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Seafarers face hell and high water

Since April this year, at least 130 Filipino seafarers have been arrested by the United…

The heavy burden of justice

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber has recently decided the challenge on its jurisdiction…

Left out of Asean trade deals

United States President Donald Trump marked his whirlwind trip to Malaysia for the Association of…

‘Michelin moment’: Shattering exceptionalism

Oxford–”The food scene in [the Philippines] is really vibrant with local specialties that are different…

The strength of soft power

In precolonial Philippines, the male datu served as the secular head of the community, but…

A law for the dead and the living

The cost of living in the Philippines is high. And so is the cost of…

Images of God

How do you, yourself, dear reader, see God? Have you ever tried to speak to…

A republic of ghosts

This holy All Saints’-All Souls’ weekend (with its ghoulish Halloween counterpart), may we contemplate the…

Stonewalling on SALNs

Old habits die hard, and pernicious habits die harder. Just witness the frantic Palace pushback…

A can of worms

I have long been convinced that the history of our present, ill-fated Fifth Republic is…