Filipino cinema gets its special week every year during the Metro Manila Film Festival, for one week movie cinemas are required to show Filipino-made
What Lies Ahead
The year that passed was widely regarded as one of the most memorable, given the numerous history-making headlines that it produced. In 2016, the
Duterte Indebted to the Elite
President Duterte’s surprising victory in the 2016 polls was widely seen as a backlash of the working class against the political elite, but according to
"Taqiyya" – the Art of Deception
A viral video of a man allegedly being thrown off a Delta Airlines flight went viral recently, the reason for his eviction purportedly being
Bureaucrats and Gambling Lords
In a revealing op-ed article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, veteran investigative journalist Ramon Tulfo brought to light a corruption scandal involving the gambling industry.
A History of Christian Persecution in Egypt
On Sunday, while flocks of Egyptian Coptic Christians were observing Holy Mass in their cathedral an explosion stole the lives of 25 church-goers and left
Why We Cannot Ignore Duterte's Rhetorics
President Rodrigo Duterte is no stranger to controversy, particularly because of his callous rants that begs one to question if he is serious about them
President Duterte: Retain Gina Lopez as DENR chief
One of the staunchest social activists in the Duterte Cabinet has been omitted from the list of appointees submitted to the Commission on Appointments
Ways to Kill Fidel Castro
In 2006, the former head of the intelligence service of Cuba – Fabian Escalante – published a book title, “638 Ways to Kill Castro”.
¡Gracias, Fidel!
After a long and very eventful life that saw him survive 638 assassination attempts from the world’s most dangerous secret service, the iconic revolutionary