In recent years, transitional justice has emerged as an approach to not only address human rights violations but to also respond to the grievances on the ground. It comprises the “full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past abuses, in order to […]
Opinion
A new Philippine future beside the exodus?
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO EVERY seventh of June, a Southeast Asian archipelago commemorates the “heroism” of compatriots who have been a visible reason for the steady growth of their motherland’s economy. The celebration is National Migrant Workers Day, and the date’s historicity is brought about by the passage of a law to protect the rights […]
“We cannot afford another war” – Hataman
Hataman on the One Year Anniversary of the Marawi Conflict It has been a year since Marawi City, known as the lone Islamic City of the Philippines, has been ravaged by fear and terror. Parts of a city that was once a melting pot of different histories, cultures, and beliefs have been reduced to rubble. […]
73 best points of President Duterte at 73
President Rodrigo Duterte marks his 73rd birthday today. He celebrated it in his usual trademark-simplicity and in private with his family. Duterte’s political ladder is like a bed of roses, filled with thorns but on top is a beautiful bud which most of the deprived Filipino masses adore. Getting the chance to meet him a […]
Mindanao IP’s lambasts terror-tag on UN rapporteur Corpuz, indigenous leaders
(A PRESS STATEMENT) The Mindanao-wide alliance Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Strength of Indigenous Peoples, KALUMARAN) assailed the terrorist-listing of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz as “the highest manifestation of the extent of criminalization of indigenous leaders in the Philippines especially in Mindanao.” “We reiterate that the Philippine government is […]
Step forward
If sabotaging the peace process was part of the plan in the SAF operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao then those behind it have almost succeeded. On January 25, 2015, government officials sent its commandos on an uncoordinated and special mission in the town of Mamasapano to serve an arrest warrant to an international terrorist, resulting to […]
Growing up and getting old, with Davao-Digos unfinished road
I was a child when my mother and I started to travel the North Cotabato-Davao road. Travelling along the “humpy-bumpy” road is like riding a wild horse. Dusty when it’s sunny and murky when its rainy. I was so happy, seeing workers cementing portions of the cracked stretch of barangay from Dolo highway, in the […]
SAF 44 commandos remembered, Justice still not served
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Exactly three years today, 44 brave members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) sacrificed their lives to serve warrant of arrest against Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan at Tukanalipao in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, but up until now justice remain elusive. In many regions where the fallen […]
Off the record
Journalists launched a Black Friday Protest to protect press freedom in the country. But behind the much talked, much publicized, press freedom issue, members of the working press continue to suffer and agonize a much bigger problem– from unfair labor practice to harassment in the workplace down to security problems which many media industry disregarded […]
Conflicting Interests
The thing is, Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Corp. is an online news website managed and operated with an investment from a foreign company. Does this justify the need to arbitrarily close it down, even when it is not only accused of being critical of the government but also of violating the provision of the […]
Beyond grief
It was a bittersweet parting for the year. In the aftermath of typhoon Vinta, an estimated 57,000 evacuees in Mindanao, including 18,500 families in the 25 barangays of Davao City were displaced. It left 123 dead and 160 missing in Visayas and Mindanao. Less than 24 hours and while the local government of Davao, including volunteers […]
Ethics on Promoting Milk Substitutes
Reviving the breastfeeding culture in the is facing rough challenges owing to the aggressive advertising of processed milk products for infants. While there are medical factors that prevents women from breastfeeding such as being HIV positive, using certain drugs or having a baby with galactosemia (an inability to process a component of breastmilk), the most common reasons not […]
Whose Interest?
Breastfeeding may be the single most important intervention that can save the lives both of mothers and infants. It can drastically reduce stunting, prevent child deaths and could be the most important investment that the government can make. But it is also a politically charged issue. Not only because males continue to ogle at women […]