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May 15, 2022

Despite Huge Victory, Bongbong Underwhelms

A Philippine commentator described Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr’s victory as overwhelming. This is apt based on the current vote count....

May 14, 2022

Video: Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Ressa on Marcos and Social Media

"I actually warned about the impact of social media and how it has literally become a behavior modification system. Well, here’s the emblematic case study of the impact on elections." - Maria Ressa...

May 13, 2022

A member of the Marcos Family is Returning to Power – Here’s What It Means for Democracy in the Philippines

"That original Marcos era – with its extrajudicial killings and rampant corruption – has been subjected to revisionism, with many Filipinos looking back at the Marcos years as a time of stability and growth while ignoring the abuses. The $10 billion plundered by the Marcoses gets talked about less."...

May 07, 2022

How the Marcos Clan Might Be Heading Back to Power

Economic decline, a brutal “war on drugs” – for which Duterte faces an International Criminal Court investigation – and bad management of COVID have set a low bar for his successor....

May 06, 2022

“De Lima Casualty of President Duterte’s Catastrophic ‘Drug War’” - Human Rights Watch

"The senator’s imprisonment is among the low points of Duterte’s presidency". - Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch...

May 03, 2022

Are Animals Conscious Beings Like Humans?

With scientists, they base on the physiology of the brain (in relation to its whole body) to say whether or not an organism has consciousness....

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