Women Talk Back: We Are Not All Vagina
The role of women in Philippine media from the years before the EDSA people power revolt to the present “Dal-a na. Ingna ang mga sundalo....
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...
10 things you need to know about the Divorce Bill in Congress
The proposed bill titled “An Act Instituting Divorce and Absolute Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines”, substituted House Bills 116, 1062, 2380 and 6027 and...
I cannot be silent
“You know the feeling na you are not doing what you believe you are supposed to do? They made me cover senate hearings, the Asean...
Martial Law in Mindanao: Creeping authoritarianism or defense mechanism? (updated)
In a week of terror attacks, Filipinos rail against the re-imposition of Martial Law in the south, even as Western democracies put more draconian measures...
Is Leni Robredo playing into Duterte’s hands?
The current game being played by the administration of Pres Duterte and opposition led by Leni Robredo can be likened to a complicated match of...
Excuse me, women empowerment is not family abandonment
It had to happen in March which, ironically, is National Women’s Month. At a recent signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Metro...
Painting suspected criminals as people without rights is beyond dangerous
“Criminals have no humanity.” These were the exact words of President Rodrigo Duterte as he addressed the reports of human rights watchdogs in the country....
The political implications of ending the second DDS probe after just one hearing
It didn’t come as a surprise when after just one hearing; the Senate committee on public order has decided to end the probe into the...
Is Senator De Lima’s cry for political persecution justified?
Senator Leila De Lima has been vilified by the Duterte administration even before she took office. Since then, she has continued speaking out against Duterte...
Duterte’s war on drugs and crime: The negative impact of rogue cops
This failure to address the criminals inside the police force is taking its toll, not just lives of people outside the war on drugs and...
Misogyny in the Philippines: A deep-seated societal and familial problem
The Oxford Dictionaries define misogyny as “dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women”. Sexual harassment, on the other hand, is defined as “unwelcome...
5 contributions from the media towards a sensible drug war
The Duterte era is really here and it’s difficult not to notice the changes. Obviously, many of these changes have been highly contentious, particularly when...
44 years after Martial law , we have come full circle.
I was 15 years old when Proclamation 1081 was declared by former President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972. I was skeptical . My parents seemed...
Putting women at the front and center
“You can’t marginalize more than half of the globe’s population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.” –...