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The rehabilitation of 669,000 persons nationwide who surrendered following the heightened anti-drug drive by the Duterte administration could not wait for the construction of the much needed drug rehabilitation infrastructure that is still in the planning stage.…
Canberra — As the Duterte administration marked its first 100 days, and as its war on drugs continued to gain international attention, it landed on the front page of the French newspaper Liberation (Oct. 7) with the…
If it could be the only mechanism to stop a protection racket from preying on habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in exchange for lenient implementation of traffic rules, exorbitant charges to commuters and to address passenger safety issues and…
COMMENTARY The result of the internet based road user survey conducted by Waze which showed that Cebu is the worst city to drive in around the entire world has brought mixed reactions from Cebuano motorists. As a…
By Amando Canberra — When President Duterte flew to Laos last week to attend the Asean summit on his first foreign policy trip, he had a fearsome international reputation as the emerging butcher of Asia in the…
Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 21, 1971, three grenades were tossed at the speaker’s podium in Manila’s Plaza Miranda, where thousands had gathered for an opposition rally. Nine people were killed and at least 100 wounded in…
The Kapisanan nga mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Cebu chapter commenced the celebration of Broadcasters Month last Sunday with a parade and on the third week of this month, the print news organizations will also hold the…
Old habits die hard, as the saying goes. This seems to be the case in the proposed P3.35-trillion national budget for 2017, on which the House of Representatives began deliberating on Aug. 22. Huge lump sums, pork…
Aside from drugs, government also needs to deal with illegal gambling. In my investigative journalism class last year, two students investigated the proliferation of illegal betting centers in Talisay City. The betting centers serve as the “masiao”…
“WE LIVE by symbols.” We make meaning through them — we are homo significans. The battle for the public meaning of the Libingan ng mga Bayani has now reached Padre Faura, threatening to become the first confrontation…
Hundreds have died and thousands have voluntarily surrendered to authorities in the course of President Duterte’s war on drugs. And though his violent and urgent campaign has done much to bring the issue to the national conversation,…
There WAS a time, some years ago, when I told the quotidian to go take a hike and I went the opposite way. My career was on track but I was stuck spiritually. So I fit all…
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