As much as they would like to deny it, top officials in the Duterte administration – along with allied online propagandists – are scrambling to respond to news that the… Continue reading "The Duterte administration deserves the global indignation it is receiving"
The price of palay – or unprocessed rice – is in a free-fall, bringing misery to our already impoverished rice farmers. Sadly, the plummeting value of the country’s staple crop… Continue reading "If Duterte is truly sorry for the plight of farmers, he should repeal the Rice Tariffication Law"
Metropolitan Manila is notorious for its chaotic traffic, which was rated as the worst in the world by GPS-navigation app Waze in 2015. The gridlock on the streets makes it… Continue reading "Malacañang’s complacency about the transport crisis shows how out of touch it is with everyday Filipinos"
Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte were jubilant when he signed the Universal Healthcare Act into law early this year. It fulfilled his key campaign promise to make healthcare more accessible… Continue reading "Despite pushing for universal healthcare, the Duterte government slashed billions off the health budget"
In August 2013, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos marched along the streets of Metropolitan Manila to express their outrage at the revelations of the “Pork Barrel Scam” which involved several… Continue reading "The pork barrel lives on under the Duterte regime"
An anti-mining lawyer survived an assassination attempt this week in Capiz province, while she was on board a vehicle with her daughter and a client in broad daylight. Attorney Cris… Continue reading "A war on the law: 47 jurists have been killed under Rodrigo Duterte’s watch"
In the hit TV series Game of Thrones, the despotic rulers you meet throughout its eight seasons would all talk about making others, “bend the knee”. Bending the knee refers… Continue reading "“She who did not bend her knee”: why the elites pushed for Judy Taguiwalo’s eviction from Cabinet"
Many were flummoxed when the Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo expressed the current administration was open to reusing the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine in response to a dengue epidemic plaguing the country.… Continue reading "Political will or political gimmicks?"
In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared during a televised news conference that indigenous Lumad schools were “teaching children to rebel against the government” and warned them that he will… Continue reading "The demonisation of indigenous schools continues"
The Philippines is defined in the 1987 Constitution as being a “republican state”, this means that it follows the republican structure of government wherein the power of the State lies… Continue reading "In memory of: the separation of powers of the Philippine government"
