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The fact that we are celebrating the 31st anniversary of Cebu Press Freedom Week means the journalism industry lives on. But is it dying a slow death? What challenges threaten journalism and the media? We can name…
Key decision-makers in government and the private sector are divided on what to do after the one-month enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) ends on April 14 in Metro Manila, and two days earlier in Luzon. Some are…
Was Solicitor General Jose Calida merely sticking a toe in the political waters to test the temperature? It’s been a week since a report quoting unimpeachable sources said the Office of the Solicitor General was preparing to…
Crisis, it’s been said, brings out the best and worst in people. There’s plenty of instances of that dichotomy in the way the country is responding to the ongoing eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas, which, to…
The new year starts with a bit of good news for some 1.4 million civilian government employees: President Duterte signed last week the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) under which government employees, including public school teachers and nurses,…
Facts are inconvenient bastards. They don’t care about your feelings, as Ben Shapiro put it. You either have to put up with them, or ignore them at your own peril. Deny facts, and they have the habit…
On Monday, President Duterte again threatened to block the renewal of the broadcasting franchise of ABS-CBN. Speaking to earthquake victims in M’lang, Cotabato, Mr. Duterte addressed the network giant: “Mag-renew kayo, ewan ko lang kung may mangyari…
Just how long will the displaced residents of Marawi City have to suffer neglect for a conflict caused by the failed intelligence work of the military and this administration? Two years after government forces routed the IS-affiliated…
The current Congress is the one where the Lower House: 1. failed to enforce decisions of the Office of Ombudsman like the sacking of Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia, 2. almost immediately terminated credibly-founded impeachment proceedings against President Rodrigo…
In a note that has been going viral while the movie “Citizen Jake” played in movie houses across the country, multi-awarded theater actor Teroy Guzman warned Filipinos against forgetting their history. “At the root of our crisis…
Ever since President Rodrigo Duterte issued the closure order on Boracay after its residents and commercial businesses failed to solve the water pollution that they caused, local governments in Cebu have suddenly become proactive in cleaning up…
Holy Week has yet again seen a stinking trail of evidence that Filipinos have embraced neither the spirituality of ecological stewardship nor the principle of responsible tourism. From the beaches of Santa Fe municipality in the island…
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