The two-day probe of the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights this week on the “summary executions” in Davao City in Mindanao reminds me of the investigations by Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in 2007.
The inquiries is making waves about the killings not only in Mindanao’s ...
The hearing being held by the Commission on Human Rights on the alleged summary executions in Davao City reached boiling point when Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was subjected to questioning by CHR chair Leila de Lima.
Read this report by MindaNews’ Carolyn Arguillas.
Both the interrogator and the one interrogated stood firm, as it ...
One subject that has been hashed out and chewed over since time immemorial is the dichotomy of free will verses determinism. At one extreme it is said that nothing is predetermined, and everything boils down to choices made by individuals. At the other extreme, determinism or fate is said to be the ...
If you look at the religious traditions of the world as they are presented to the masses, you will not find much common ground. But if you dig deeper and read the more esoteric literature of each tradition, you will find that one salient fact stands out as a common thread: know ...
One of the most interesting religious books that I have read is the Tibetan Book of the Dead. It is ostensibly a guide book for the dead. It aims to show a person what they will experience when they die, with the purpose of helping them to raise their consciousness so that ...
Filmmakers from the regions had the chance to show their films and interact with their peers during the first Sine Rehiyon Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines last February. Photos courtesy of Kenth Bajo....
