Collective grief
"Many are heartbroken, frustrated, and angry." If the partial and unofficial election results are true, where is the jubilation from the more than 30 million...
Read more"Many are heartbroken, frustrated, and angry." If the partial and unofficial election results are true, where is the jubilation from the more than 30 million...
Read moreOn Monday, May 9, Filipino voters will troop to the polls to determine the country’s direction for at least the next six years. Will we...
Read more"We will again be proud as Filipinos." Will the country be in a better situation in the next years? Our vote will determine this, assuming...
Read moreAs the elections draw near, we are witnessing more telling signs of how the leading presidential candidates Marcos Jr., Vice President Leni Robredo, and Manila...
Read more"Yes, we are very—too—invested in this campaign." Why are Vice-President Leni Robredo’s volunteers invested in the coming elections? The kind of commitment and enthusiasm shown...
Read more"No one else will do." Only 40-plus more days before the general elections on May 9 and for national position candidates, it’s crunch time. For...
Read more"These are their stories." Last week I wrote about two remarkable community women leaders who have been with my organization, the Democratic Socialist Women of...
Read more"Let me pay tribute to them." My organization, the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines (DSWP) celebrated its 35th anniversary last March 8, coinciding with...
Read more"This makes me proud." Yearly, March 8 is celebrated as the International Women’s Day (IWD). In the Philippines, the whole month of March is Women’s...
Read more"People will wake up and see the truth." Thirty-six years ago, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. and his family were booted out of Malacañang when...
Read morePresident Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the rule of law prevails in the Philippines and its criminal justice system...
Read moreThe entire province of Oriental Mindoro will be placed under a state of calamity, Governor Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor said Thursday,...
Read moreThe Department of Justice on Thursday stood by the strict implementation of the departure formalities by the Bureau of Immigration,...
Read moreAuthorities on Thursday reminded air travelers not to bring guns, bullets, and other banned items to airports for faster processing...
Read morePresident Ferdinand Marcos Jr. granted digital influencer and Filipino-American “High School Musical” actress Vanessa Anne Hudgens the Global Tourism Ambassador...
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