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Danilo Arao | Jun 20, 2026
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Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
The constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act can still be questioned with regard to how it is actually implemented. In contrast, however, Judge Belmes refused to rule on the matter at all, despite the clear ruling of the Supreme Court in Calleja allowing the same.
BGC as portal
BGC as portal
Who needs high walls and electric fences if access is already restricted by car-centric pathways, expensive rents, and community spaces divorced from the basic and everyday interests of ordinary Filipinos?
‘We don’t talk about Taiwan’: Pax Silica and EDCA’s elephant in the room
‘We don’t talk about Taiwan’: Pax Silica and EDCA’s elephant in the room
Too often, Taiwan appears in international discourse only as an object of competition between states. I
No proxy liberation
No proxy liberation
It is absolutely necessary to oppose Washington’s militarization of the region and reject efforts to transform the Philippines into a platform for imperial confrontation. But neither do we outsource our anti-imperialist struggle — which is inseparable from the struggle for national liberation toward socialism — to Beijing.
How the conflict in the Middle East endangers OFWs and their human rights
How the conflict in the Middle East endangers OFWs and their human rights
The state must fulfill its legal requirement to repatriate citizens because this statutory right to mandatory repatriation exists as an enforceable obligation.
Balik-Tanaw | Called to become bread for a hungy nation
Balik-Tanaw | Called to become bread for a hungy nation
The Feast of Corpus Christi invites us to reflect not only on what we receive at the altar but also on how that gift transforms the way we live in the world.
Boracay bridge construction needs local gov’t approval
Boracay bridge construction needs local gov’t approval
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Aklan rejected the Boracay Bridge Project in a resolution approved on October 8, 2025.
Asia Pacific: The primary front in inter-imperialist contradictions
Asia Pacific: The primary front in inter-imperialist contradictions
The monopoly bourgeoisie in the major capitalist powers has failed to resolve the crisis of overproduction despite decades of neoliberal restructuring, financialization, and militarization.
Lab notes | Can tree-planting replace decades-old urban trees?
Lab notes | Can tree-planting replace decades-old urban trees?
From an ecosystem service and climate mitigation perspective, mature trees cannot be treated as equivalent to newly planted seedlings.
Dead souls in the sugarlands: Counterinsurgency and the moral life of solidarity in Negros
Dead souls in the sugarlands: Counterinsurgency and the moral life of solidarity in Negros
One cannot sit with peasants shaped by generations of landlessness, listen to mothers narrate massacre, watch children learn the ordinary disciplines of fear, and still believe history may be resolved through technical adjustment alone.
Missiles, markets, and massacres: Balikatan, ASEAN, and the war logic of US imperial decline*
Missiles, markets, and massacres: Balikatan, ASEAN, and the war logic of US imperial decline*
As regional leaders convene under the Philippine chairmanship’s theme,“Navigating Our Future, Together,” the summit presents itself as a forum for peace, economic resilience, and regional stability. Yet beneath this diplomatic language lies a deeper contradiction: ASEAN’s increasingly visible accommodation to U.S.-aligned security and monetary frameworks, even as the region claims strategic autonomy.
Balik-Tanaw | Pag-asa sa gitna ng hirap
Balik-Tanaw | Pag-asa sa gitna ng hirap
Sa Ika-anim na Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay, muling bumabalik sa atin ang isang simpleng tanong na may mabigat na kahulugan: Paano ba natin minamahal si Kristo?
Balik-Tanaw | The inconvenient life: Radical solidarity in the era of polycrisis
Balik-Tanaw | The inconvenient life: Radical solidarity in the era of polycrisis
?In healing and science, the “greater works” are manifested when the human community collaborates to cure diseases, discover ways to food security, and innovate technologies to heal the planet. Jesus’ healing was local; modern “greater works” can be global.
First Person | Lyle, son of Negros
First Person | Lyle, son of Negros
We both share the same violence from the State.
The continuing anguish of Negros
The continuing anguish of Negros
Any honest student of history will understand that the conflict afflicting Negros did not rise from a vacuum. It stands on a longstanding theater of feudal order, brutal power, and impoverishment.
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