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Analysis by Perfecto Caparas     Bulwarks of the rule of law are closing ranks. Lawyers, professors, judges, and Supreme Court justices are rising up in arms against the red-baiting menace that has bewitched the country. Legal eagle At the…

1 October 2022, Quezon City.  A UN expert scientific review committee has evaluated two toxic chemical additives found in many common plastics and has concluded that the evidence of the substances’ harm to health and the environment qualifies them for…

by Genevieve Balance-Kupang   Wishing all Older Persons (OP) a healthy and joyful UN International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) this October 1, and a blissful Elderly Filipino Week (EFW) this October 1-7, 2022. The Resilience and Contributions of Older Women and Older…

For economics doctor José Gabriel Palma, the TPP-11 is nothing more than ensuring that whatever the nature of any future government; whatever the will of the majority of Chileans; whatever any new government programme says on economic and environmental matters;…

A few days ago, in Roger Federer’s farewell match, playing doubles with his friend and competitor Rafael Nadal, they were captured in a photograph, which went viral on social networks, in which both are shown crying visibly moved and Federer…

Interview with José Luis ‘Kois’ Fernández, Javier Fernández and Nerea Ramírez / Authors of ‘Solidaridades de proximidad’ By Yayo Herrero* in ctxt. Photos by Sara Garchi in “Solidaridades de proximidad”, by the Tangente Co-operative Group. Some of us believe that…

by Mary Aileen D. Bacalso     A year ago,  I was asked to write an article for a book to be published for the 50th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines.  I was hesitant at first.…

Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat’s court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal…

A coalition of activist groups will converge to engage in protests in London this weekend. Beginning on the 1st of October at 11 am, Just Stop Oil activists will begin a mass demonstration in Westminster to demand that the UK…

The first statistic of the Italian political elections is the record abstention rate: 64% of voters, confirming the distrust of the electorate towards the political system damaged by changes in programmes and alliances, by an incomprehensible electoral system that rewards…