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...
4RHome: A holistic program to provide free formation houses for drug dependents nationwide
At a recent lunch gathering last November 30, 2016, several of the Cabinet spouses, along with some of the Metro Manila mayors’ spouses, as...
Millennials: From ‘couch potatoes’ to street warriors; from Katipunan to Luneta (Part 2)
To read Part 1 of this article, click here. But it was still raining. Would the students come? They did! Slowly the area...
Millennials: From ‘couch potatoes’ to street warriors; from Katipunan to Luneta (Part 1)
MILLENNIALS. Deserving or not, millennials have oftentimes been placed into a box and labeled. This article juxtaposes the average millennial between their good and not...
The millennial candlelights at the Marcos Hero’s burial protest
MILLENNIAL CANDLELIGHTS: Cellphone flashlights stood for the candlelights lit in protest of the impending martial law – Venzie Crisostomo Tayo ang liwanag sa dilim Ang...
A peek in the sex scandal laden world of teens?
This month is unusual in terms of the messages I received from recipients of negative online experience. Well because it involve minors, voyeurism and sex...
Tools and strategies to determine fake news, half-truths, from real news
There are tools and strategies to determine fake news from real news. It is crucial for social media users to triple check sources and fact...