Sa buong mundo, naluluklok sa kapangyarihan ang mga lider na katulad ni Rodrigo Duterte. Ang tawag sa kanila, “maka-Kanang populista.” Maka-Kanan: naglilingkod sa iilang mayaman at makapangyarihan, nakasandig sa militar, at mapanupil sa mga mamamayan. Ibig ding sabihin, umaatake sa mga maka-Kaliwa, o mga aktibista at progresibo. Populista: nagkukunwaring lumulutas sa mga tunay na problema…
Bagamat may panahong maingay at may panahong tahimik, tuluy-tuloy ang rehimeng Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtutulak ng pederalismo. Sa kanyang ikatlong State of the Nation Address, sinabi ni Duterte na ito ang porma ng gobyerno na “tunay na kakatawan sa mga prinsipyo at mithiin” ng lahat ng Pilipino at lilikha ng mga oportunidad para sa pag-unlad….
Daily news on the reactions of the security cluster of the Duterte administration over the three-year-strong ABS-CBN teleserye, “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” (originally starred by Philippine cinema’s King of Action and then-presidential aspirant or some may claim loser only through elections cheating—Fernando Poe, Jr.) were monitored in the last week, just like how Filipino audience hang…
If the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the order of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to exclude Filipino and Philippine literature courses in college proves anything, it is only the severe consequences of K to 12 to our national identity and to the future of our country. Since its inception, ACT Philippines has consistently…
In its eagerness to raise billions of pesos in funds for its hyped infrastructure program, the Duterte administration is brokering questionable deals with China that could threaten Philippine sovereignty. Research group IBON raised the warning in anticipation of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the Philippines. IBON said that a number of agreements between…
As Atty. Benjamin T. Ramos is laid to rest today, the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) joins all those he left behind in grief and remembrance. We remember Atty. Ben, our co-counsel in cases of political prisoners, as a jolly fellow who enjoyed good-natured ribbing as well as hearty legal challenges. Atty. Ben was quick…
by Rosario Bella Guzman There is a growing concern about the phenomenal increase of Chinese capital flowing into the Philippine economy. China has recently overtaken the US in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and trade. In the first semester of 2018, FDI from China amounted to US$175 million as compared with Japan’s US$154…
The death of human rights lawyer Benjamin “Ben” Ramos Jr. last November 6 depicts the level of barbarity Philippine politics has sunk into and the staggering sense of inevitability of the consequences for the socially conscious Filipino intellectual. One is hardly surprised at the fate of Ben Ramos Jr. a “passionate, dedicated and articulate” defender…