When Lifesaving Vehicles Become Personal Service Cars: A Betrayal of Public Trust
A Patrol or Rescue Vehicle is not a luxury. It is not a convenience. It is not a family service. It is a lifeline. So when residents of Barangay Buru-un,…
Ambushed Peace: When Even MILF Commanders Are No Longer Safe, What Hope Remains for the Bangsamoro?
The fatal ambush that claimed the life of MILF 118th Base Command Brigade Commander Hamsa Sangki Kindo, also known as Kumander Tuabak, and his driver in Barangay Kapinpilan, Ampatuan, Maguindanao…
When Development Breeds Neglect in Polomolok: The Fly Infestation No One Wants to See
Economic development is often sold to rural communities as a promise: jobs, progress, and a better future. But in Barangays Maligo and Palkan in Polomolok, South Cotabato, that promise has…
OP-ED | Mindanao’s Independence Push: A Wake-Up Call for a Nation Divided by Geography and Governance
The ongoing Mindanao-wide consultations that seek to bring a resolution before the United Nations Committee on Decolonization signal a political moment that the Philippines must no longer dismiss as fringe…
OFW Airport Lounge in Davao: A Welcome Gift — But What’s the Bigger Picture?
DAVAO CITY — The inauguration of the first OFW Airport Lounge outside Luzon at the Davao International Airport is, without a doubt, a milestone that deserves recognition. For decades, overseas…
Mindanao, Bondi, and the Dangerous Politics of Blame
Terror, Silence, and the Fragile Architecture of Peace The December 14, 2025 mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney—Australia’s deadliest terrorist attack in decades—has reverberated far beyond the shores of…
Canada Issues Sweeping Mindanao Travel Warning After Bondi Beach Attack Link, Raising Fears Other Embassies Will Follow
The Canadian government has issued a sweeping travel advisory against large parts of Mindanao, citing serious threats of crime, terrorism, and kidnapping—an action that threatens to further stigmatize the region…
OP-ED: Aerial Truths Over Lake Sebu — And the Disaster We Pretend Not to See
By any measure, what the Provincial Board Members of South Cotabato saw during their aerial inspection of the coal mining operations in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu was not merely a…
The Transitional Justice Roadmap and the Imperative of Protecting Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples in the Bangsamoro
The joint launch of the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation (TJR) Roadmap by the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is more than a symbolic…
Land soaked in grief: how many more must die before we choose peace?
By any measure, what happened in Barangay Malinan on November 24 is not just another “incident,” not just another item in a police blotter, not just another clash in a…