Helping our children deal with violent, graphic images from this #WarOnDrugs
My heart skipped a beat. “That looks like a child”, was my first thought when I saw this photo seen lying near St. Scholastica Academy...
The Campaign Against Drugs – Will Drug Testing in Schools Impact Our Drug Crisis?
Since the campaign period, President Rodrigo Duterte was adamant in crushing the illegal drug trade menacing the country. He has made it his top priority...
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...
The West Philippine Sea dispute: Is it really over or just the beginning?
It is a mum victory for the Philippines. Yesterday, at 5PM PST, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands has awarded to the...
Duterte reveals that the war on drugs is bigger and badder than we thought
And we thought we knew how big our drug problem was. In a press conference held yesterday in Malacanang Palace, President Rodrigo Duterte unraveled a...
Beating illegal drugs through education in the Duterte presidency
According to President Rodrigo Duterte, we are at the brink of becoming a narco-political state. This was his warning to the country as soon as...
Federalism: Is this the biggest change to happen under Duterte’s watch?
“Change is coming.” This is the slogan of President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte. In the recently concluded 2016 Philippine Presidential Elections, Filipinos, along with the rest...
Final preparations are up for the inaugural of the 16th incoming Philippine president
The preparations for the inauguration of Rodrigo Duterte, the incoming 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines are underway. Updates were shared by incoming...
Re-Imagining the Philippines
This year could mark a watershed in the life of the nation. The election of Rody Duterte to the presidency signifies so many firsts. The...
POLITICAL WILL: What in the world of elections is it anyway?
The term “political will” seems like the buzzword for this year’s elections. We’ve heard it from the campaign trails, the media, political analysts, professors, and...
Rage Against the Regime
The rise of Digong Duterte is being fuelled by an anger from the ‘aspirational class’ against the establishment’s apathy, but is his brand of authoritarianism...
What the Duterte-Roxas duel says about both men (& their followers)
The descent into madness has begun. It started with Mar Roxas calling Davao’s peace and order credentials into question, and Mayor Duterte threatening to slap...