HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz It has been months since the administration declared a “national public health emergency,” but what has defined its response is not any impressive or effective national public health response. Instead, the public has been regimented into believing the pandemic’s spread...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz It is now a familiar sight in many streets in Metro Manila: Jeepney drivers flagging down private car owners and begging for alms. It is a sight we never expected to see in our lifetime, although we’ve had an inkling that it could happen, especially considering the previous and...
HOTSPOT Come 2022, I look forward to a groundswell of support and perhaps even an emphatic victory for Anakpawis if it runs again for partylist representation in Congress. And we have to thank Randall Echanis for it. Today, the memory and record of Echanis towers over traditional political beasts...
HOTSPOT Doctors have been repeatedly asked about and have also been repeatedly giving their opinion about the coronavirus pandemic since March. Unfortunately, our leaders have depended on an entirely different set of advisers. The result of indifference to health care workers has been, to say the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Last July 29, what could perhaps be best described as an odd group of 19 different people filed at the Supreme Court the 21st petition lodged thus far against the Anti-Terrorism Law. Lawyers and law students on Twitter were pleasantly surprised. Many said they look forward to...
HOTSPOT Many are in shock and in mourning over the sudden death of Utrecht-based Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator of communist rebels in peace negotiations with the government. Who is this man who, despite the distance and the unremitting slander against the movement he represents, continued to...
HOTSPOT Unknown to many, senators and other members of Congress enjoy “parliamentary immunity” or immunity from arrest from possible charges arising from speeches or remarks made in Congress. It is thus surprising that news came out that the senator, who enjoys parliamentary immunity and...
HOTSPOT Public school teachers are launching a campaign for safe resumption of classes, and they raising a lot of questions that nobody in government has bothered to answer. Who will pay for teachers’ broadband connection and the devices they need to use? Exactly how would parents acquire devices...
HOT SPOT Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of Filipinos have died from coronavirus and from other causes since March. But most, if not all, relatives practically mourned remotely, privately, and rather quickly due to the strict quarantine rules. The more fortunate had the chance to virtually...
HOTSPOT I didn’t understand why it was underreported, but it exploded by late evening of January 9. For all intents and purposes, the National Capital Region Police Office “changed” Traslacion and it was not a pretty thing. Soon after devotees successfully returned the popular icon to Quiapo...
HOTSPOT Instead of being the issue, why not be a champion of issues this 2020? The new year challenges you to be inspired, instead of getting fed up. Here are six issues where you could be an influencer or ambassador of this 2020: Mass transportation — We must challenge and discard the logic and...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz One of the things that people liked about Rodrigo Roa Duterte in 2016 was that he promised “genuine change.” He went on to say that he will be the country’s “first socialist president.” His most ardent supporters even said he will head a “revolutionary government.”...
