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[OPINION] Vulnerable in oil crisis: Why platform workers need protection
Bong (not his real name) used to work as an OFW in the Middle East. When his contract wasn’t renewed due to health reasons, he turned to platform-based ride-hailing — one of the Philippines’ fastest-growing sources of “flexible” employment. Today, he works 15 to 18 hours a day just to break even. It wasn’t always this way. Before the recent surge in fuel prices, Bong could clear around P1,000 after expenses in 8 to 10 hours.
[OPINION] What would Paris say about Baku's climate finance deal?
Nearly a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in 2015, a new goal on climate finance has been agreed upon at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. From the previous goal of $100 billion annually, the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG) aims for $300 billion per year by 2035.
[OPINION] Climate finance: A call to action for the Philippines
In international climate negotiations, 2024 is the year of climate finance. Much attention at the upcoming 60th sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies or SB60 in Bonn, Germany, this June and at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November will be dedicated to the progress – if not the success – in negotiating the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG).
The COP28 Dubai outcome, its inadequacies, and climate injustice
The 28th Conference of Parties was held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. However, the official end of the plenary was on December 13th. Advertisements and inspirational quotes were seen plastered all over the city, urging people to “make a change.” All eyes were on Dubai as almost 70,000 participants in COP28 from all over the world anxiously awaited the establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund and the outcome of the first Global Stocktake (GST).
[OPINION] Will the biggest climate conference ever deliver for the people?
Dubai, the land of superlatives, is hosting the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP 28 started on November 30, and we remain to see whether the parties in Dubai will finally commit to a genuine course correction of global and national climate efforts.
[OPINION] Here we go again with charter change
Last March 6, the House of Representatives approved on third reading Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 calling for a constitutional convention, or ConCon, as a mode of charter change.
[OPINION] Wanted: A just transition for the jeepney sector amid the climate crisis
The impending weeklong jeepney strike on March 6 to 12 has resurfaced the heated and spirited debate on the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) and the issues that come with it. Among these issues are the lack of available financial support and safety nets for jeepney modernization and the decreased accessibility of public transport caused by the consolidation of franchises and fleet management.
[OPINION] Chad Booc and the New Bataan 5: Killing the right to education
It is an understatement that the killing of the New Bataan 5, which included volunteer Lumad teachers Chad and Jurain, last February 24 is one of the worst heartbreaks for those who are aware of the Lumad youth’s struggle to an accessible, safe, and quality education. Chad and Jurain chose to serve the Lumad youth as volunteer teachers with all the vulnerabilities and risks that come with it.
[OPINION] Dr. Naty Castro and the true EDSA spirit
For the nth time under this administration, human rights organizations and advocates are again on the defensive when Dr. Naty Castro, a medical doctor, was arrested in her residence in San Juan City, Metro Manila, evening of February 18, 2022. The charges were for the crimes of kidnapping and illegal detention. Instead of detaining her, for the meantime, in a nearby precinct, she was immediately flown to Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur and is presently detained there as of this writing.
[OPINION] How to win against Marcos-Duterte
The fate and future of the Philippines is at stake in the May 2022 elections. Make no mistake by dismissing this as an existential and alarmist stance for this is the truth. A Marcos-Duterte or Duterte-Marcos leadership will set the country back for the next 20 years. It’s not just a Duterte or Marcos replacing each other for three consecutive terms, but there are others in their families in the present and subsequent generations that are ready to take over when their time comes.
[OPINION] Historic candidacies of Isko and Manny
The candidacies of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno and Senator Manny Pacquiao underscore that the biggest problem of Philippine society is social inequality, and that poverty and corruption are only the symptoms of the first. This is evident from their acceptance speeches as the presidential candidates of their respective parties. Within the Baseco compound, known for its urban poor communities, Moreno said: “There is also another lesson I earned in early life.
[OPINION] Most corrupt administration ever
The Commission on Audit (COA) is in the spotlight again for releasing a series of audit reports covering government agencies' transactions for the past year. Perhaps due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the audit report for the Department of Health gained the most traction in the sphere of public commentary. With all these red flags from COA auditors, it would seem like the Duterte administration is the most corrupt ever. That is not necessarily the case.
[OPINION] Lessons from our Tokyo success
There is no more apt an introduction for a tribute to our Olympic medalists than expressing how their victories have truly made a mark in Philippine history and every Filipino’s hearts. The country has earned its largest medal haul in the Olympics ever.
[OPINION] What a (Vice) President Duterte reveals on the State of the Nation
On July 26, 2021, Monday, the country is set to hear Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) as the sixteenth President of the Philippines. It is surreal that there is even a possibility that he would be invited to the SONA of the next President after the May 2022 National Elections, not only as immediate past president as protocol states, but as a newly elected vice president.
[OPINION] To build better, we need inclusive capitalism
Trusted. Fair. Responsible. Dynamic. Sustainable. This is how the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican envisions a reimagined capitalist economic system for the world.
[OPINION] Independence from COVID-19
With the recent surge of COVID-19 cases that led to the reinstatement of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal, and Laguna, most, if not all Filipinos, turned to vaccines as their remaining fighting chance, which has been branded by the government as the "silver bullet" against the pandemic. However, it does not look good in the vaccination front as well. Local governments are actually being very dynamic.
