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“Make Orwell fiction again”: Deconstructing the Arroyo Charter

It was one of those rare occasions where I took some time off politics to delve into that one thing I’ve nearly forgotten: the...

Steal it with a kiss

The huge hall brimmed with people, and not by the threat of any Category 5 storm. No, it was Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s first...

Children and Politics: Where the rubber burns the road

Raising children: it’s not for the faint of heart. To me, the most agonizing of parents’ responsibilities to their kids are not the steady string...

Akademyang Filipino: Reenvisioning the Filipino intelligentsia

As early as Sept. 2017, I received an email informing me that I was recommended to be part of a group which was soon...

Human rights activist blames Sinophobia and racism for false reports on Chinese students in Cagayan province

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 Quezon City, Ang See...

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...

‘What’s going to happen now?’

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 another National Artist for...

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...

Falling asleep in the time of the ‘Woke’ generation

  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 new take on language...

Why press freedom? Why not responsible journalism?

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 without it. Information in and...

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