NPC decision on ‘Comeleak’ finds COMELEC Chair Bautista criminally liable
Between March 20 and 27, 2016, the largest data breach on a government-held personal database (dubbed Comeleak), happened when personal information of voters were accessed...
Filipinos feel hopeful about 2017: What are you hopeful for?
“Hope for the New Year improves to 95% in 2016, up by three points from 92% in 2015”, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS)...
Budget priorities: from Aquino to Duterte
Duterte’s budget priorities, and a look back at the Aquino years If I were to sum up the Aquino years in one chart, I would...
The 12 days of Cyber-Mas Secure (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of The 12 Days of Cyber-Mas Secure here. Day 5: Review your privacy settings Use the privacy settings of apps...
The 12 days of Cyber-Mas Secure (Part 1)
Enjoy the Christmas break but it should not be all about food and parties! Do a review of all your online accounts and tighten your...
Caveat: On fake sensationalized and biased news
Caveat Lector! Recently, In my Facebook news feed I saw a piece of news about a Canadian freelance journalist talking about how the Western Media...
The importance of defending and developing our archipelago nation
An island nation in order to defend itself must have mastery over its seas. This is evident in the story of the English people. It...
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...
Duterte: Christmas present and future
My main problem with a number of news both local and foreign is their habit of focusing on snapshots of events. Sometimes even the analysis...
President Duterte asks critics: What steps are you taking to solve country’s problems?
“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” Justice Louis Brandeis I remember the former President...
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...
Rich kids to get free tuition courtesy of poor Muslim families
The re-distribution in the 2017 budget of Php8 billion worth of funds from poor Muslim communities to provide free tuition to state university students constitutes...
The ASEAN community 2025 vision: What is in it for me?
What do the citizens think of the Asean 2015 ...
Isn’t it ironic? Trump saving PH-US ties, Duterte’s battle against oligarchs, guilt by groufie (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part 1 Guilt by picture taking This week the Senate conducted a hearing on the death of Mayor Espinosa (allegedly a case of...
Isn’t it ironic? Trump saving PH-US ties, Duterte’s battle against oligarchs, guilt by groufie (Part 1 of 2)
Trump’s win appears to have softened Duterte’s stance towards the US. There’s no running out of ironies in the Philippines, especially when it comes to...