First Person | Day 1 of COP30 exposes climate hypocrisy
Delegates were greeted not by climate order, but by construction. Unfinished floors, half-built pavilions, and dangling cables set the tone for a summit struggling to meet its own promises.
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Delegates were greeted not by climate order, but by construction. Unfinished floors, half-built pavilions, and dangling cables set the tone for a summit struggling to meet its own promises.
Sadyang sinasadya. Sinusunog dahil may binabalak. Dahil nasa kapangyarihan, kayang pagtakpan ng retorika’t pera ang anumang ginagawang kontra sa interes ng mga nasa laylayan ng lipunan. Harap-harapan ang pagnanakaw, patalikod naman kung umasta para itago ang ebidensiya.
Parang apoy na kumakalat sa buong kapuluan ang galit ng mamamayang nais na mapanagot ang mga sangkot.
For all his faults and frailties, those who knew him up close, and personal, regarded Behn with profound, palpable affection and respect. Such was the magnitude of his life that his funeral became a political rally.
Tandaang hindi porke’t mura o libreng edukasyon ay puwede na ang “mababang” kalidad. Kung tutuusin, mas nararapat ang dekalidad na edukasyon kung mahirap ang estudyante!
Nagsimula ang lahat sa isang kampus sa Taft Avenue kung saan estudyante ako sa antas masterado. Nagkaroon ng bakante para sa isang lektyurer. Tinanong ako ng mga kaklaseng guro kung interesado akong mag-apply.
A popular quote thrown around to inspire the youth is Jose Rizal’s ‘Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan,’ but what will the youth do if there is no future to hope for—no planet to call home?
The situation escalated further when police deployed tear gas.
Whether in Luneta, EDSA or the cities where protests were held, the target of popular outrage were the politicians, public officials and contractors.
Patuloy ang batuhan ng akusasyon sa Kongreso. Matindi ang pagdiin sa ilang personalidad samantalang maingat naman sa iba pa. Tila ayaw marinig ang buong katotohanan at nais lang makuha ang impormasyong aayon sa pansariling interes.
The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao filed a Motion to Reverse Order Transferring Custody of Accused Nik-nik Man-Aning to the 60th Infantry Battalion.
Hindi karahasan ang mambato ng putik o bulok na gulay dahil galit sa mga magnanakaw at kurakot. Bakit hahanapan ng pagkilos na “mapayapa” o “disente” kung patuloy ang pambabastos at malaswang pagpapakita ng karangyaan sa gitna ng kahirapan?
More than a decade has passed since former President Benigno Aquino III signed what was then hailed as a landmark law against enforced disappearances.
Sa paghuhubog ng opinyong pampubliko, lahat ng porma ng peryodismo ay may kaakibat na pagsusuri’t imbestigasyon.
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Beyond the celebration and the holidays, how does the Philippines really treat its IPs?
The State of the Nation—53 years later—remains a mirror not just of the government’s agenda, but of the contradictions that define Philippine society.
Civil society is not asking for favors. It is asserting its rightful role in shaping the future.
A far different reality happens in the Philippines characterized by disenfranchisement, environmental degradation, and deepening inequality.
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