After threatening to release intelligence reports that will implicate his political rivals for an alleged black propaganda against him, allies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s
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Why I’m Voting (part 3): The rich and powerful are avoiding the justice system
This is part 3 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019
Why I’m Voting (part 2): Our farmers deserve better
This is part 2 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019
Why I’m Voting (part 1): The Philippines has a plastic waste problem
This is part 1 of an eight-part series covering the issues that will help me decide who I’m voting for in the May 2019
Operation Sauron: the covert war happening in Negros Oriental
In less than six months, the province of Negros Oriental has witnessed two different massacres killing a total of 20 people – mostly farmers
The many reasons why the break-up of Palawan province is bad news
With the stroke of President Duterte’s pen, the province of Palawan has been split into three new entities pending a plebiscite in 2020. Republic
How long will we keep fooling ourselves that Filipinos want ‘change’?
Election after election we hear the purported clamor of Filipinos for “change”: a radical transformation of our politics, where the government genuinely represents the
Amidst all the charade, there is only one genuine voice for Filipino youth in the 2019 mid-terms
Under the 1987 Constitution, party-list groups exist to give voice to marginalized sectors. Among those sectors is the youth, and because of this there
The Senate needs a true People’s Champ
We all know of Manny Pacquiao as the “People’s Champ”, a moniker he earned from his illustrious boxing career. He brought this sobriquet with
Understanding the problematic Chico River Pump Irrigation project
A project as ambitious as the Duterte administration’s “Build-Build-Build” infrastructure plan could not have gone through without becoming entangled in controversy, and it looks