Freedom of the press and Duterte’s long, unmistakable shadowFreedom of the press is never freer than when it comes at a steep price.Aug 30, 2022Aug 30, 2022
Salman Rushdie: Literature as our imaginary homelandsWriters long for safe, quiet spaces.Aug 16, 2022Aug 16, 2022
If you can’t tell rumor from history, you’re screwedOn June 30, 1981, roughly 41 years to the day Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. delivered his inaugural address as 17th President of the…Jul 4, 2022Jul 4, 2022
We are legionThursday, June 30. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would be inaugurated later in the day as the 17th President of the Republic of the…Jun 30, 2022Jun 30, 2022
Agri to disagree: Stop harassing and killing farmersListening to president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is like getting caught in a worm hole.Jun 21, 2022Jun 21, 2022
The invasion of Ukraine gives Putin a hellhole of lousy choicesHopping into the Salvatore Ferragamo shoes of Russian president Vladimir Putin just to get a feel of what some describe as his…Mar 5, 2022Mar 5, 2022
Marcos as ‘Messiah’: Nothing can be farther from the truthFlattery, zealousness, infighting, myth-making, jealousy, unquestioning devotion, betrayal. If you look at the stories behind a tyrant’s…Feb 21, 2022Feb 21, 2022
We are the resistance: #CourageON*Even as I write this, Mexican journalist Margarito Martinez was shot dead outside his home in the northern border city of Tijuana. He was…Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022
The Years of Magical Journalism: The Provocateur that is Joan DidionLife changes in an instant / The ordinary instant ~ Joan Didion, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’Dec 24, 2021Dec 24, 2021