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Civilian groups to deliver Christmas gifts to soldiers in BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal

By Text and photos by Bullit Marquez | Oct 03, 2023 6:38 PM

Members of several organizations concerned about China’s aggressive activities in West Philippine Sea are organizing a trip Christmas time to Ayungin Shoal where the rusting BRP Sierra Madre manned by Marine soldiers stands, asserting Philippine sovereignty in the waters also claimed by China.

ATIN ITO!, Ayungin Shoal, BRP Sierra Madre

UP study discovers 143 sites in Luzon dedicated to Marcos family

By Rick Berdos | Sep 30, 2023 2:18 PM

One hundred forty three sites in Luzon have been put up to memorialize the Marcos family, according to a study by the University of the Philippines (UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC).

Menstrual leave levels the playing field for women, the formidable half of the Philippine labor force. (Photo by Liana Garcellano)

Health News

Legalizing menstrual leave means breaking the stigma first

By Liana Garcellano | Sep 28, 2023 1:50 PM

HB 7758 seeks to grant working women two-day menstrual leave with full pay.

HB 7758, Menstrual Leave Act, sexual and reproductive health

News

PH fact checkers wary of AI for fact checking

By Rhenzel Raymond Caling, Renz Joshua Palalimpa | Sep 26, 2023 7:29 PM

Filipino fact checkers are skeptical about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat disinformation, a new study from the University of the Philippines (UP) has found.

AI, Fact checking

Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

On board the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal: A journalist’s first-hand account

By Charmaine Deogracias | Sep 24, 2023 8:11 PM

True to a Biblical reference on the wise man who built his house on a rock, BRP Sierra Madre stands defiantly on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even as one of Asia Pacific’s top military superpowers has been trying to have it removed for almost 30 years now.

Ayungin Shoal, BRP Sierra Madre, west philippine sea

Bullit's Eye News

51 years after Martial Law: Never too young to care

By Bullit Marquez | Sep 23, 2023 7:39 PM

Rallies were held at places which were traditional venues for protest gatherings: Liwasang Bonifacio, Mendiola Bridge near Malacañan Palace in Manila and University of the Philippines in Quezon City.

Martial Law @ 51, martial law commemoration

News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

Carpio urges PH to invite China, Vietnam and Malaysia to bring the Spratlys territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice

By Rhoanne De Guzman | Sep 23, 2023 4:57 PM

As the South Chinese Sea dispute continues to heat up, former associate justice Antonio Carpio has recommended that the Philippines submit the conflicting claims in the Spratly Islands to voluntary arbitration in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Arts & Culture News

PPO’s 39th season opens Sept. 15 under Polish music director; CCP appoints Michelle Nikki Junia as new president

By Pablo A. Tariman | Sep 09, 2023 4:48 PM

PPO new music director Grzegorz Nowak: They are responsive, they connect very well musically and they are more than willing to raise the level of musicianship of the PPO ensemble.

Grzegorz Nowak, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

thumbnail_Front page of Tufts Observer 28 October 1977

The failed bid of Marcos Sr. to do a Romualdez

By Joel F. Ariate Jr. | Sep 07, 2023 2:12 PM

It was in 1977, and not 1981, that Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. pledged a $1.5 million endowment to Tufts University. It was not the Philippine government that made the commitment; it was the Marcos Foundation.

donation, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Marcos Foundation, Tufts University

Arts & Culture Editor's Pick News

Markers of the country’s significant past relegated to insignificance

By Rhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Joshua Palalimpa | Aug 10, 2023 5:42 PM

NHCP’s Alvin Alcid: It’s disappointing that sometimes [the markers’] value gets forgotten.

history, markers, Philippines