Academician, writer, human rights and anti-crime activist Teresita Ang See described as “dangerous and unfortunate” the “baseless media reports” that speculated on “Chinese students as spies” in northern Philippines. During a recent "Pandesal Forum" held at Kamuning Bakery Cafe in...

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,...

The previous weekend saw me and my wife in the middle of two very important events: a dinner invitation by none other than National Artist for Literature F. Sionil José, and a book launch-cum-birthday bash the day after of...

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...

  Growing old is not what I thought it would be. As the Polish poet and essayist Zbigniew Herbert wrote, it’s like owning a dog-eared dictionary, published long ago, with absentee words clinging at the hem of its tattered cover jacket. A...

We hear it often said how important press freedom is to the nation’s sociopolitical health. The reason being is that information is currency, and with such currency in the hands of the people, their chances for survival are greater than...

I’m no historian. Call me a history buff with an insatiable liking for what is either vintage or ancient. I love reading anything that reeks of the sands and pyramids of Egypt, the lost city of Atlantis, the ancient...

Summer comes, and with it mosquitoes and dengue. Even as the holiday cold fritters away, the Department of Health has already noticed an alarming spike in cases of what is otherwise known in its extreme form as hemorrhagic fever. Some 2,100...

A free and independent press is one of the benchmarks used to measure the strength of a country’s democracy, and the level of its service to the public—which is the only reason for which governments exist. A public that is...

In journalism, there are two ways—and these must be achieved simultaneously—to guarantee accuracy. First, go hot on the trail of the facts, thereby securing backdrop, history and context; and second, the proper use of language. By the latter, I mean the...

With the midterm elections just around the corner, the public spotlight has shifted from the Bangsamoro plebiscite to the candidates running for local and national public office. But there is one issue that will crop up again once the midterm...

Bulatlat, the country’s oldest alternative digital news outlet, has been repeatedly hit with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the last two months, according to a statement released recently by the website’s managing editor, Ronalyn Olea. The Bulatlat statement...