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Thursday, February 20, 2025

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To teach law in the grand manner

AS FRESHIES in 1992 at the UP College of Law, the imposing words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. welcomed us to Malcolm Hall: “The business...

An evening with Chito Gascon, Voltes V and human rights

INTERNATIONAL Human Rights Day in the Philippines was celebrated this year without the presence of human rights icon Chito Gascon. Dec. 10 each year is...

‘The tooth shall set you free’

“THE TOOTH shall set you free” is a variation of the biblical quote “The truth will set you free” and now the mantra of senatorial candidate...

‘Katutubo sa Senado’

MACLI-ING Dulag was among the most well-known of the many victims of Martial law under then president Ferdinand Marcos. Macli-ing was a pangat (leader) of the...

The superpowers of Choc Nut

TO BE or nut to be, Choc Nut is the answer. Eating Choc Nut usually brings back childhood memories since many Filipinos grew up eating this chocolate-peanut candy. We enjoy...

Lean Alejandro and UP student activism

“THE STRUGGLE for freedom is the next best thing to actually being free,” said the late University of the Philippines (UP) student leader Leandro Alejandro. Popularly known...

Memoirs as kidnap victim

IF “TOKHANG” was already a sensational word in the 1990s, I could have been considered a survivor. Tokhang is  a term that blends the Visayan words toktok (knock) and hangyo (persuade) – government forces  knocking  on the...

International Memorial Day for Comfort Women

IT WAS 30 years ago, on Aug. 14, 1991, when South Korean Kim Hak-sun became the first to give a public testimony about her...