The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is expected to promote international understanding and defend Philippine sovereignty. It is also tasked with protecting Filipinos abroad. In its dealings with other countries, it is of course assumed that the DFA will enhance...
“The youth should take part in the politics. We should not just settle and impose our criticisms through social media, it is not enough in this kind of political status, where there is a dictator. The youth must stand together and encourage other youth organizations to join the plight of the people.”
“Rather than push OFWs to pay for social security, the government should push the employers to pay and ensure their workers’ security."
Sa Digma ng Halimaw is necessary theater. Because truths, no matter how painful and brutal, are told. And outside the four walls, as we go out, it is necessary to fight
Totoo namang pribilehiyo ang magkaroon ng lisensiya sa pagmamaneho. Kailangang dumaan sa masusing eksaminasyon ang sinumang nagnanais na humawak ng manibela. Sa kanyang pagpapaandar ng sasakya, nakasalalay kasi hindi lang ang kanyang buhay kundi ang buhay na rin ng...
Ni R.B.E. ABIVA Anong kapit-tigas sa pagkakalapat ang kanilang mga labi; anong lamlam ng kanilang mga mata na wari’y tahanang walang laman o naghihingalong sinag-araw kung dapithapon; anong higpit ang pagkakasaklot ng luma’t inaamag na rosaryo sa kanilang...
DEBATES between candidates for public office are among the means some media and civil society organizations are using to help voters decide who deserve their support. They’re especially useful in the Philippines, where those running for this or that post are often...
Back-to-back with the controversial withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) that took effect on March 17, the following day President Duterte dismissed the government panel negotiating peace with the National Democratic Front and,...
This, they said, has only been used to virtually rob them of their lands and turn the supposed "partners" under what appears to be a lopsided deal to a mere employee, receiving pittance.
“What we have seen so far is that the government is not serious in improving the agricultural industry in the country."
"The more serious the crime, the less serious the investigation."
KONTEKSTO Danilo Araña Arao Hindi na kailangang ipaliwanag kung bakit mahalaga ang tubig. Ginagamit ito sa paglilinis, pagluluto at paglalaba. Kung maliligo o magsesepilyo, may tubig pa ring makokonsumo. Kaya nga napakalaking abala kung mawawalan ng suplay nito,...
TO BELIEVE and argue that black people are inherently violent or that all Jews are money-grubbing scoundrels is to presume that race is the determinant of certain vices and virtues. It is nothing but racism, and those who harbor that presumption qualify as racists....
"For the things I have said, ordered and done, I am willing to put my neck here. Maybe someday, this ICC [International Criminal Court]… if they decide to hang me I would be very glad to go.” With a fatalistic twinge, President Duterte was quoted as having said...
"If they can kill lawyers, then they can practically kill anybody.”
Konteksto Ni DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Kailan pa naging kalokohan ang kalakaran? Para mo na ring tinanong kung may natitira pa bang katinuan ang mga nasa kapangyarihan. Sabi ng isang kandidato sa pagka-Senador, hindi raw mahalaga ang debate dahil mas gusto raw ng botanteng...
Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Pagkasapit na pagkasapit ng nanunuot sa lamig na bukang-liwayway dumating ang banda-musiko; agad nilang inayos ang kanilang hanay nang pabilog; sa gitna ang baho, tambol, at simbalo habang sa magkabilang gilid nama’y nakapuwesto ang trumpeta,...
Mr. Duterte and Trump do have certain things in common. But they won’t be enough to make a difference once the US is convinced that Mr. Duterte’s pivot to China is real enough and hostile to US interests.
Ten years ago, no country in the world gave women and men equal legal rights. Today (or since June 2017) six out of 187 nations have enshrined gender equality in their laws, specifically those affecting employment and entrepreneurship, according to a decade-long...
Konteksto Ni DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Naniniwala ka pa bang mas mababa ang kinikita ng kababaihan kumpara sa kalalakihan? Ayon sa pinakahuling pag-aaral ng PayScale tungkol sa kaibahan ng sahod ayon sa kasarian (gender pay gap), nakakakuha lang ng US$0.78 ang babae sa...
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