WAR IN UKRAINE UNDERSCORES NEED TO END DEPENDENCY ON ADVANCED INDUSTRIALIZED POWERS OPINION | Siegfred D. Deduro March 9, 2022 The current war in Ukraine has drawn the world into one of the worst crises of this decade. Disruption of gas and oil supplies from Russia has great impact on European and world economies. In […]
THE MYTH OF DUTERTE’S POPULARITY AS HE ENDS HIS TERM OPINION | SIEGFRED DEDURO Filipinos are made to believe that President Duterte remains popular as he caps his term. This myth is based on surveys and reinforced by the government social media troll farms and sustained disinformation thru the main media outlets. A wrong discernment […]
OPINION | Prof. Tomasito T. Talledo “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makarating sa paroroonan” I will vote for Robredo but my vote is not for her: my vote is against her despicable rivals for presidency come May 2022. Ah, I embrace this as instance of tragedy in my biographical lifeline. I accept […]
OPINION | FRUSTRATE DUTERTE’S DYNASTIC SUCCESSION BID IN THE 2022 ELECTIONS By Siegfred Deduro, former Bayan Muna Representative, is a human rights defender, environmentalist, and fair-trade advocate. PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte running for Vice President in the 2022 elections is unprecedented in the country’s history. Political observers view such move as a circumvention of the […]
PEOPLE OF PANAY AND GUIMARAS WILL OPPOSE ANOTHER DUTERTE IN MALACANANG By Siegfred Deduro, former Bayan Muna Representative The confluence of three major factors bodes defeat in Panay and Guimaras for Sara Duterte and her vice-presidential candidate in the upcoming 2022 national elections. 1) Panay and Guimaras are not the bailiwicks of Rodrigo Duterte but, […]
Pandemics as Disasters: Reflections on Southeast Asia and the Philippines Ruchie Mark D. Pototanon “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like […]
GOVERNMENT STILL IN DENIAL, UNREPENTANT OF ITS FAILED PANDEMIC APPROACH OPINION | SIEGFRED D. DEDURO On August 30, 2021 the Philippines registered a record high of 22,366 new COVID-19 cases. Cumulative figure of total positive cases is 1,976,202, of which 1,485,945 are active; 1,794,278 have recovered; and 33,330 died. This is a slap on the […]
BIDA-GOCC AND CASINOS IN BORACAY DETRIMENTAL TO AKLANONS, FAVORS DUTERTE CRONIES OPINION | SIEGFRED D. DEDURO The bills pending at the House of Representatives (HOR) and the Senate, creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) as a GOCC (Government Owned and Controlled Corporation) – is prejudicial to the interest of Aklanons. House Bill 9826, in […]
Amidst a multipolar global reality, the Afghan people’s struggle is complex. On one hand, they have to continue their struggle for national liberation against persistent foreign intervention. On the other hand, they have to contend with an anachronistic theocracy for their democratic rights. AFGHANS DEFEAT US NEOCOLONIALISM, CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION AND DEMOCRACY […]
Sityo Pesante – Nangin dako nga halambalanon sang damlag lang ang pagkomersyalisa sang golden rice sa piyak sang pagpamatok sang mga konsomidor kag mga mangunguma. Kung aton matandaan ang gin-depelopar ang Golden Rice, isa ka genetically modified nga klase sang palay para tapna-on ang Vitamin A Deficiency sa pungsod. Ang Vitamin A Deficiency isa ka itsura […]
