PEACE-MAKER
Perhaps the confluence of time, circumstance, and geography brought this columnist into close contact with three of the most catastrophic wars in the world.
The first was the Pacific War (1941 to 1945),which was ignited by the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by the Japanese forces.
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Academic freedom Boo Chanco
Even for this administration, the recent attack on academic freedom is a low point. It is a good illustration of “isip pulis patola” that minimizes basic principles that are the basis of civilized society. The end does not justify the short cuts they take.
I thought Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is one Cabinet member we can depend on to defend basic principles of democratic governance. He seems sophisticated enough to recognize nuances that Duterte ignores, but matters.
Unilaterally abrogating a long-standing agreement that keeps the military and police out of our highest institution of learning was something to be expected from a Bato dela Rosa, but not a Delfin Lorenzana. But he did it anyway without even a dialogue with the affected community.