STREETWISE: Dark clouds over GPH-NDFP peace talks
August 2, 2016
By Carol P. Araullo PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s dramatic declaration of a unilateral ceasefire vis a vis the CPP-NPA-NDFP to usher in the peace talks slated to
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STREETWISE:Peace Talks 101
June 19, 2016
By Carol P. Araullo The significance of peace talks resumption between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the revolutionary umbrella
STREETWISE: The Duterte presidency – interesting & challenging times
June 13, 2016
Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo In a manner of speaking, incoming president Rodrigo Duterte, like the famous durian fruit of Mindanao, is an acquired taste. Many
Carol Pagaduan Araullo’s STREETWISE: Duterte and the Left
May 24, 2016
The right is always the party sector associated with the interests of the upper or dominant classes, the left the sector expressive of the lower
STREETWISE: Electoral quick fix by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
May 11, 2016
Streetwise The rags-to-riches storyline never fails to hook people onto sappy movies and telenovelas; to dream of better times amidst everyday misery. Similarly, the get-rich-quick
STREETWISE: Elections — the ultimate con game by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
April 27, 2016
Streetwise Elections — the ultimate con game Whoever figuratively likened Philippine elections to a circus decades ago could not have imagined how literally true the
STREETWISE: The lure of strongman rule by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
April 22, 2016
Streetwise Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is leading in the latest surveys on who voters are inclined to choose as vice president come May 9. The
STREETWISE: Whitewashing the Kidapawan massacre by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
April 13, 2016
(Photo by Kilab Multimedia) Streetwise Last week’s killing, wounding and illegal arrest of drought-stricken farmers who barricaded the Davao-Cotobato highway to dramatize their demands has
STREETWISE: #BigasHindiBala by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
April 5, 2016
(Photo from Kilab Multimedia) Streetwise The violent dispersal by the police of the 6000-strong protest by farmers and lumad (indigenous people of Mindanao) in Kidapawan,
STREETWISE: Philippine health care system, from bad to worse by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
March 30, 2016
Streetwise A country’s health care system is a sensitive indicator of how government values the health of its people, underscoring the truism that the people痴
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