Human Face

EJK-driven ‘via dolorosa’

One unforgettable Stations of the Cross that I had experienced was the one on Smokey…

Signatories Origano, Keso, Lasaña, et al.

Mary Grace Piattos, Dodong Alcala, Dodong Bina, Dodong Bunal, Dodong Darong, Dodong S. Barok, Jay…

The Hague, today’s Nuremberg

After former president Rodrigo Duterte was securely detained on March 11 at the Scheveningen Prison…

Duterte’s comeuppance and other thoughts

If I were to put a soundtrack on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest upon his…

COVID-19 in the time of Duterte

Five years ago in mid-March 2020, the Philippines, like most countries, went on a lockdown…

A pathocrat on the world stage

I was asked, thus, my answer: “I hope US President Donald Trump continues to be…

A new Edsa spring

At around this time of the school year in the past decades, college students would…

The importance of Tandang Sora

Words from Filipino hero/shero/heroine Tandang Sora: “Kung ako ay may siyam na buhay, patuloy ko…

Church, journos on Trump’s USAID cut

A recent article in America, a progressive Jesuit-run Catholic magazine (est. 1909), caught my eye…

Older males in girls’ pregnancies

There is no disputing the fact that in recent years, there has been a rise…