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Mindanao Is Dying
Luzon, Visayas, and . . . who will now save the last limb of our already crippled archipelago? In Mindanao, the war escalates soundlessly (at least to us here in insulated Manila); daily
State of the Nation Honor Roll 2009
Within today’s hyperactive, reactive society are men and women who are using their energies to charge their voices into overdrive: Statesmen, journalists, businessmen, and private citizens who are
Making 2010 Count
Quintin V. Pastrana proposes three ways to hold the “presidentiables” accountable during the campaign period leading up to next year’s
Obama and the Little Brown Brothers
In these nail-biting times of crisis, expect even more defined America-first policies from the Obama administration, which is a clear signal for
Translation Without End
A new U.S. leadership next year may turn the tide in Iraq, but the war in Afghanistan is deadlier than ever; and one of the most dangerous—but lucrative—jobs in the land is interpreting for the
Noisy Republic
Political pundit Ricky Carandang expects even more agitation for the Philippines next year, the penultimate year before the much-awaited 2010
Defending Darfur
For centuries in Darfur, Arabs kept blacks as slaves, and since then their traditions and rituals have kept the Africans in a bloody battle of ethnic warfare. Carsten Stormer embeds himself in the
The Years of Living Dangerously
When Steve Psinakis met the Lopez family in the fifties, he forged a friendship that would test every moral fiber in his body and involve him in an epic odyssey of struggle against tyranny that
State of the Nation Honor Roll 2008
In Rogue’s first official attempt at making a difference in the dysfunctional state of our beleaguered nation, we present the year’s most important list: The Honor Roll. A special portfolio of
Waiting for the Great Leap Forward
In 1982, Edgar Jopson was gunned down by the military in a safe house in Davao. Educated at the Ateneo, the former moderate went underground after
The Unmaking of a Coup
In the years following the first EDSA, Ferdinand Marcos’s successors—from Cory Aquino to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo—have had to deal with
The Ballad of the Ballot
If noise is a prerequisite for every Filipino celebration or fiesta, as one cultural observer posited, then anthropology gives us a basis for the
Dear Ricki, Love Tonyo
During the waning years of the Marcos regime, Smokey Mountain became an international symbol for all that was happening in the country. This man-made catastrophe, a smoldering dump of waste that was
The Ballad Of Lintang Bedol
His name has been implicated in the last two big election scandals in recent memory. In Philippine politics, no other character but the COMELEC’S
The Road to Malacañang
Under the torrid, political sun of a looming presidential campaign, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II—the charismatic “Mr. Palengke” to the Filipino masses—is suddenly plunged into an endless
Cop Killer
Venezuelan gang leader Crazy Carlos made his first kill at the age of 15. At 17, he was a paid assassin. But when the cops became his new target, his bloody empire came to an end. Jonathan Franklin
Raging Bull
Despite being one of the country’s most colorful figures, Alfredo Lim’s life has been defined by his refusal to see the world in anything but black-and-white. The slogans heralding his comeback
Ricky Carandang Reporting
From the sleepless world of high finance to the sleepless world of political journalism, Ricky Carandang’s career trajectory has been nothing but fast and furious. Now by exposing the “Hello,
