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Victimized many times over, the pain and the trauma of the women who were subjected to palit-katawan (rape-for-freedom) in the time of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s tokhang cut very deep.

Mas maganda kung may kasamang hustisya sa reconciliation. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Nakaukit na sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas ang mga litrato ng EDSA People Power Revolution na kuha ng batikang photojournalist na si Bullit Marquez. Para sa ika-21 episode ng What The F?! Podcast, binalikan ni Bullit ang kwento ng apat na araw niyang coverage noong Pebrero 1986.

Defending the rights of those who have less in life does not justify breaching the rights of others, such as in the case of the UP professor and her former house helper.

Kailangan ba ni Rodrigo Duterte ang ganitong depensa? Akala ko ba handa niyang harapin ang ICC?

Sa desisyon noong Enero 26, sinabi ng Pre-Trial Chamber na hindi naipakita ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas na masusi nitong iniimbestigahan ang matataas na opisyal na utak o nagpatupad ng mga krimen. Hindi rin umano sinisiyasat ang mga posibleng “pattern” o polisiya sa pagpatay sa mga pinaghihinalaang sangkot sa droga.

The assurance of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Feb. 2 that the Mutual Defense Treaty is applicable on the West Philippine Sea will be tested in Ayungin Shoal as Chinese ships become more determined to block any more attempts by the Philippine Navy to repair the dilapidated BRP Sierra Madre, which is holding out as a block to China’s expansionism in the South China Sea.

Habang patuloy na pumapatok ang dating applications, may pag-asa bang mahanap  ang "the one" gamit ang cellphone? 

No existing studies support the idea of ROTC programs as a “cure” for mental illness. Professionals in this field see this as a problematic claim that spreads disinformation, downplays the severity of mental health disorders, and “potentially promotes stigma” against people suffering from psychological issues.

A Philippine court cannot sentence him to hanging because the country already outlawed the death penalty on June 24, 2006 when then-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9346. This outlawed capital punishment in the country, which was previously allowed and carried out through lethal injection.

Oras na para panagutin ang mga promotor at nagpatupad ng drug war. Subaybayan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra sa VERA Files ngayong linggo.

If you listen closely to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla’s strident reaction to the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume the investigation into the killings related to Duterte’s war on drugs, he didn’t completely rule out allowing the ICC to come into the country.