MANILA The Pope has spoken. Fake news is “satanic.” Fake news has taken the world by storm. It’s the rage among world leaders who crave to be tyrants. Fake news and blatant lying have become destructive weapons of cowardly leaders. They abuse their power by intimidating their own people through abominable language and macho posturing. Why do… Read More »
One gets the feeling of déjà vu as students of the state-owned University of the Philippines prepare to hold massive protests against the country’s continued slide to dictatorship under the repressive regime of President Rodrigo Duterte. The day after several UP students walked out of their classes to join the National Day of Walkout Against Tyranny and… Read More »
Just when you thought our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not possibly be more nauseating and frivolous, he showed up at a town hall meeting in Nanaimo, British Columbia and decided to correct one young woman on the wording of her question, which apparently constituted for Trudeau a violation of the “inclusivity” that he values so highly.… Read More »
What happened to you, Harry? University of the Philippines professor Danny Arao asked this question recently as he questioned presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s 180-degree turn on issues pertaining to press freedom and human rights. Arao reminded Roque, his friend and colleague, that he championed press freedom and human rights before he accepted the position defending President… Read More »
As they say, all legs lead to PyeongChang, South Korea; and all eyes and ears are glued to this county (population: about 45,000; elevation: 750 meters) in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. But other than being an ideal site for the Winter Olympics that began on February 9 and will run… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – I don’t blame some of our kababayans (country mates) if they decide for themselves in handling discrimination cases against their employers instead of reaching out to some local community civil rights groups, like the ubiquitous American Civil Liberties Union or the Asian Pacific American Pacific Legal Center (APALC), before locking up on a lawyer that… Read More »
Last weekend was the second annual “Women’s March,” featuring a lot of profane anti-Trump signs and rants about the rights women have lost, but precious few details about what those might be. Even some older feminists are starting to question the point of recent feminist actions that are actually setting women back in the workplace and that seem… Read More »
MANILA Power is so addictive, those who hold it want to keep it as long as possible. This early Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s people are laying the groundwork for a possible extension of his term. Earlier presidents tried to stay beyond their terms. Fidel Ramos’ drumbeaters made an attempt but they did it too late. It was already… Read More »
“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” This repulsive comment did not come from the mouth of a Ku Klux Klan member or a known neo-Nazist, but the leader of a nation made great by people from all races and from all over the world, including those who came from countries US President… Read More »
Behind the silver screen, professional sports, high-level politics, so on and so forth – locally and internationally, calls to uphold gender equality and dignity, due protection against dehumanization of all sorts and women empowerment have been espoused and heard. The movement has expanded. Support groups have mushroomed. At the most, (e.g. #MeToo, #It’s Never Okay and others) have… Read More »