Alyssa Coline Malabanan

Severity of Curtailing Press Freedom in the Philippines: Is history repeating itself?

Article 3, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines states that “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of the speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right...

Duterte’s Metamorphosis: From an Illiberal Democrat to an Authoritarian?

University of the Philippines, Diliman

Metamorphosis, a Greek word that means transformation in structure or substance by supernatural means. Like butterflies, “democratic” leaders have life stages too. Some leaders start as an illiberal...