Human rights vs human lives?

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   In 1998, I was among those invited to the 50th anniversary celebration of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, held in Paris. The huge gathering was in the same venue, Palais de Chaillot, where The Declaration was drafted and adopted on a chilly December Day in 1948. Sometimes The Declaration was called “Best-Kept Secret,” because decades after it was adopted by nations, human rights...

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"Rock Solid": Ph's maritime win vs China

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Decades and even centuries from now, Filipinos, it is hoped, would take pride in the fact that their forebears did not merely loll leisurely on the shores facing the West Philippine Sea, let go of their claim to territory and surrendered it to China without a fight.   There was a fight! And it took place at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. But, first, it happened...

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Sniper

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Almost all of the so-called extrajudicial killings in the past bloody couple of years were carried out by motorcycle-riding gunmen wielding short firearms. A common scenario: One of two men riding in tandem would come within a few feet of his prey and shoot. With the target felled, both men would then speed away and vanish without a trace. A car could also be used as a getaway vehicle.   That...

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Catholic women religious in the trenches

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   This one is true: Catholic religious sisters in India donating their kidneys to poor patients—total strangers in need of new kidneys in order to live longer.   This is among the many stories that come out weekly in Global Sisters Report (GSR). More recently, and still continuing, are special reports on the global migrant crisis, humanity’s wound in need of attention and solutions....

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