[OPINION] COVID or not, no charter change
Here we are again. The leaders of Congress such as House Speaker Lord Velasco and Senators Bong Go, Bato Dela Rosa, and Francis Tolentino have publicly expressed their interest in starting discussions on the prospects of charter change – in a country that recently recorded a total of more than 500,000 cases and soon to be over 10,000 deaths due to COVID-19.
[OPINION] Inside the august halls, Lord rises
“Today, history is made, once again, in these august halls.” This was how newly elected Speaker Lord Allan Velasco described his controversial rise to power on October 12, after weeks of power struggle with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on their supposed term-sharing agreement brokered by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte at the start of the 18th Congress in 2019. Oddly, the said election was not done in Batasang Pambansa Complex, the official place of business of the House of Representatives.
[OPINION] Ayala Foundation and the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has been dubbed as the worst global disruption of political, social, and economic activity since World War II in the 1940’s. Like all of us – individuals, schools, churches, businesses, and others – Ayala Foundation was not spared from it. Ayala Foundation was not spared, not in the sense that it had to close operations, lay off employees, or cut ties with partners.
[OPINION] Corporate social responsibility in a pandemic
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 comes out on October 15. With this two-part article on the Ayala Foundation, we start a series on how Philippine business, and in particular the philanthropic foundations established by companies, are helping society to adapt and address the impacts of the pandemic.
[OPINION] An opaque ‘better normal’
The phrase "new normal" has became the talk of the world. In hopes of molding this "new normal," or "better normal" as some would like to call it, the House of Representatives adopted House Bill No. 6864 or the Better Normal for the Workplace, Communities, and Public Spaces Act of 2020 last August 10, 2020, with 242 affirmative votes. The Senate has yet to discuss its counterpart bill.
[OPINION] Duterte dismantles nation-builders, not oligarchs
Referring to ABS-CBN, President Duterte said in his controversial Jolo speech last July 13, 2020, “Without declaring martial law, I dismantled the oligarchy that controls the economy of the Filipino people.” This was said merely a few days after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises refused to grant ABS-CBN a franchise for its continued operation.
[OPINION] From oligarchs to nation-builders
Once the image is clear to us of what an oligarch is, as opposed to a legitimate business – as discussed in the first part of this series – we can now discuss the seeming dichotomy between oligarchy and nation-building. Are they rigid blocks that will never complement each other?
[OPINION] Businesses build a nation; oligarchies dominate
Government leaders, namely President Duterte and his allies in the House of Representatives, have recently been the most vocal in the crusade against the oligarchy, to the extent of demonizing the whole business community, who for decades strives to keep the Philippine economy afloat despite the unstable political landscape.
[OPINION] A tale of two countries
In a pandemic-stricken country that has been on lockdown for more than 4 months, Filipinos had hoped for a State of the Nation Address (SONA) that would uplift their spirits at the very least – if not their lives.
[ANALYSIS] The global significance of the Ressa-Santos convictions
It baffles us how issues so central to our existence (referring to libel as a crime, and freedom of speech and of the press as fundamental rights) can still be so polarizing. But the first part of this series sheds light on the not-so-straightforward task of tracing Maria Ressa’s conviction. As a result, we are certain that by now the public has already developed a clouded understanding-turned-delusion of what this really means for us. The Ressa-Santos convictions transcend boundaries.
[ANALYSIS] Understanding the Ressa-Santos convictions
On June 15, 2020, the country saw the conviction of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos, Jr for cyber libel penalized under the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 – the first of probably many more to come. Ressa’s and Rappler’s supporters rally that it is the death of democracy.
[OPINION] We can’t breathe
“I can’t breathe,” said George Floyd, a victim of police brutality who will be buried today, Tuesday, June 9; “They can’t breathe,” doctors worldwide described patients who succumbed to COVID-19; “We can’t breathe,” students protesting in Hong Kong and American cities when teargassed by police intent on dispersing them. “We can’t breathe,” we now say here in the Philippines as a new anti-terrorism law perversely terrorizes us.
[OPINION] Dura lex sed lex is obsolete
Do we aspire for a society that is harsh, or that is just? Many of our countrymen nowadays resort to the legal maxim dura lex sed lex, translated as “The law may be harsh, but such is the law,” whenever faced with an issue that concerns the law.
[OPINION] An intergovernmental tug of war during the coronavirus outbreak
All eyes are on local governments. Last April 17, 2020, one month since a public health emergency was declared, the Inter-Agency Task Force adopted the policy of a “national government-enabled, local government unit-led, and people-centered response” to COVID-19. Led by local chief executives – governors, mayors, and barangay captains – local government units (LGUs) have since been placed in a tug of war as to their role in this crisis.
[OPINION] Media and the coronavirus: Frontliners against the 'infodemic'
In the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, Raymond Rambert is a journalist from Paris visiting Oran, a plague-stricken town. Longing for his wife, Rambert stubbornly appeals to the authorities, and then eventually resorts to illegal smugglers, just to break quarantine. At the night of his negotiated escape, however, he finally releases his desire to leave, and affirms that the plague is not a hell to escape from, but a world to live through.
[OPINION] Business unusual: When the business community responds to a virus
In the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, there is an eccentric and mysterious character who goes by the name of Cottard. Unlike most people, this man welcomed the coming of the plague and lamented its end, since he was engaged in the illicit trade of contraband, taking advantage of the people’s cravings and the government’s distractions.
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