Archive: Conversations
ALL FOR GAS, GAS FOR ALL: BAYANIHAN SA GAS STATION
ConversationsDemocracyEconomyFeatures
March 11, 2026 – Many might say that the rise in petrol prices is only a car-owner’s problem. Little did many know that many aspects of our daily lives depend on petrol. From commuting to and from work to deliveries ...
Undermining Women: When Respect Gets Lost in the System
ConversationsHuman RightsWomenWPS
Recent reports continue to expose powerful men behaving in outrageous ways. What is truly shocking is the sheer number of respected figures who have perpetrated decades of abuse and sexual violence against women and girls. Worse still, the entitlement fueling ...
Ramadan: Fasting and Spiritual Renewal for Intrapersonal Peace
ConversationsLaw and Religion
Ramadan is one of the holiest and most transformative months for Muslims. This practice begins with a fasting period and ends with the sighting of the new moon. But beyond the religious prescription, the holy month provides a period for ...
Remembering an Architect of Peace: The Legacy of Hadji Butu
ConversationsDemocracyHuman RightsPolitics
February 22, 2026 – Long before the modern borders of the Philippines were etched in stone, a young man named Abd ul-Bagui Butu Rasul walked the shores of Jolo, carrying a lineage that stretched back to the 14th-century ministers of ...
Women’s Rights Under Shari’ah Law | UP-BGC, Taguig City, March 10, 2018
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Round Table Discussion on “WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER SHARI’AH LAW”, with Special Guest and Resource Person, Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, Founder, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, Saturday, March 10, 2018, (1:00PM to 5:00PM), 5th floor Meeting Room, Henry Sy, ...
Filipina Icons
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On March 8, enlightened Filipinas celebrated International Women’s Day with seminars, lectures and workshops to empower themselves. I wonder what they thought about President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s (PRRD) admiration of Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo-Puyat’s legs... President Digong said: “Berna, nadis-distract ...
Peace and Federalism
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Last Tuesday, the Friends of Peace (FoP) -- led by Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Mindanao -- met with House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. Both meetings were sought by the Cardinal and the FoP ...
Federalism and failed autonomy
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Autonomy for the Muslim ethnic peoples of Mindanao was the political solution to end the war for independence waged by the Moro National Liberation Front led by Prof. Nurullaji “Nur” Misuari. First granted under the 1976 Tripoli Agreement, laws were ...
Autonomy, Federalism or Independence?
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There are three main options espoused by Muslim leaders and intellectuals in response to the Bangsamoro people’s quest for self-determination: autonomy, federalism, and independence. The Moros of Mindanao had fought for generations to preserve their sovereign sultanates from the time of ...