‘Duterte becoming more like Marcos’
Extrajudicial killings, threats of martial law, return of the death penalty – all are reminiscent of the fascist dictatorship.
‘Duterte becoming more like Marcos’
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The President’s choices
The President’s choices
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective After declaring, during his campaign, that he would approve the P2,000 Social Security System pension hike if elected, President Duterte has obviously reneged on his promise. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s statement that...
Darkening clouds on Duterte promises
Darkening clouds on Duterte promises
President Duterte enters the second half of his first year in office unrelentingly pursuing his bloody war on illegal drugs, which during the electoral campaign he had promised to complete in six months. The fulfillment of another campaign promise has now been...
New nuclear arms race, martial law both perilous
New nuclear arms race, martial law both perilous
Perish the thought! You’re playing a perilous game!! Verily that is the singular message addressed to both President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Donald J. Trump, the incoming president of the United States, regarding their recent statements that beclouded the holiday...
Yearender 2016 | The unlikely Philippine president
Yearender 2016 | The unlikely Philippine president
Rodrigo Roa Duterte is, perhaps, the most unorthodox president the country ever had. He talks tough and he curses. He intersperses his prepared speeches with extemporaneous declarations in the Visayan language and of course, laced with curses. He is not the typical politician. He acts more like your neighborhood toughie.
China, Japan back-to-back visits part of policy design
China, Japan back-to-back visits part of policy design
Behind the bluster and expletive-laced pronouncements of President Duterte, he is gradually giving shape to his avowed independent foreign policy – away from dependence on the United States. In this regard, his back-to-back official visits to China and Japan, and...
Gabriela Women’s Party backs Duterte on ending labor migration
Gabriela Women’s Party backs Duterte on ending labor migration
The women’s partylist hoped that with President Duterte’s statement, no woman will have the same fate as Irma Jotojot.
That Hitler remark
That Hitler remark
With his -- so far -- high approval rating, President Rodrigo Duterte has the political capital and unprecedented opportunity to raise the knowledge and awareness of large numbers of Filipinos on those issues that for 70 years and through 11 administrations since...
The clamor for change
The clamor for change
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective What do we make of the high 76 percent satisfaction rating, or 64 percent net satisfaction rating, of President Duterte? This, despite the fact that the President has been receiving a lot of flak for his lethal war on drugs,...
Order in chaos
Order in chaos
Barely three months in office, President Rodrigo Duterte has shocked, surprised, and outraged groups as diverse as human rights defenders, journalists, and media advocacy organizations as well as those individuals who expect presidents to be more circumspect in...
Calling the kettle black
Calling the kettle black
United States President Barack Obama is correct: the illegal drug problem is serious enough to merit the best efforts of governments everywhere to solve it. But those efforts must conform with human rights standards and due process, which are mandated in both the...
After the ‘quick fix’
After the ‘quick fix’
The Duterte administration’s campaign against the illegal drug trade and drug abuse apparently assumes that the government can purge the country of its drug problem by killing small-time suspected drug pushers and even users. President Rodrigo Duterte himself after...
‘Cardboard justice’ | Youth groups stand against killings
‘Cardboard justice’ | Youth groups stand against killings
“We don’t want to have a country where we are forced to live with fear…There is no justifiable reason for any forms of killings—may it be drug-related or political. We urge the president, let us end this.”
Duterte’s Administration and K12
Duterte’s Administration and K12
Because the program was rushed and most public schools are not prepared for its implementation, the aim of the added years to provide “better” learning becomes unfeasible.
Funny, problematic — exasperating
Funny, problematic — exasperating
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was at various times challenging, funny, and puzzling. Particularly problematic, however, were his statements on human rights, the drug problem, and even the media. As has become evident since Day...
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