Commentary
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The Philippines did not win; Alex Eala did
Professional tennis rewards an individual competitor, even when an entire nation becomes emotionally invested in the result.
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A nation stuck at the (train) door
The people blocking the train doors are symptoms of a nation that has spent too long blocking its own future.
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Their colleague broke the law, so they attacked the enforcer
Professional dignity should mean accepting responsibility for misconduct, not mobilizing to protect a colleague from its reputational consequences.
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Sovereignty shaped by convenience rather than consistency
In Malacañang, sovereignty appears less like a principle than a switch flipped according to who stands to benefit.
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The Ateneo’s excellence in washing hands
Behind Ateneo’s language of excellence, faith, and social justice lies an institution seemingly more committed to legal insulation than moral accountability.
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After the breakthrough, the politicians arrive
Another Filipino athlete rises, and right on cue, the political class boards the bandwagon with tributes, resolutions, and borrowed glory.
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The hypocrisy of the dominant and familiar cross
In a Catholic-dominated country, religious disruption is condemned or sanctified depending on whose crowd is blocking the street.
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State witness or escape hatch?
Bonoan’s value as a witness depends on whether his testimony reaches the powerful or merely shields them from view.
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When leniency forgets the dead
Age should matter in justice. But it should not become a legal wall that keeps accountability out when the crime is murder.
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The walls of privilege in the shadow of two deaths
In a society shaped by wealth and prestige, the poor and powerless too often become casualties in systems built to protect those above them.
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