“Breathtaking.” That was the general feedback on Manila Bay after thousands of volunteers cleaned-up the garbage that plagued the once-iconic landmark for decades. It
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We should welcome the rehabilitation of Manila Bay
The year started with the welcome news of a Php47-billion project to rehabilitate and clean-up Manila Bay, once considered the pride of the capital
Another glimpse of 2019: Part 2 of the CNN Senatorial Forum
READ: Part 1 of the CNN Senatorial Forum series With the May 2019 mid-term elections only three months away, the need to know the
The Administration is now pointing fingers on lowering the age of criminal responsibility
Drawing the ire of the nation, the House of Representatives’ Justice Committee approved a bill amending the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (JJWA)
Explaining Duterte’s hatred for the Catholic Church
While drug addicts, communists and the opposition Liberal Party have bore the brunt of President Rodrigo Duterte’s furor, there is another group that has
Duterte’s paranoid hold on power has plunged the Philippines into an era of “McCarthyism”
At the height of the Cold War, prominent figures in U.S. politics took advantage of the paranoia everyday Americans had towards the perceived threat
The Military’s “NPA Surrenderees” campaign is not adding up
Pushed by President Duterte’s obsessive campaign to rid of the New People’s Army, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has waged war not
Fifty years of the CPP: Why does the “People’s War” still persist?
While millions of Filipinos celebrated the birth of their saviour Jesus of Nazareth this week, in the hinterlands of the provinces thousands of their
The double standards in Duterte’s War on Religion
Aside from the drug cartels, another group that has found itself in the cross-hairs of President Rodrigo Duterte’s vitriol is the Roman Catholic Church.
A beacon of hope in a hopeless Congress
As it is called the House of Representatives, you would expect its members to represent the people who elected them to the office. Sadly,