By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In arguing that President Benigno S. C. Aquino III could not have broken the “chain of command” because the Philippine National Police (PNP) is a civilian agency, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima assumed that no such...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star For how long will the AFP pursue in Maguindanao its “all-out offensive” or the “war on terror” sequel to the tragic Oplan Exodus carried out in Mamasapano – against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and...
Paano maipapaliwanag ang krisis na nakapaligid ngayon sa patayan sa Mamasapano?
There have been 36 law practitioners killed in less than five years under President Aquino.
With loyalty and might, the couch did not give up on what love and forgiveness had given up on him. Upholstered with the stench of worn clothes, sweaty socks, cigarette butts, empty bottles, and misery, her memories sweep all the happiness and love that once sat...
I tried to span the length of the night sky listening to the voices in my memory, listening, as it slowly float in the night sky longing for your voice that sang songs of truth and horrible plights I felt your blouse drenched in sweat, deprived from home for days,...
“The AFP is clearly unable to distinguish civilians from combatants. This incompetence and lack of fire discipline has resulted to civilian casualties.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Criticizing those in government -- and he might as well have been referring to certain sectors of the media too -- who have been campaigning against the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, President Benigno S.C....
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Our struggle today, the historic battle of the Revolution and the Venezuelan people, is to put an end to all forms of modern slavery, a dark and subtle slavery no longer exerted through the whip, the iron...
“Civilians are forced to flee out of fear. Displacement, especially when it’s prolonged and repeated, uproots people from their normal lives and causes untold suffering,”
Environmental groups picketed the office of the Australian large-scale mining corporation as it begins its underground mining in Nueva Vizcaya.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star If you have monitored the Senate hearings on the January 25 Mamasapano tragedy and the media reportage, can you adjudge as truthful the government assertion that there was no American involvement in the...
VANTAGE POINT By Luis V. Teodoro Businessworld Exactly a month after the January 25 Mamasapano clash in Maguindanao, the usual rites marked the 29th anniversary of EDSA 1, the civilian-military mutiny that overthrew the Marcos dictatorship in 1986 fourteen years...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Only by coincidence are reports of a brewing coup plot circulating on the eve of the 29th anniversary of the EDSA 1 People Power uprising. The usual suspects behind coup attempts may find it convenient to link their...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This morning I’ll join an intergenerational gathering of activists at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the First Quarter Storm of 1970. (The FQS, as it has been...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If truth is the first casualty of the Mamasapano incident, the peace agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government is fast emerging as the second. Thanks to the likes of JV...
Media freedom advocates in the Philippines scored a rare victory when a court convicted an alleged gunman in the killing of broadcaster Miguel Belen.
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