Political maturity
In today’s intense political power struggle in the country, political support has become dangerously similar to religious devotion. Many citizens now defend politicians at all costs, even when wrongdoing is obvious and harmful to...
Now a launch target
Using Eastern Visayas as a launchpad for joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines places the region in unnecessary danger. The recent missile launch from the vicinity of San Jose and...
What help?
Government dole-outs are growing at an alarming rate, and what should have been temporary relief has become a permanent political instrument. A nation cannot survive when dependency becomes state policy and productive labor is...
What peace talks?
The Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro’s rejection of peace talks, which the NPA is offering following the death of their comrades in Toboso, Negros, Occidental, is justified. Entertaining such an offer grants undeserved legitimacy to...
Excessive demands
The growing tendency of certain rights groups to assume excessive authority in national affairs has crossed into dangerous territory. Demands that undermine the state’s duty to maintain order and security are not only unreasonable...
Taking sides
The clash between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Toboso, which left 19 alleged rebels dead, has triggered calls within the government to investigate and possibly...