The Philippines finds itself ensnared once again in the grip of a bloodthirsty regime—stuck in a vicious cycle that needs to end but refuses to. If history does repeat itself, it is because of the attempts of those who are sufficiently well-off to act as a god and promise redemption in exchange—not because of any
Almost two years have passed since Former President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte’s administration with ‘war on drugs’ as his signature brushstroke, which smothered blood on countless innocent lives of Filipinos. Following his father’s footsteps, Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte recently announced on March 22, 2024 his own version of the ‘war on drugs’ in the
The university, local, and national political landscape has made activism synonymous with skating on thin ice as redtagging rose to silence critics, especially of the government. With the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) being labeled as a ‘hotbed for communist recruitment’ back in 2021, the University tightened its security measures, even to the extent of
For a university that banners itself as progressive, requiring a transgender student to submit a medical certificate to justify their gender identity manifests that within the interstices of the institution, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) equality is far from respected. With the reinstatement of the regular usage of uniforms, multiple transgender students
With President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s recent decision for the Philippines to disengage with the International Criminal Court (ICC), it is becoming more evident that the horrors of the war on drugs and the unjust killings during its implementation are being ignored by those who should be working on getting justice. Recently, the ICC rejected