The rise of money mules

Timothy Choon - @inquirerdotnet 03/05/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented change in the world across industries and lifestyles. Unfortunately, it also provided an opportunity for many financial crime syndicates to carry out their money laundering activities by exploiting lingering uncertainty…

Disasters are not natural

Rodel D. Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 02/26/2022

Whenever typhoons or earthquakes wreak havoc in our country, people quickly call these events “natural disasters.” While this is true, such terminology hides dangerous assumptions that could impede resilience to future disasters. After all, if disasters are…

The myths of Edsa

Hermenegildo C. Cruz - @inquirerdotnet 02/22/2022

Let us prepare to write what could be the obituary of Edsa. A Bongbong Marcos victory in the coming election will consign Edsa to the dustbin of history, no thanks to some myths that eventually became its…

On the eve of the 1986 people power revolt

Ed Garcia - @inquirerdotnet 02/21/2022

There was one particular meeting on the eve of the people power revolution that I will never forget, for as long as I live. On the evening of Feb. 22, 1986, I heard the appeals made by…

The global problem-solving paradox

António Guterres - @inquirerdotnet 02/14/2022

As secretary-general of the United Nations, I spend much of my time speaking with world leaders and taking the pulse of global trends. It’s clear to me that we are at a defining moment in international relations.…

We undid Marcos economy, let’s not go back

Jesus P. Estanislao, Jose L. Cuisia - @inquirerdotnet 02/12/2022

On Feb. 25, we shall be observing the 36th anniversary of our people power revolution. Those who are much younger to have been involved in the events at Edsa in 1986 have often asked: “what difference did…

The yin and yang of online teaching

Rheciel B. Belen - @inquirerdotnet 01/08/2022

“Send link,” “Kindly unmute your mic,” “Please turn your cameras on,” “Are you with us?” and other such phrases have been a teacher’s oft-given instructions since the educational system shifted to online teaching due to the COVID-19…

Ayungin Shoal: Duterte’s scared statement

Hermenegildo C. Cruz - @inquirerdotnet 12/09/2021

When I was growing up in Tondo, this was a common scene: A tough guy commits a crime and is brought to trial. In Tondo at that time, it was almost impossible to get witnesses to testify…

English ‘pa more,’ the ‘betterer’?

Ricardo Ma. Duran Nolasco - @inquirerdotnet 12/04/2021

Two things stand out about language in all three international learning assessments in which the Philippines took part. First, our country is exceptional in having English as language of instruction (LOI) that is not our home language.…

Misrule by law

Geronimo L. Sy - @inquirerdotnet 11/27/2021

What a wonderful phrase, this “rule of law”! Uttered like a spell, it makes people swoon to ideals of equality, fairness, and justice. Alas, it is a most tricky set of words, laden with fraught history and…

Power play and ‘filthy politics’

Rosario A. Garcellano - @inquirerdotnet 11/15/2021

The ruling clique is imploding, or in fine form, depending on who’s looking, and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was correct to decide to stay open on Saturday for the expected tsunami of candidate withdrawals and substitutions,…

The plague of placeholder candidacies

Lorenzo Thomas M. Lazaro - @inquirerdotnet 11/13/2021

Do I look like a mockery to you?” asked Sen. Bato dela Rosa, just before the ink on his certificate of candidacy (COC) ran dry. No one asked him that question. Perhaps no one even thought of…

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