Restart of Gov’t-NDF Peace Talks Must Address the Human Element

Restart of Gov’t-NDF Peace Talks Must Address the Human Element

Aside from “the serious socioeconomic and environmental issues, and the foreign security threats facing the country,” is there room in the peace talks framework to address the fratricidal war’s human costs and the need to repair the tattered social fabric?

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Does the Philippine Constitution Really Need Changing?

Does the Philippine Constitution Really Need Changing?

What’s behind Filipino lawmakers’ push to revise the Philippines’ 1987 Constitution?

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Leila de Lima after six years in prison

Leila de Lima after six years in prison

Find out why columnist Randy David thinks women are better warriors for democracy than men.

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[Opinion] A Disaster Waiting to Happen: Marcos Jr. and the 2022 Elections

[Opinion] A Disaster Waiting to Happen:  Marcos Jr. and the 2022 Elections

Ex-vice presidential candidate Walden Bello blames the “EDSA Republic’s hypocrisy gap” and the Filipino Left’s failure to advance an “attractive alternative” for the victory of Ferdinand “Bongbong”Marcos. He says this opinion is controversial; we encourage PF readers to share their views on it.

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Voter Beware

Voter Beware

Why caveat emptor in commerce applies with greater urgency and consequence, to our sublime duty to vote.

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We Are Whom We Choose

We Are Whom We Choose

Volunteerism for Leni Robredo-Kiko Pangilinan campaign is Philippine Democracy at its finest.

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House to House, Heart to Heart

House to House, Heart to Heart

How to free Filipino voters from the prison of disinformation.

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Would a President Junior Be Able to Come to the U.S.?

Would a President Junior Be Able to Come to the U.S.?

To this day, a humungous monetary judgment by a Hawaii federal court hangs like a Damocles’ sword over the three older Marcoses.

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"When Will We Ever Learn?"

"When Will We Ever Learn?"

Filipinos abroad are often asked why they choose really bad leaders.

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The Conservation President’s Troubling Legacy

The Conservation President’s Troubling Legacy

A Filipino American conservation biologist grapples with how to teach Theodore Roosevelt, lead colonizer of the Philippines, as the “Conservation President.”

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