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Jun 1, 2026

Archaeology and the Law

The bespectacled Kathleen Felise Constance dela Cuesta Tantuico may strike one as a studious hoarder of degrees the way one can be a hoarder of hobbies. This 38-year-old author of the ground-breaking book Archaeology and the Law: Legal Awareness and Advocacy in Philippine Archaeology has been praised by Raul Pangalangan, professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines College of Law, former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), incoming dean of the new Pamantasan ng Pasig school of law and a member of the newly formed Truth Commission, for being “the first and only Filipino lawyer-archaeologist (who has) identified legislation that impinges upon archaeology as a discipline."

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Archaeology and the Law
May 31, 2026

Senate Serye Episode One: Script reveal, chaos, and civil society

This is the first time in a long long time that those of us on the side of democracy and justice have been on the same page. Fully, on that one page, no ifs and buts, no bickering among ourselves, foregoing — at least for now — where we stand across the political divides. Finally, we have decided that this side, this one side, is the side we are on...The goal is to stay on it, and keep at it. And find a common candidate for 2028. We start by keeping track of this serye.

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Senate Serye Episode One: Script reveal, chaos, and civil society
May 25, 2026

Taking back the WPS, one mission at a time

Talk is cheap. We should have learned that lesson yesterday. Our verbosity alone will not drive China’s ships away from our exclusive economic zone. Words must be backed up by a coherent strategy and determined responses that imposes costs on them. Recovering control of our waters, after it was given up by the Duterte administration before, will require a long, arduous and incremental campaign, one island at a time, one feature at a time, one mission at a time.

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Taking back the WPS, one mission at a time
May 23, 2026

Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained

The decision of former president Rodrigo Duterte not to attend the confirmation hearings in his case of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Haque, Netherlands was a major factor in the May 22 decision of the Trial Chamber III to deny his request for interim release and for him to continue in detention at Scheveningen prison.

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Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained
May 21, 2026

ICC: No incident of Duterte’s fall in last 30 days

“There has not been any fall recorded in the last thirty days.”That’s the report of Marc Dubuisson, director of the Division of Judicial Services of the International Criminal Court, on behalf of Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler. It was dated May 20, referring to the documentation of the situation of former president Rodrigo Duterte at his detention cell in Scheveningen Prison in The Hague, Netherlands.

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ICC: No incident of Duterte’s fall in last 30 days
May 21, 2026

Nelfa Querubin: Prints and ceramics

An exhibition titled Sulunod features the prints and ceramic works of Nelfa Querubin in her own permanent gallery at the UP Visayas MACH (Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage). Its title comes from the Hiligaynon root word suno (according), suluno (consistency or in accord with), and sulunod (one after the other) that describes a lifetime of Querubin’s creative work on paper and clay.

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Nelfa Querubin: Prints and ceramics
May 21, 2026

Disturbing incidents of violence by state agents

What Tulfo’s trenchant criticism failed to mention is that certain members of the government’s armed personnel are not only violent when they are performing their duty—they are as violent off of it and in dealing with hapless civilians. Sandatahang Dahas’s March 2026 data offer proof to these circumstances and to the alarming number of attacks against state agents outside of official operations.

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Disturbing incidents of violence by state agents
May 18, 2026

The terrorism of Alan Peter Cayetano

Alan Peter Cayetano is a social risk. Give him public office, power and political influence. He will not see these as instruments for public administration. He will see public service only as a front to shift to the gratification of ego. In time he will silence dissent and consolidate absolute power.

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The terrorism of Alan Peter Cayetano