Category: Opinion
EDITORIAL
Inaction Deepens Fuel Crisis
3 MIN READDelaying decisive action, especially when viable options are on the table, such as removing fuel taxes and regulating the industry, risks deepening a crisis already evident in daily life.
OP-ED
COMMENTARY
The Perils of Bardagulan and Bangayan on Social Media
2 MIN READThe culture of bardagulan and bangayan is now very prominent on social media. But it is a reflection of deeper social and political fractures in the offline realm.
STATEMENT
Duterte ikulong, Papanagutin!
2 MIN READDuterte was the #1 human rights violator during his time in power. He openly declared his disregard for human rights, emboldening state forces to carry out extrajudicial killings, illegal arrests, and other grave violations with impunity.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Disability Organizations, Take a Stand
< 1 MIN READDespite legal frameworks on disability affairs, the state still enforces eugenics and ableism that contradict the common good of the Philippine disability community.
COLUMNS
ALL THAT FITS
Food, glorious food
3 MIN READFood is a joyful thing. Sharing food is much more joyous. Thus, it was my great joy to be in a gathering to celebrate food (and eat some) during the launching of Heirloom Recipes of the Cordillera. How wonderful to have a book on traditional knowledge on food selection and preparation at the same time express one’s indigenous identity. Such persistence is also an expression of self-determination.
AS THE BAMBOOS SWAY
I Called Him Kuya Vijo
3 MIN READI remember the boy in the resplendent uniform. The neckerchief, the slide, the knots tied just right. The quiet kindness at Strike and Spare Lanes. The way admiration, once planted, becomes direction.
CHOICE CUTS
Entitlement at Palakasan
3 MIN READKambal ang entitlement at palakasan. Kapag titulado ka, natural na malakas ka sa lipunan. Tanggap na natin iyon. Ang entitlement ay pinapanganak mula sa titulong iyon.
CROSSROADS
Lessons from the 1990 Earthquake Response
8 MIN READ"The pandemic is a global war on an invisible enemy. At times like this, it is vital to call upon technical people and specialists for assistance, and to listen to the people on the ground who are at the end of the incompetent response."
DANCING DAYS
Maging Makatotohanan, Hingin ang Imposible!
3 MIN READHindi imposible ang libreng sakay… Hindi imposibleng palayain ang mga bilanggong pulitikal. Maging makatotohanan tayo, manawagan tayo para sa imposible!
DARANUDOR TI ILOCANDIA
Paabante ti turong ti tignayan
4 MIN READIti iseserrek ti 2019, dakdakkel a karit ti sangoen ti umili ti rehion. Manamnama nga adadda ti panagirteng ti kinaranggas nga ipaay ti gobierno kadagiti kritiko, aglalo kadagiti progresibo nga akakusaran ti rehimen a sumupsuporta ti rebolusyunario a tignayan.
FROM UNDER THIS HAT
October, Indigenous Peoples’ Month
3 MIN READIn Baguio, that historical injustice committed particularly against an Igorot was heard and condemned by the US Supreme Court some 110 years ago. Check out the Doctrine of Native Title, a Supreme Court decision that has yet to see execution.
PATHLESS TRAVELS
Enrile as Today’s Safe Token
5 MIN READOur view of Enrile hardened all the more after his reconciliation with the Marcoses and other plundering oligarchs across the land. He was cunning enough to make alliances with old and new political dynasties from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao.
THINKING OUT LOUD
The Cycle of Rice Planting
3 MIN READRice planting is a tradition passed down from our ancestors, whose lives revolved around the farm and the community. Their sons and daughters whose living in the city should feel it in their senses that this month calls anew to rekindle this tradition.
WEEKLY REFLECTIONS
An Icon of Costly Discipleship
2 MIN READDespite Fidela Salvador's professional qualifications, she humbly knelt to wash the feet of the underprivileged. She became a servant of the people and was martyred in the company of her revolutionary friends.
WOMEN'S FRONT
Resist Tyranny and Advance the Politics of Change!
4 MIN READ"In these chaotic times, a sliver of hope peeps as the national election shall be held in a couple of months. We have no illusion that the election shall solve our predicament, but we urge all worthy electorates to exercise our democratic right as an opportunity to advance our cause."
YOUTH SPEAK
Saving face?
4 MIN READAnother proposal has joined the stalled anti-dynasty bills gathering dust. One can only imagine that somewhere in the Batasang Pambansa Complex, there is a room reserved for anti-dynasty legislation, none of which has ever come close to passing.
