Balik-Tanaw | Jesus extends an invitation of rest
In this fast-paced society where many of us easily experience burnout, exhaustion, weariness and fatigue, we deeply long for rest.
Balik-Tanaw | Jesus extends an invitation of rest
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Upper middle income country, what?
Upper middle income country, what?
No amount of rosy figures churned out by the government and credit-rating institutions could erase the reality of the crisis faced by millions of Filipinos.
Part 3: Luzon Economic Corridor and Pax Silica: Defense-industrial imperialist project
Part 3: Luzon Economic Corridor and Pax Silica: Defense-industrial imperialist project
So-called defense industrial cooperation with U.S. imperialism will only bind the country more tightly to the U.S. war industry's supply chain and U.S. strategic priorities, but it does not guarantee technology transfer, long-term modernization, or self-reliance.
Part 2: Unprecedented deepening of US military intervention
Part 2: Unprecedented deepening of US military intervention
Under the Marcos Jr. regime, U.S. military involvement in the Philippines has expanded dramatically.
War and plunder: US imperialism in the Philippines
War and plunder: US imperialism in the Philippines
U.S. imperialism in the Philippines today represents not merely a continuation of traditional neocolonial domination but a substantial deepening of imperialist control shaped by the intensifying U.S-China competition
Venezuela, the ground beneath us
Venezuela, the ground beneath us
The ground beneath us is never as stable as we believe. For Venezuela, the tremors of U.S. imperialism and the tremors of the earth have become one and the same.
Balik-Tanaw | Who sits on the throne?
Balik-Tanaw | Who sits on the throne?
Every generation faces a defining question. Not whether people believe in God, but which god they actually serve.
20 years on, the monsters remain
20 years on, the monsters remain
The 20th year of the disappearance of Karen and Sherlyn is not just about them or about their families. It is an indictment of our democracy. It is proof that butchers and human rights violators are being rewarded and that impunity persists.
Kalibutan | Not poor, but plundered: How imperialist war feeds the climate crisis
Kalibutan | Not poor, but plundered: How imperialist war feeds the climate crisis
From the Himalayas to the Pacific Islands, we are fighting the same beast. We see the convergence of everything—the climate crisis, the mining companies, the war machines, the geopolitics.
Memory as defiance: Remembering RJ Ledesma
Memory as defiance: Remembering RJ Ledesma
Death is used as a warning but memory becomes a form of defiance.
Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
The constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act can still be questioned with regard to how it is actually implemented. In contrast, however, Judge Belmes refused to rule on the matter at all, despite the clear ruling of the Supreme Court in Calleja allowing the same.
BGC as portal
BGC as portal
Who needs high walls and electric fences if access is already restricted by car-centric pathways, expensive rents, and community spaces divorced from the basic and everyday interests of ordinary Filipinos?
‘We don’t talk about Taiwan’: Pax Silica and EDCA’s elephant in the room
‘We don’t talk about Taiwan’: Pax Silica and EDCA’s elephant in the room
Too often, Taiwan appears in international discourse only as an object of competition between states. I
No proxy liberation
No proxy liberation
It is absolutely necessary to oppose Washington’s militarization of the region and reject efforts to transform the Philippines into a platform for imperial confrontation. But neither do we outsource our anti-imperialist struggle — which is inseparable from the struggle for national liberation toward socialism — to Beijing.
How the conflict in the Middle East endangers OFWs and their human rights
How the conflict in the Middle East endangers OFWs and their human rights
The state must fulfill its legal requirement to repatriate citizens because this statutory right to mandatory repatriation exists as an enforceable obligation.
Balik-Tanaw | Called to become bread for a hungy nation
Balik-Tanaw | Called to become bread for a hungy nation
The Feast of Corpus Christi invites us to reflect not only on what we receive at the altar but also on how that gift transforms the way we live in the world.
Boracay bridge construction needs local gov’t approval
Boracay bridge construction needs local gov’t approval
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Aklan rejected the Boracay Bridge Project in a resolution approved on October 8, 2025.
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