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Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

News in focus / MARCH

Sereno’s march to impeachment, DOJ surprises, and other fantastic gambits by Psyche Roxas-Mendoza The Ides of March, in the time of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, meant...

Weaving the tapestry of life

  Tingguians, they are called. She of the sub-group Illaud. Her name: Norma Agaid Mina, 78. And she has spawned generation after generation of loom...

No slave: OFWs fight back

Long before President Rodrigo Duterte expressed outrage over the violent death of Filipina domestic worker Joanna Daniela Demafelis in Kuwait, this middle east nation...

Rise of the Filipino middle class

The ambition seems straightforward enough. By 2040, we will have a society where Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the...

Labor’s not so middle class woes

Third time’s the charm, but not in this case. The third dialogue of organized labor with President Rodrigo Duterte to put a stop to...

NEWS IN FOCUS / January’s blasts: Dengvaxia, Cha-Cha, firings, Rappler, and Mayon Volcano

January opened with a growing frequency of reports on child deaths that the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) attributed to Dengvaxia—the first anti-dengue...

The science and politics of Halal

In 2015, then Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez—in a talk with editors and reporters of the Philippines Graphic, BusinessMirror, View Magazine, Pilipino Mirror, TV9 and CNN Philippines—confirmed that the...

Marra PL Lanot’s Cadena de Amor: Fire, rain, and remembering

This book of poems is dedicated to her three grand-children: twins Allegra Milagros and Elias Serafin, all of two years and 10 months, and...

A time for heroes

At the entrance of the tree-lined park, the shiny black granite wall is farthest from view. Closer is the imposing 14-meter bronze statue of...

Of forensic artists & other painters

A janitor, a carpenter, a medico-legal doctor, an agent, a photographer, and a couple of forensic artists—all employees of the National Bureau of Investigation...