Category: News

Categories 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

Categories 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

Categories 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).

Categories 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

Categories Editor's Pick News
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

Categories 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

Categories News
The power and cost of Socmed influencers in the 2022 elections

By Kiara Ysabel Gorrospe | Aug 09, 2023 10:16 PM
Among the presidential candidates, the study projected Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to have spent the largest amount on political influencers at P351 million. Following this was Leni Robredo at P135 million, Isko Moreno at P42 million, and Manny Pacquiao at P1 million.

2022 elections, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., influencers, Internews study

Categories Editor's Pick News
Drug-related killings in Davao City belie Marcos’ ‘New Face’ approach in fight vs illegal drugs

By Marion Abilene R. Navarro and Nixcharl C. Noriega | Jul 28, 2023 7:40 PM
In Duterte country, the “new face” of Marcos’s drug war effort eerily still resembles what the Dutertes have long imprinted on their turf.

Davao City, drug war killings, drug-related killings, War on drugs

Categories Arts & Culture News
Managing the pain, sharpening resistance vs injustice through art

By John Irving Gandia | Jul 26, 2023 9:27 AM
RESBAK, an alliance of progressive artists and media practitioners demand justice for victims and an end to state-sponsored killings in their fifth solidarity event through cultural performances and artistic presentations.

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., KAPATID, Oplan Tokhang, RESBAK, SONA, SONA 2023, victim's family

Categories Editor's Pick News SONA 2023 Promise Tracker
Marcos brags ‘improving’ state of the nation, avoids ICC, human rights concerns

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Jul 24, 2023 8:43 PM
Declaring that the current state of the nation is “sound and improving,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. put forward his favorite topics on economic growth, infrastructure, agriculture, health and climate change, as he did so in his previous State of the Nation Address.

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA 2023