Along with warrantless arrests, torture, and salvaging, the enforced disappearance of activists and opposition figures was one of the unspeakable horrors of the martial law years. People had hoped that with democracy, elections, and the rule of law supposedly restored, such brutal means of suppressing dissent would be a relic of the past, with succeeding administrations having seen the fatal flaws of autocracy. Alas, reports about missing rights activists Gene Roz de Jesus and Dexter Capuyan, said
Several weeks back, photos emerged of ESPN host Pablo Torre, a Filipino-American, wearing the University of the Philippines (UP) sablay in a gala reception in Los Angeles. Given the sablay is mostly, if not exclusively, used for the university system’s graduations and other academic ceremonies, the sight of such usage ignited responses that ranged from amusement to outrage. On one hand, many decried the inappropriate use of the sablay as disrespectful to UP and its graduates, with some linking it to a more general critique of Filipino-Americans’ tendency to “appropriate” elements of what they see as “Filipino.” On the other hand, others
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