A binary political battle will benefit BBM
How Binary Politics Can Propel A BBM Presidency A showdown between Leni and BBM in a binary narrative will divide the votes of...
The battle for public opinion
If politics is the science of winning people, shaping public opinion is an art. Strategic actions need to be precisely executed so the...
China’s conquest of the South China Sea is the end of the International Rules-Based Order
I wholly concur with the penetrating analysis and categorical contention of retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that the “United Nations Convention on the Law...
Ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas bilang mikrokosmo ng paghihimagsik pangkalahatan ng Lipunang-Pilipino
Ang sanaysay na ito ay hinggil sa aking pananaw at kondemnasyon sa bangkaroteng arbitraryo at unilateral na abrogasyon ng Departamento ng Tanggulang Pambansa (DND) ukol...
A day in the life of a health care worker in the time of Covid-19
My heart goes out to all the health care workers. Our health care workers need all the support. They are the frontliners in taking care...
In defense of the Hong Kong student protesters
Contributed by Jose Mario de Vega IN DEFENSE OF THE STUDENT PROTESTERS: Carrie Lam’s Mask Ban, the Repudiation of the Hong Kong Court and the...
#HongKongProtests: In Solidarity to the Brave Hong Kong People
Contributed by Jose Mario De Vega I am writing as a humanist and a member of the international community in order to bring to the...
That thing called….delicadeza
If you look it up in different dictionaries, you will get its literal meaning. Delicadeza, a Spanish word that has found its way to the...
Boboto ako para panatilihing huling balwarte ng checks and balances ang Senado
(This is the Filipino version of “I am voting to keep the Senate as the last bastion of checks and balances”. For the English version,...
I am voting to keep the Senate as the last bastion of checks and balances
We are now less than a month away from the May 13 Philippine elections. There is now a frenzy of last-minute campaigning everywhere as candidates...
Why the arrest of Maria Ressa is worrisome and why we need to speak up
Dear fellow citizens, I was on the road last week when I heard word that Maria Ressa was about to be arrested for cyber libel....
The honor and sovereignty of the nation is beyond material compensation
What is the point of getting rich or for our economy to rise, if our fishermen are constantly harassed and their catch being snatched before...
Questions about the approved senate building
Have you seen the video showcasing the approved Senate building? I have. As one looks at the video of the approved Philippine Senate building: The...
Duterte and portrayal of women in 10 of his speeches
by Reuben James Barrete, as originally published in his Facebook account. In recent months, I collected some of the transcripts of the President’s speeches to...
I stand with Rappler. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the freedoms over which we stand guard....