Sự trỗi dậy của các nhà kỹ trị người Philippines nói chung gắn liền với thời kỳ thiết quân luật (1972-1986) ở Philippines. Tầm quan trọng của kỹ trị đối với Hoa Kỳ, tuy nhiên, […]
Sa pangkalahatan, iniuugnay ang pag-angat ng mga Pilipinong teknokrata sa panahon ng Batas Militar (1972-1986) sa Pilipinas. Higit na nauna, samantala, ang kahalagahan ng teknokrasya sa Estados Unidos. Sing-aga ng dekada 1950, nakita na ng […]
Title: Duterte Harry: Fire and Fury in the Philippines Author: Jonathan Miller Publisher: Scribe Publications, 2018 There is a picture inside the back cover of the book where the author, Jonathan Miller, looking sheepish and […]
Contemporary counterinsurgencies obscure state violence behind technocratic jargon. The term ‘force multiplier’ connotes the recruitment and use of militias as a means of thickening a thinly stretched military’s presence across insurgent zones. In reality, such […]
With the rise of the Internet and the power of social media and blogging, traditional media is struggling to cope with the digitalization of news in the Philippines. The latter’s authority as a source of […]
… And How We Might Think About Reforms that Could Undermine Their Entrenchment. Elections in the Philippines are a family affair. Family dynasties control the political landscape, fielding candidates at all levels of government. The […]
Title: Elite: An Anthology Edited by: Caroline S. Hau, Katrina Tuvera, Isabelita O. Reyes Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, 2016 Elite: An Anthology brings together a kaleidoscope of caricatures of the Filipino elite in a collection […]
As a general rule, scandals ruin political careers. But this rule does not seem to apply to every political figure equally. Political figures who maintain an image of being virtuous, or at least civil or decent, seem […]
Since Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016, extrajudicial killings have taken more than 5000 lives. The targets and pattern of extrajudicial killings during his presidency may have been different from those during the Marco […]
Sejak Rodrigo Duterte menjabat presiden Filipina pada bulan Juni 2016, pembunuhan di luar proses peradilan telah merenggut lebih dari lima ribu jiwa. Sasaran dan pola pembunuhan di luar proses peradilan selama kepresidenannya mungkin berbeda dari […]
นับตั้งแต่โรดริโก ดูแตร์เตรับตำแหน่งประธานาธิบดีในเดือนมิถุนายน 2016 การวิสามัญฆาตกรรมคร่าชีวิตผู้คนไปมากกว่า 5000 ชีวิต เป้าหมายและแบบแผนของวิสามัญฆาตกรรมในยุคสมัยที่ดูแตร์เตเป็นประธานาธิบดีอาจแตกต่างจากสิ่งที่เคยเกิดขึ้นในสมัยเผด็จการมาร์กอส ประเด็นสำคัญที่ควรบันทึกไว้ก็คือ ในช่วงปี 2001-2010 ซึ่งประเทศฟิลิปปินส์มีระบอบประชาธิปไตยที่ค่อนข้างเสถียรภาพ เรากลับพบเห็นการวิสามัญฆาตกรรมจำนวนไม่น้อยในชีวิตประจำวันของประเทศนี้ สื่อมวลชน เจ้าหน้าที่รัฐบาลที่มาจากการเลือกตั้ง และผู้นำกลุ่มเกษตรกร ถูกยิงตายกลางถนนกลางวันแสกๆ ด้วยฝีมือของมือปืนขี่มอเตอร์ไซค์ การนับจำนวนวิสามัญฆาตกรรมที่ถูกต้องแน่นอนยังทำไม่ได้ เพราะการสู้รบด้วยอาวุธที่เกี่ยวข้องกับขบวนการคอมมิวนิสต์และขบวนการปลดปล่อยของศาสนาอิสลามยังเป็นปัญหาที่ดำเนินสืบเนื่องมา ถึงแม้การรวบรวมจำนวนคดีวิสามัญฆาตกรรมอาจมีตัวเลขแตกต่างกัน แต่ยอดรวมที่ประเมินขั้นต่ำที่สุดก็ยังชี้ให้เห็นว่า ระหว่างปี 2001-2010 มีการวิสามัญฆาตกรรมเกิดขึ้น 305 ครั้งและมีเหยื่อถึง 390 ราย ในขณะที่ Karapatan กลุ่มเฝ้าระวังด้านสิทธิมนุษยชน ประเมินว่ามีมากกว่า 1000 ครั้งสำหรับช่วงเวลาเดียวกัน ในจำนวนนี้มีเพียง 161 […]
This year saw the premiere of Itumba ang mga Adik (Kill the Addicts) in the Philippines. Shot in streets across the country, from narrow alleys to cramped rooms, the controversial film stars vigilantes, (suspected) drug […]
Basagan ng Trip makes theorizing and “discourse” chic. In the Preface, Lisandro E. Claudio notes that “Walang basagan ng trip” mirrors an “anti-critic tradition in Philippine arts” (p. ix). Through this lens, the Filipino psyche encourages creation and discourages criticism as this ruins the vibe of the imaginative process that produces something new. […]
