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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

  • thumbnail_Front page of Tufts Observer 28 October 1977
    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

  • Historical markers: La Liga Filipina
    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

  • Figure 2. Reported Drug-Related Killings in the Philippines Indicating Victim and Assailant, July 2022-June 2023
    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

  • HUSTISYA. Members of progressive artists’ group Respond and Break the Silence Against the Killings (RESBAK) conduct a cultural performance calling for justice for victims of state-sponsored executions. Photos by John Irving Gandia
    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

  • Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
    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

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