EDITORIAL: “Promised” land
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…
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EDITORIAL: An untimely reminder
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…
Dakilang Lumpo
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.
Rainbow’s Sunset and the state of the festering MMFF
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.
EDITORIAL: All their might in tatters
Too big to fail, too successful to be defeated, too powerful to get caught. And yet, Upsilon Sigma Phi is now in damage control mode after leaks and recent violent behavior prelude their fall from grace.
7 Monsters to Watch Out For
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.
Spirits in power, both present and past
There is an old ghost story, if you know it, that begins with three spirits. The first spirit is cunning and cruel. He takes hold of a country with his…
EDITORYAL: Paglaya o pandaraya
Labindalawang dekadang di umano’y malaya, araw-araw nakatanikala. Taon-taon, ipinagdiriwang ang Araw ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas. Dito sinasariwa ang kabayanihan na nagpalaya sa bawat Pilipino mula sa mga dayuhang mananakop. Dito…
EDITORIAL: Ganito sila noon, ganito pa rin ngayon
Buksan ang telebisyon, basahin ang mga dyaryo— nagtataasan ang mga presyo, nagkakatanggalan sa trabaho, nagsasara ang mga pahayagan. Pakinggan ang mga bulong sa bahay, ang mga kuro-kuro at tsismisan— maraming…
SPORTS COLUMN: Utak at Prinsipyo
Photo by Keith Magcaling Text by Denver Del Rosario And it was uttered, “…all good things must come to an end, but all great things come back.” A familiar beat…
EDITORIAL: Oda ng alagad ng midya
Walong taon, walang hustisya. Para sa isang bansang may saligang batas na itinatakda ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag, ang ating lupa ay may bahid ng dugo— dugo ng mga tagapagdala ng…
Medyo mapagpalaya: A “lesson” on hypocrisy and assertion
Inscribed on the very walls of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) are three words which for so long, the institution has fought for: midyang…