knew it was a firestorm in the making. In 2012, under the Benigno Aquino III administration, the anti-cybercrime bill (or what is now known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 or Republic Act 10175) was enacted into law. Crimes mentioned within...

Why I hate Jose Rizal

Some Filipinos hate Jose Rizal. I am one of them. Reasons vary. For some, Rizal was too much a part of the bourgeoisie to soil his hands with blood and gunpowder. Others stress he was a lackey of the Americans, a “safe” choice for...

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The language of aesthetics as the language of power

Shakespeare had his Queen Elizabeth. Michelangelo his Lorenzo de’ Medici. Leonardo da Vinci his Ludovico Sforza. Artists and their powerful patrons captured as still-life...

Open season against netizens

Even then I knew it was a firestorm in the making. In 2012, under the Benigno Aquino III administration, the anti-cybercrime bill (or what is...

Lumad Displacement: a continuing social crisis

With little more than skin and bones to call their own, some makeshift schools for their children, and a patch of forest as source...

In the Neighborhood of ‘Suspects’: a closer look at what could be the New Inquisition

Imagine an ordinary day. You drag yourself dutifully out of bed towards the nearest light rail station, hoping to get to your destination not...