A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on Tuesday finally located the underwater grave of the MT Princess Empress, almost a month after the ship containing 800,000 liters of industrial oil sunk off Mindoro, spilling on its waters the toxic cargo that has spread as far as Palawan, Batangas, and Antique. Hopefully, it won’t take as long to surface the accountability of several government regulatory agencies whose job it is to prevent this mishap that has a long-term
Roxas City, Capiz—It is bad enough that many countries around the world—through strict visa regimes and discriminatory border controls—are restricting our right to travel (See “Visas, privilege, and inequality,” 10/28/22). But what makes it worse is that our own country is also holding us back. This is the message we get from the recent reports of Filipinos being intensively interrogated by our own immigration officers—to the point of being asked to show one’s yearbook. Regardless of how common such an incident is, its virality meant that it resonated with many Filipinos—if not with their experiences, then their anxieties. Beyond incidents of excessive
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