Opinion

Indulging in fantasies of dictatorship is usually done in the dark, but we know President Rodrigo Duterte is a showman.   In broad daylight, with millions of Filipinos looking to him…

In the event that humans would vanish from Earth, many imagine this would heal the planet.  It is an intriguing thought, especially now when many people worldwide stay indoors to…

Death comes in many forms.  For the Filipino farmer, death is a sealed deal when prices of palay hit rock bottom, when legislators ignore calls for genuine land reform, and…

The yearly commemoration of the Ampatuan Massacre in 2009 has become  desensitizing and almost negligible. Judicial indecision, spanning a decade, has left no one to blame for the gruesome death…

Maliwanag na paninikil sa kalayaan ang pag-aresto kay Maria Ressa, isang mamamahayag ng Rappler at matinding kritiko ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, ukol sa kasong cyber libel na isinampa ng Departement of Justice (DOJ).

Napalaya na si Ressa matapos nitong magpiyansa ngunit hindi pa rin maiaalis ang katotohanang naliligo sa kapangyarihan ang gobyerno. Kaya nilang gumawa, magpatupad, at magsilbing hukom sa mga batas na maaring gamitin laban sa mamamayan. Maaring pansamantala nang nakalaya si Ressa, ngunit patuloy pa ring nakakulong ang midya sa banta na mas malaki pang porma ng pang-aabuso ang maari nilang sapitin dulot ng nag-uumapaw na kapangyarihan ng estado.

The 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival has been plagued by controversies even before it had begun. Apart from the criticism towards its predictable film line-up – a Vic Sotto and a Coco Martin crossover action-comedy, a Vice Ganda fantasy-slapstick comedy, two horror films, two romantic comedies, a romance drama, and a family drama – off-screen controversies continued to surround the festival.

Halloween season is afoot, and if you’re brave enough, it is the time to pay close attention to the monsters that haunt the nation.

Filipino mythology is more than the common stories about tiyanaks, tikbalangs, aswangs, and mananggals feeding on the human flesh; local folklore can introduce creatures far more terrifying and dangerous than what horror films portray. And these creatures are more familiar than we expect.