Calls of “OUST PNOY” and “PNOY RESIGN” reverberate in the streets as the Philippines is embroiled in another struggle for power. While the President fumbles his way out of the mess of the previous two months, a motley group calls for his resignation: agitators from the old and the new elite, from the church to … Continue reading
Commanding Heights (CH) is a three part documentary which narrated the battle of economic ideas from the First World War (PBS, 2002). Episode 1 talked about the emergence of the Keynesian Consensus and the seeming ascendancy of the Soviet Economic Model. Episode 2 is about the triumph of Free Enterprise over centralized state planning … Continue reading
Set in South Korea, Miracle on Cell #7 narrates the tale of a mentally-challenged man (dad) who raised his daughter alone. The story hinges on a false accusation on dad molesting and murdering a school girl and being sent to prison. The school girl happens to be the daughter of a commissioner of the … Continue reading
Coming home the other day, my father greets me with: “You’ll never guess what sexist thing your kuya said.” When I ask, my father relays the common man’s understanding of the recent events happening in Olongapo. In a passing remark over dinner, my kuya states “Now we know what white dudes do when they … Continue reading
An interview with Dr. Linda Woodhead by Jed Elroy Rendor for The Daily Opium Elroy: We basically want you to share your journey in Sociology, how you started in the field and interesting thigns that has happened to you throughout the…maybe a little info…may I know where your graduated? Linda: I graduated from Cambridge University … Continue reading
The Cochabamba Wars It was the year 2000 when a series of protests erupted in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia over an impending privatization of water supply systems. The bid to sell community water rights to a private multinational consortium was a conditionality imposed by the World Bank in order for the Bolivian government to … Continue reading
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