The nation watched in awe just days ago as former President Rodrigo Duterte was hustled near midnight onto a chartered Gulfstream G950 at Villamor Air Base in Manila and flown…
Tag: featured
Bryce McIntyre:
Surviving Pandemics on The Happy Island
Although it cannot be seen from this distance, the next pandemic is coming down a national highway near you. It’s just a matter of time until it arrives…. This is…
PRESUMED ACTS OF VOTE-BUYING AND VOTE-SELLING (COMELEC Resolution No. 11104)
Possession or delivery of any coins, monies, notes, pay envelopes, bags, groceries tokens or any of value together with sample ballots or campaign materials in favor of or against a…
SENSENERES:
IS THERE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE PHILIPPINES?
Postings of “Ka Iking 4U”, the weekly column of Ike Señeres syndicated in 29 local community newspapers in the Philippines and 1 overseas newspaper. Mental health is increasingly becoming a…
Bryce McIntyre:
Sardines and the Tragedy of the Commons
It is frequently reported that fish stocks are in decline worldwide. For example, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warns that more than 30 percent of…
Bryce McIntyre:
Butete: A Deadly Delicacy
The tragic death of a young Virac man late last month after a meal that included butete serves as a sobering reminder of the dangers that lie beneath the seas…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
Writ of Habeas Data
The teaser of the Daryl Yap’s latest movie entitled, “The Rapist of Pepsi Paloma” showed a clip where the character played by veteran actress, Gina Alajar, mentioned the name of…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
POWER OF THE PURSE
Recently, Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao City Representative made claims regarding the proposed P 6.326-trillion 2025 National Budget. They contended that the bicameral conference committee report of the General…
Bryce McIntyre:
Pigs as Pandemic Incubators
Late last month, The New York Times ran a headline that read, “’A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase”. The article reports that 900 herds of cattle in…
Bryce McIntyre:
Decoding the Monsoon Seasons
Monsoons play an outsized role in world literature – notably in E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel “A Passage to India’. There, the Indian monsoon is a metaphor for the cultural divide…