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Duterte’s inferno

Rodrigo Duterte and Dante Alighieri share one thing in common: they’ve been to Hell and back. The only difference is while author Dante Alighieri had...

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...

Roadshow rage

The week of Aug. 12 saw two things: the President expressing his wish to resign yet again for the nth time and an alleged...

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...

Poets never die

And if you see me, behind your leaves Let me rest under your shade And let me sleep. ~ Maya Daniel     Novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje once wrote that the heart is an organ of fire. By fire, the author meant our familiarity and experience with light,...

Roadshow rage

The week of Aug. 12 saw two things: the President expressing his wish to resign yet again for the nth time and an alleged fiscal who berated a traffic enforcer when she knew full well she was in the wrong. The video of...

Should Christians believe Pacquiao?

Just this once, please allow me to write something I rarely tackle in political discourse: the Bible and Christian history. Before I proceed, let me remind believers that it’s only proper to read the books of the Bible as a whole, not in loosely...

National ID system: firestorm in the making

  In a world where big data is at your fingertips, information has ceased to become knowledge. It is currency. As currency, keeping big data safe is the most sensical thing to do. In this matter, it is clear that the Philippines is way, way...

Duterte’s inferno

Rodrigo Duterte and Dante Alighieri share one thing in common: they’ve been to Hell and back. The only difference is while author Dante Alighieri had the poet Virgil for a companion in his 14th-century epic, Duterte, in the Hell of his own making, has...

A writer’s letter to Mang Tomas

Dear Mang Tomas, To be twice orphaned in one day: it’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone—not even you. My decision, however, is final: I am turning my back on you and my favorite banana catsup. You leave me with no choice. My turning my...

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