The Philippines is one of the poster boys for democracy’s disintegration in Southeast Asia. Current President Noynoy Aquino’s successive blunders, from pork barrel scandals to the Mamasapano incident, are the latest episodes in the story […]
The Malate district of Metropolitan Manila was the gay capital of the city, indeed of the entire archipelagic Philippines, from the 1970s until the early part of this century. However, a quick walk along the […]
Guillermo, Ramon. 2013. Ang Makina ni Mang Turing [Mr. Turing’s Machine]Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press. The narrator of scholar-activist Ramon Guillermo’s rousing first novel Ang Makina ni Mang Turing is a nineteenth-century “ilustrado” […]
English Only, Please (2014)Directed by Dan Villegas. Script by Antoinette Jadaone and Dan Villegas Bashing the featured films in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) has become a tradition as time-honored as the event itself. […]
Komiks has been with part of Philippine culture for quite some time. Ambeth Ocampo and Dennis Villegas would offer Jose Rizal as one of the earliest to illustrate komiks (Villegas, 2011 and Ocampo, 1990). Yet […]
This paper looks into the evolution of the San Isidro Fiesta/Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon Province, its transformation from a local religious celebration to a popular tourist attraction. The occasion has been held in May […]
Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino had a good run since his election in 2010; he has been one of the most consistently popular presidents since the country’s redemocratization in 1986, but his popularity hit the buffers in 2013. Seemingly struggling with PR missteps and crumbling political capital, Aquino seems to lack the charisma or ‘popular touch’ to deflect mounting criticism. As the public sentiment gradually turns it gives rise to the question: “What kind of disillusionment will set in when the touted messiah of Philippine politics fails to save?”
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Alcazaren, Paulo, Luis Ferrer, and Benvenuto Icamina. 2011.Lungsod iskwater: The Evolution of Informality as a Dominant Pattern in Philippine Cities.Pasig City: Anvil. Lungsod iskwater (Squatter City) is a book that seems to be full of […]
Zombadings 1 :Patayin Sa Shokot si Remington [Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings] Directed by Jade Castro (2011) Zombadings (or Patayin sa Shokot si Remington) is a spoof on comics culture. It is also a fairy […]
Lee, Ricky. 2011. Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata[Amapola in 65 Chapters]Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Writers Studio Foundation, Inc. 364+ pp. Amapola, the protagonist of distinguished playwright and screenwriter Ricky Lee’s novel, is a female impersonator […]
Introduction: A Piece of Painting When I visited Fukuoka several years ago, I wandered off to the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, which I had been interested in for some time. Among their rich collection […]
Orientalism…is not just a complicated reworking of theories about imperialism or of ‘culture bias’: Said … uses the production of the ‘knowledge’ called ‘Orientalism’ to raise questions about the production of any knowledge, and the […]
In December 1958, almost 57 years ago, about a hundred of the leading writers of the Philippines went up to the resort city of Baguio in the northern highlands to attend a conference sponsored […]
Aurelio S. Agcaoili. Dangadang. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2003.B.S. Medina, Jr. Huling Himagsik. Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1998.Jun Cruz Reyes. Etsa-Puwera. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press & Philippine […]
Elections are like water, missed only in its absence For the overwhelming majority of Filipinos who have no recollection of life before martial law, elections are like water – a requisite for political life, […]
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