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OPINION: Parlade on judges, the law and the NUJP

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 28 02:14 PM

The slain judge had acquitted in September this year a medical worker accused by the military of masterminding an attack on soldiers. His son had expressed that his father was killed under a "regime that sows terror to those who believe in justice." Read more »

OPINION: Duterte's nightmare—Access to information on drug war

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 27 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to fire Vice President Leni Robredo as head of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) invites national and international spotlights to focus on the black holes in a pet program that has snuffed out thousands of lives over 3 years. Read more »

OPINION: The President wasn’t joking—Marawi rehab monitors bare painful truth about slow pace of recovery

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 08 11:08 PM

At the height of the 5-month war in Marawi City between government forces and groups influenced by the Islamic State, Saripada Pacasum Jr. was a “white helmet” first responder. Read more »

OPINION: Churches, local govts appeal for aid to survivors of Mindanao quakes

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 01 11:42 PM

Filipinos celebrating the feast days of souls and saints across the country and abroad can still send aid to hundreds of thousands of Mindanao families struggling in the aftermath of recent strong quakes. Read more »

OPINION: Killings of 7 youths spark tensions in new Muslim autonomous region

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 29 11:51 AM

BARMM officials are conducting a separate probe into reports that 7 youths, including several minors, were massacred by government troops on October 23.  Read more »

OPINION: Erupting in rage over a joke

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 20 05:29 PM

In an era where “kill” is heard almost weekly from the country’s most quoted person, the less we hear of it the better. Read more »

OPINION: Recycling game spits out ugly truth behind ‘drug war’

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 16 12:59 AM

Over 3 years, one thing is clear: Duterte’s war is an obscenity. That Filipinos, especially the richest and brightest, allowed this will forever be a stain on the national conscience.  Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s overseas fans erupt with rage as police scandal taints anti-crime stance

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 07 11:15 PM

As President Rodrigo Duterte’s rough posture on crime and drugs unravel with a scandal over police allegedly recycling hundreds of millions of pesos worth of confiscated narcotics, his overseas supporters have erupted in rage. Read more »

OPINION: 'Tao Po,' 'Nanlaba' European tour to add headaches for Duterte gov't

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 27 01:12 PM

“Tao Po,” the one-woman play on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on narcotics suspects, opens Sept. 26 in Geneva, host city of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more »

OPINION: ‘Red-tagging’ affects even non-targets, Negros bishop warns

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 13 07:45 AM

The red-tagging of a government doctor in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental has affected 33 villages in need of government health care. Read more »

OPINION: Making sense of the Negros carnage

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Aug 02 10:16 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat “to replicate the atrocious acts done by communist rebels to the civilians” of Negros sweeps aside rights guaranteed by the Constitution despite no clear findings of responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 civilians over the past two weeks. Read more »

The Avengers of Didipio: Endgame for OceanaGold PH?

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Jul 30 07:17 PM

As local officials and people's organizations unite against OceanaGold's mining operations in Nueva Vizcaya, will Pres. Duterte extend the Australian-Canadian firm's license?  Read more »

OPINION: Why no one should buy PNP’s claim of “mistaken identity” in journo arrest

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Updated as of Jun 10 05:07 PM

You don't swoop down on an old woman in an airport on the basis of corner store gossip. Read more »

OPINION: Gov't Geneva ‘stunt’ a ploy to justify increased attacks on rights advocates

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Feb 25 07:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is laying the groundwork for a wider crackdown on rights advocates and activists with a series of moves aimed at UN rights bodies based in Geneva. Read more »

OPINION: Maria Ressa’s case rams home lesson on unintended consequences

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Updated as of Feb 16 04:08 AM

The Duterte regime is the one persecuting journalists today. But let us not forget the roots of today’s outrage. Read more »

OPINION: Vilification campaigns prelude to attacks against priests, activists

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Feb 01 07:31 PM

While Pres. Duterte has verbally attacked bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, the brunt of physical assaults have been felt by the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and their grassroots colleagues. Read more »

OPINION: ‘NPA capture’ claims grow bizarre, killings more brazen

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Jan 30 01:42 PM

The Philippine National Police doesn't even care anymore if it looks or sounds ridiculous.   Read more »

OPINION: Paranoia? Government lists in PH proven to be dangerous to lives

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Jan 07 11:12 PM

It is not ACT that is paranoid. It is the government seeking to evade accountability for the bloodbath of the last two years. Read more »

OPINION: A dark lord’s power

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Updated as of Dec 30 02:55 PM

A tyrant is a person who believes everyone should bow to the law, including his fantastical interpretations of justice, but rebels in the thought and commission of crimes — and lays these at the altar of love for country. Read more »

OPINION: Heart of Darkness

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Dec 28 10:59 PM

Christendom celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents today, Dec 28. The feast remembers young boys in Bethlehem massacred by King Herod, the Jewish puppet of Rome. Read more »