Kaloi T. Zarate
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The prison door opened. The questions remain. | Davao Today (opens the original)
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As the country marks 54 years since the declaration of martial law, former journalist Myles Albasin is still learning what freedom means—and remembering why the fight for justice is never finished. DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Fifty-four years after the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law, the country continues to remember the arrests, disappearances, torture, killings and other abuses committed in the name of security and order. But for Myles Albasin, that history is not something fou
The prison door opened. The questions remain. | Davao Today (opens the original)
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As the country marks 54 years since the declaration of martial law, former journalist Myles Albasin is still learning what freedom means—and remembering why the fight for justice is never finished. DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Fifty-four years after the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law, the country continues to remember the arrests, disappearances, torture, killings and other abuses committed in the name of security and order. But for Myles Albasin, that history is not something fou
Earthquakes and false equivalences: The ground still moves | Davao Today (opens the original)
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Three months after the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake of June 8 Southern Mindanao was shaken awake again. On Tuesday evening Sept. 1 another earthquake struck offshore near Balut Island. Initially reported at magnitude 6.0 and later revised by PHIVOLCS to magnitude 5.4 it caused no damage. Its deep offshore origin spared communities from another catastrophe. Yet for those who lived through June 8 the body remembers before the mind can reason. The moment the ground begins to move conversati
BISDAK Lost ’n Translation: But Where’s the 125M? | Davao Today (opens the original)
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On Day 16 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the impeachment court suddenly found itself debating Cebuano, the lingua franca of the Bisdaks (Bisayang Dako or native Cebuanos). But the ?125 million did not speak Cebuano. It spoke only one language: accountability. There is nothing controversial about a witness choosing to testify in the language she speaks most comfortably. Acosta has every right to testify in Cebuano, and the impeachment court has the obligation to ensure t
Beyond system loss: Filipinos need system change | Davao Today (opens the original)
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call in his fifth State of the Nation Address to stop passing system loss charges and their corresponding Value-Added Tax (VAT) on to electricity consumers is one of the much applauded populist rhetoric of the day. But unless it is backed by immediate legislative action, it risks becoming another “sana” promise—applauded in speeches yet forgotten in practice. This proposal is actually far from novel. As early as 2015, together with my fellow Bayan Muna lawmaker N
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