Canceled talks

Editorial 11/28/2017

It was only a matter of time before the national government cancelled yet again the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army (CPP-NDF-NPA) and it won’t be the last time that…

Intellectual pretense

Editorial 11/19/2017

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has engaged in linguistic contortion, peddling as only the “dissolution of marriage” the effects of a bill to legalize across the Philippines actions riddled with the hallmarks of divorce. Why the charade, your…

The denarius of salvation

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 09/23/2017

We talked about the previous day’s flooded streets after a six-hour downpour. When he heard the early morning news of deluged manholes and waterlogged thoroughfares, he decided to forgo driving and to just stay home. He returned…

The truth that is singing within us

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 09/09/2017

Naturally, as a judge for close to 15 years hearing cases almost daily, I should know a thing or two about witnesses. Most of them come to court hesitant and afraid and speak with a timorous voice,…

Following the President’s marching orders

07/30/2017

If yesterday’s raids in Ozamiz City that resulted in the deaths of Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and his wife Susan Parojinog along with the arrest of Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog-Echaves at their respective homes didn’t make both former…

Influence peddling

07/28/2017

What does a Facebook post by Cebuana bar topnotcher and Customs advisor Mandy Anderson on House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez have to do with President Rodrigo Duterte’s pledge to “rightsize” government bureaucracy? Plenty, when one thinks about it.…

Uncertainty amid Sona

07/23/2017

Clouds of uncertainty have hovered over the Duterte presidency in the past few months, and the growing public concern mostly stems from its willingness to resort to extreme measures such as martial law to justify its efforts…

Stories that can be true

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 07/15/2017

Eldest Sister could tell a story. Whenever a cousin came to visit, she would sit with Eldest Sister for a storytelling session, and they would stay up well into the night. Of course, all of us love…

Securing the Asean delegates

07/02/2017

We hope nothing untoward had happened during last Saturday’s scheduled start of another round of meetings held by 300 foreign officials for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). But then again, tight security and rerouting had…

Arbitrary declaration

Editorial 06/21/2017

It would likely take some time before the Supreme Court rules on the petitions filed against President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao, but already, there are some indications that it may eventually be lifted…

Public health

Editorial 06/18/2017

So what do questions about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health, the public backlash over the proposed “unlimited rice” ban and the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) “Slim Possible” program have in common? All of them have something to do…

Blending in

Editorial 06/16/2017

Coincidence or not, the arrest of a suspected Maute terrorist bomber in Cagayan de Oro comes just as the Supreme Court has ended oral arguments on the legality or validity of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial…

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