A struggling student hurdling her law school life one tote at a time
First published on the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 07 August 2017. (This is the letter of tribute I wrote during the Marawi Siege, which took place in 2017.) Dear Honorable Soldier, I may not know you personally, but I would like to give you my deepest and sincerest gratitude for all the things you had …
First published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 31 May 2018. The Philippines’ geographic and strategic location, as well as its stance in international law vis-à-vis the US and China, makes it a key player in its own right in the Asia-Pacific region. Are we really in a helpless stance in relation to China? There …
First published by Global Village Space on 02 May 2020, albeit with a different title. The current Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been challenging the global security order in unintended negotiation whether to maintain or revamp the status quo of global security order. From the onset on COVID-19 since the last quarter of 2019, it has already presented negotiators with …
Also published by GLOBAL VILLAGE SPACE on 11 April 2020. Can something as transmissible and fatal as Sars-CoV-2, which causes the now dreaded COVID-19, be the next chemical and biological weapon? As of now, no reports has ever confirmed that it is. But the matter of fact is IT COULD BE. Chemical and biological warfare defined Chemical …
This article, which I co-authored with my boyfriend and defense analyst, Jumel Estranero, was published first by Geopolitical Monitor on 18 July 2019. Three days before the 121st Independence Day of the Philippines—June 12th, 2019—a Chinese-flagged vessel rammed a Filipino fishing boat in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea. When news …
This article, which I co-authored with my boyfriend and defense analyst, Jumel Estranero, was published first by Geopolitical Monitor on 10 June 2019. This may also be seen on Eurasia Review. Geopolitical risk is evident nowadays in the various tense exchanges which have become sources of gain or pain among states. We have the recent tirade from the United States over …
(First published on THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, 05:15 AM AUGUST 07, 2017) Corollary to the exercise of these rights is our state’s duty and responsibility to safeguard all maritime natural resources found in said areas for the benefit of the present generation and those that are yet to come. As a consequence, our government may …