Dec 2, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
In a few days, the whole world will be celebrating International Human Rights Day. The specific date, December 10, is all the more significant because it coincides with the 75th year anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But for us,...
Nov 17, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
Mothers know best. Remember when we were young and our mothers would tell us at table, “Ubusin mo yan, maraming nagugutom na mga bata sa Africa!” And you tried to make sense of that seemingly illogical reminder meant to just make you feel guilty. For technically...
Nov 10, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
“Move on! Why can’t you just forgive and forget as the Bible teaches!” This was one of the criticisms that many Leni Robredo supporters received during last year’s heated election period when they try to bring up the issue of Martial Law. Then there is another set of...
Nov 2, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
Pope Francis is exasperated. No, not over the recently concluded Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome last Sunday. His frustration, even despair, is all over his short Apostolic Exhortation Laudato Deum (“Praise God”) which came out last month on the 8th year...
Oct 26, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
FACTS MATTER“They needed no facts, no information: they had a `theory,’ and all the data that did not fit were denied or ignored.” That was Hannah Arendt, the Jewish philosopher that wrote the seminal opus on totalitarianism, “The Origins of Totalitarianism.” In this...
Oct 21, 2023 | Currents, Opinion
A resounding No! In a historic referendum last Saturday, fifty-nine (59) percent of Australians thumbed down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have given more rights to Aboriginal Australians. Specifically, the amendment would have established a...
