Focusing on hostile relations between Muslims and Christians, most accounts of secessionism in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao leave … More
Category: Politics
Roger Felix V. Salditos and Agrarian Class Struggles in Panay Island, Philippines
Roger Felix V. Salditos was among seven Filipino revolutionaries who were summarily executed by police and military forces in San … More
Fascism, Fascisation, and Neoliberalism from Marcos to Duterte
This is my book chapter for the Authoritarian Disaster: The Duterte Regime and the Prospects for a Marcos Presidency (2023) … More
Media Review: Mobile Gaming Apps on Duterte’s War on Drugs
This media review looks into one of the remarkable aspects of Mr. Rodrigo Duterte’s ascent to power: the proliferation of … More
Beyond politicizing mental health
Originally posted on Signals:
Anthony Bourdain’s suicide recently inspired a flurry of social media posts in my personal feeds regarding…
Media Review: Mainstream Press Coverage of the Philippine Government’s Peace Talks with Filipino Communists
Peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and Filipino communists represented by the National Democratic … More
Media Review: Peace Talks and the Media in the Philippines
A review of the Philippine media coverage of the revival and first round of peace negotiations between the government of … More
Is Duterte fascist?
[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 9, 2017.] While President Duterte rode on the … More
‘First World Philippines’
A “First World Philippines”? The Aquino administration’s real legacy may be the perpetuation of a development model handed down from one administration to the next that has only further enriched the few and made the poor even poorer.
#Parago: Legendary NPA commander’s funeral march draws thousands
The funeral march of Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao last July 10 drew thousands of supporters to the streets of the … More
#SignUpVsPork: ‘People’s Initiative’ launched to end pork barrel system
I wrote this for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Various groups coming from different walks of life and political persuasions have … More
A Marvelous! Fantastic! Magical! Philippine Miracle
The recently concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted by the Philippines became another occasion for the BS Aquino regime to … More
Yolanda a Man-Made Disaster
On the eve before supertyphoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) made its first landfall, Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III went … More
People’s Initiative against Pork Barrel
I wrote this commentary for Philippine Online Chronicles. Archbishop Jose S. Palma, D.D., outgoing President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference … More
What do we do after the orgy?*
As we wake up to a series of price hikes, education budget cuts, ever-worsening corruption and human rights abuses, things … More
Bombard the Headquarters! 