The Cleric and the Prince
PRESIDENT Duterte’s conflicts with religious figures are well known, and this week, he was involved in a relatively minor spat with Manila Archbishop Tagle.
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Populism and Its limits
THE YELLOW Vest protests continue, and the chattering classes in the Western world keep bringing up a certain word to describe and define it....
From a trickle to a tidal wave
One of the sparks – if not the spark – that triggered the EDSA People Power Revolution was the walkout protest of 35 Commission...
Refugees or economic migrants?
THROUGHOUT the relatively short history of our Republic, the Philippines has given sanctuary to several groups foreign refugees. In one instance, for example, we...
The South China Sea and the CoC
THERE’S no doubt that the biggest issue discussed during the 33rd ASEAN Summit was the ASEAN-PRC draft for the Code of Conduct (CoC) over...
A Pan-European Army
LAST WEEK, French President Emmanuel Macron talked about the possibility of forming a pan-European army under the auspices of the European Union (EU). Macron...
Bye bye birthright
IT’S NO secret that a lot of Filipinos want to immigrate to the United States, which is somewhat ironic since we fought so hard...
War by other means
THE current US midterm elections are shaping up to be one of the most historic and also most violent elections in US history. Bomb...
Trade issues – old and new
LAST MONTH the Duterte administration ordered the removal of “non-tariff barriers to agri imports.” This was done in response to rising prices and steep...
A dead journalist from the Middle East
THE DEATH of Saudi journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi attracted a lot of attention recently. Reports say that he vanished around October 2,...