Rappler's latest stories on Vergel O. Santos
[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Panic time
One never knows what an insecure President is capable of, and, where President Duterte is concerned, the prospects are particularly dicey
[OPINION | Newspoint] Where there’s a sitting judge there’s justice
Press freedom is not automatically proved alive by the ability of the press to exercise its democratic right to publish without state interference; true proof lies in what happens to the press after exercising that right.
[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] The ambush of Maria Ressa
Show her up to be vulnerable, subdue her, and a chill probably goes around enough to help ease the way for the authoritarian rule he has been itching to impose. Well, knowing Maria Ressa, she’s not one easily subdued.
[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Missing the forest for the trees
Indeed, China is emerging as the Duterte regime’s ultimate patron – as investor, infrastructure builder, labor and material supplier, and money lender – in a modern-day sort of colonial arrangement
[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Democracy’s short Philippine life
Of course, we've only had a go at it twice. But with the untold losses we've suffered with each failure, how can we afford another?
[OPINION | Newspoint] The great sellout
If we think the ultimate danger is native, Marcos-style authoritarianism, we really have not been looking. What we stand to lose this time is not just our freedom, but our sovereignty, our identity, our very soul as a nation
[OPINION | Newspoint] No cheap President
Call him killer, dictator, womanizer, misogynist, whatever, but don't you call him thief
[OPINION | Newspoint] Duterte vs Morales: Power vs justice
The core issue is hidden, possibly ill-gotten, wealth. It began hounding Duterte during the electoral campaign. During his presidency it has been overshadowed by other, graver, issues he can’t seem to stop provoking.
[OPINION | Newspoint] The conscience of our time
Leila de Lima’s story bears constant retelling. Her trials are our trials, her tragedy is our tragedy.
[OPINION | Newspoint] A dangerous place
The Philippines is actually one of the world's most dangerous places not just for journalists but for its very own people
[OPINION | Newspoint] A mental itch
Harry Roque said Duterte had only intended a revolutionary government for when the nation fell in extremis – 'kung lupaypay na' were his exact words, which only makes things worse for Duterte. For, with him in charge, who else could bring the nation to such helplessness?
[OPINION | Newspoint] A new Rody and Harry Show
The two of them should make for a catchy marquee: Rody and Harry. But, in the end, it's the provocative personality each one brings to the tandem that will define their show.
[OPINION | Newspoint] How far can Duterte go?
'Given what he has managed to do within just over a year with those powers, and still threatens to do with them, there’s no telling where he will stop. What will stop him?'
[OPINION] Newspoint | Abnormal evolution of justice
Ideology is a system of political and economic thought that chooses a particular character in a particular environment in whom to incubate, and conviction is well-informed steadfastness. Simpleminded, impulsive, and stubborn, Rodrigo Duterte is just all wrong for both.
[Newspoint] Duterte’s figures don’t add up
A quick although revealing enough survey of three basic areas shows that Duterte’s facts and figures do not come up to any achievement
Martial Law: Here we go again
Santos: It’s history repeating itself for its unlearned lessons and as is the run of such cases with a vengeance
