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Are Filipinos on the brink of becoming stateless?
Originally penned six years after the Second World War, Hannah Arendt’s book The Origins of Totalitarianism speaks to us today with uncanny clarity.
In Chapter Nine of the book, today considered as a tour de force in the study of totalitarian governments following the...
The World Needs Poets by Joel Pablo Salud
On the morning of May 6, 2018, after a riveting night at Wordello 2.0 at Casa Real in Taguig, I woke up to a world orphaned by a great Filipino poet: National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista.
I guess we all knew it would happen...
A review of the Marawi coverage: The conduct of war (2nd of 2 parts) by Fil V. Elefante
“Reporting war should not be approached as breaking news,” the study entitled “Media on Marawi: Coverage of the Siege” said. “It is usually part of a long process involving a breakdown that usually has many causes and bears many issues.”
The study reviewed the...
Are we on the right track for the future?
It was a much anticipated gathering. Close to 700 delegates converged in Manila to hear some of the world’s leading lights share their thoughts on what the future will likely bring. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that?
The two-day Asian Forum on...
The ‘gospel’ of Federalism by Joel Pablo Salud
The Duterte administration preaches Federalism as a sort of ‘gospel of liberation’.
My past interviews with executive director Joel Sy Egco and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said as much: there is an ‘urgent’ need to shift the center of power from ‘Imperial Manila’ to...
Use of language: Focus on Baybayin by Alma Anonas-Carpio
The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, with between 120 and 170 distinct languages, according to various scholars.
Ours is a nation of many cultures and many permutations on those core cultural roots, written and spoken languages and religious beliefs and practices.
As...
