‘Wonderful piece’ on heroes’ enemy
What a wonderful piece on the issue of the burial of Ferdinand Marcos. (“Hero’s burial for an enemy of heroes?” Opinion, 5/30/16).
View ArticleUnspeakable crime vs Filipinos
WE, MEMBERS of the August Twenty-One Movement, state our opposition to the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
View ArticleIs Marcos’ Libingan ng mga Bayani burial legal?
THIS IS not an essay telling you whether the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. should or should not be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Rather, it asks why you think lawyers should choose for you.
View ArticleWhen a leader betrays his people
WITH THE controversial decision to bury the remains of Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the truth is again under siege.
View ArticleCan Etta and Barry block Marcos’ burial?
SHOULD ABSTRACT, broad language in our Constitution block the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani—without a more specific law?
View ArticleAn affront to law and state
LAST AUG. 15, victims of human rights violations during the dark years of martial law filed in the Supreme Court a petition to prevent the interment of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the...
View ArticleHero’s burial for a hero-maker
“WE LIVE by symbols.” We make meaning through them—we are homo significans.
View Article‘Pinoy pie-in-the-sky’ nonsense
I HAVE long admired former Akbayan representative Walden Bello for his principles, but I fear he’s caught up in the usual “Pinoy pie-in-the-sky” nonsense regarding the Marcos burial controversy...
View ArticleMarcos burial: Will SC give ‘devil’ his due?
BLOCKING FORMER president Ferdinand Marcos’ Libingan ng mga Bayani burial hinges on former Akbayan representative Ibarra Gutierrez and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Chito Gascon.
View ArticleHonoring a dictator is not who we are
When a court stops the government from doing something, it is wagging a finger at the errant official, saying, “That is not who we are.” We are a people who respect human rights and dignity, so the...
View ArticleMisguided men masquerading as magistrates
Betrayed” was an apt title of the Nov. 9 Inquirer editorial.
View ArticleMassacre in the Supreme Court
There has been no other week in recent memory that caused the kind of shock and anger generated by two events that happened last week: First, the most despised Filipino ruler, former president...
View ArticleAn appropriate burial
Nearly three decades after his death, Ferdinand Marcos continues to haunt our politics. A section of our society vehemently opposes the burial of his remains in a military cemetery, which the late...
View ArticleBury Marcos, fight on
Why should we care where Ferdinand Marcos is buried? He is long dead. Let them finally stick him in the ground and be done with it. That it is ground where the nation buries those who dedicated their...
View ArticleDoor to Marcos burial at Libingan was never closed
Many of us commiserate with those who petitioned the Supreme Court not to allow the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. But we need to recognize the validity of...
View ArticleMyopic decision will only widen divisions
The Supreme Court has spoken on the Marcos burial. Its verdict: “While he (Marcos) was not all good, he was not pure evil either.” But who is all good but God? And who is pure evil but the Devil? I...
View ArticleWrong protest venue
Ateneo de Manila students, together with their peers from nearby schools, made a total mess of the already nightmarish traffic along Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, last Nov. 18. It took us more than...
View ArticlePeralta wants to ‘move on’
One of the key figures in the ouster of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, is one of those vying to replace her. During his interview with...
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