Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Ten years hence the September 9 to 28, 2013 Zamboanga Siege, the questions of justice and peace arising from and around it continue without both aspirations being fully or even satisfactorily achieved. On top of this, history of the Mindanao conflict seems to keep repeating itself, as if the key (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Overdue more than nine months after the breakthrough Oslo Joint Statement of 23 November 2023 between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) [led by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (…)
, by HELLER Isaak
In 2018, the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) was a major milestone for peace building efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The BOL institutionalized Bangsamoro autonomy by creating the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) as BARMM’s interim (…)
, by SMEDLEY Agnes
Agnes Smedley with three vignettes of political life in the Philippines, including a visit to a Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas rally addressed by Crisanto Evangelista.
Cognao And Revolution —
Four of us sat in a Chinese restaurant in Manila, a Filipino newspaper man, a Chinese physician, an (…)
, by ESQUIRE PHILIPPINES
Workers in the Philippines work an average of 40.63 hours per week and are only paid an abysmal wage of $1.45 per hour.
It’s probably safe to say that Filipino work culture doesn’t really encourage work-life balance. If we still have doubts about this, a recent survey by the global human (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Four presidential amnesty Proclamations Nos. 403 (for the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Pilipinas-Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade), 404 (for the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front), 405 (for the Moro Islamic Liberation (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
Over 10 percent of the population of the Philippines works overseas, sending back remittances that are crucial to the country’s economy. A new book outlines how the Left won this demographic — only to soon lose it.
When people move abroad and settle in other countries, they don’t automatically (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
More than 10% of the population of the Philippines works overseas, sending back remittances that are crucial to the country’s economy. A new book outlines how the Left won this demographic — only to soon lose it.
When people move abroad and settle in other countries, they don’t automatically (…)
, by Third World Studies Center (TWSC) of the University of the Philippines
Although thirty years have passed since the last issue of Debate (Philippine Left Review) was published, it seems that many progressives—old and young—as well as scholars and writers still look for copies of the articles or of entire issues of the journal. Only a few libraries still have copies (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
Three years after the 6 June 2021 Masbate landmining incident, the questions are not so much about the identity of the perpetrators as they are about holding them accountable and liable so that justice is rendered to them and to their victims.
The victims were awarded Far Eastern University (…)
, by PALASANG
• In this abnormal condition, normal ways are not enough!
• Transform the Economic, Political and Social Constructs to combat fast-rising global temperature
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section (…)
, by DAVID Randy
From a broader perspective, the tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) are only secondarily due to our maritime territorial disputes with China. These tensions are primarily an offshoot of the worsening great power rivalry between the United States and China. That rivalry (…)
, by LORETO Russel
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking to hire translators of major Philippine languages, in what lawyers of drug war victims believe could be a sign that its investigation of extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration is moving into the next stage.
Based on a job (…)
, by VELASCO Benjamin
The Philippines provides an interesting case study of the potentials and constraints of the ‘boomerang effect’. Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink posited that the strategy of transnational advocacy organizations in influencing a nation-state’s domestic policies exhibits a boomerang pattern. This (…)
, by CANDELARIA John Lee
Why does one of the Philippines’ most traumatic wartime experiences loom small in commemorations of WW2?
On 3 February, 2024, the Manila City Government marked the 79th anniversary of the Battle of Manila with a solemn but subdued ceremony. The event was attended by a select group of (…)
, by EBDANE Andrea
Analiza Gonzales, 51, often spends days without anything to eat. She used to be an informal settler, the term used to describe those residing in a house and/or lot without consent of owner. But she could easily provide for herself and her young daughters, thanks to her own sari-sari store. (…)
It is that time of the year again, the period around the Edsa People Power anniversary, that the recurring line gets regurgitated. The worn-out line goes that Rodrigo Duterte’s family should be ashamed that their matriarch Soledad Duterte was an anti-Marcos crusader.
Pundits just love to (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
“As Bangsamoros, we are as equally invested as our fellow Filipinos in actively participating in the discussion of constitutional reforms.” Thus said Bangsamoro Parliament (BP) Deputy Speaker Omar Yasser Sema, a second-generation member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), who earlier (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
It is with particular sadness to note that a young lady lawyer, a compañera, Atty. Hannah Jay Cesista, who just passed the “best bar ever” in 2022, was among those killed in hostilities between the New People’s Army (NPA)-Bohol that she was part of and combined police-military units on 23 (…)
, by JAVIER Anton
A total of 183 governments are scheduled to meet in Panama City, Panama from 5-10 February 2024 for the tenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The WHO FCTC protects the fundamental right of all people to enjoy the highest (…)
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