Editorial cartoon: In defense of the nation

By May 15, 2020

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TRAIN’s oil, sweet beverage levies to raise prices, worsen poverty
By December 14, 2017

The Duterte administration’s tax program, particularly the fuel excise and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) tax, will cause price hikes and aggravate Philippine poverty, research group IBON said. The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) will most likely make the burden heavier for the 22 million officially extremely poor Filipinos and more than 60 million living…

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Who is the real “pasaway”?
By August 7, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte, his alter-egos and paid trolls have been blaming Filipinos for being “pasaway” (stubborn) amid the pandemic. When medical frontliners complained about the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country and the health system nearing collapse, Duterte scolded them and even dared them to stage “a revolution.” While the Duterte administration has implemented…

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#UniPakCampout | Malou, halos tatlong dekadang kontraktwal
By June 29, 2018

Sunud-sunod na nagsisiputukan ang piket ng manggagawa sa iba’t-ibang pagawaan at iisa lang ang dahilan ng kanilang patuloy na pagsigaw sa kanilang mga panawagan — wakasan ang kontraktwalisasyon. Dumaranas sila ng matinding paglabag sa kanilang mga karapatan na sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at paghirap ng buhay ay hindi na makaampat…

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#PLDTWorkersCampout | Ang probinsyanong “multitasker”
By July 16, 2018

Sandaling itinigil ni Leemar Esperon, 23, ang aming kuwentuhan upang sagutin ang tawag sa selpon niya. “Kumusta ka, anak? Kumain na ikaw?” padala niya sa himpapawid, siguradong narinig ito ng anak niyang nasa kabilang linya. Sa isip isip ko, kabalintunaan nga na habang ginawang posible ng telecommunication companies ang virtual na pagsara ng distansya sa…

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Si Kathryn at si Kim sa Sierra Madre | Manila Today
ByRebecca Guerrero December 31, 2017

“Daig pa ang kapeng 3-in-1, 5-in-1 siya.” Pagbibiro ni Kathryn, isang 25 anyos na kabataang kababaihan na apat na taon nang kasapi ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan, nang tanungin siya kung ano ang kanilang samahan. Binubuo raw ng gawaing produksyon, medikal, pandigma, kultural at propaganda ang hukbo. Namulat siya sa kalagayan ng mga kabataan dahil sa…

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Leloy McCarthy – Pinoy Weekly
ByPinoy Weekly January 30, 2018

Since US President Donald Trump’s visit in early November, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has escalated his government’s attacks against the Philippine Left, whose support he tried to court in his 2016 presidential bid and the early part of his presidency. Indications show that he is unleashing the dirty tactics of his notorious “war on drugs”…

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