00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1686042739784902869 Buklod 20241003150323.0 m | | | ta 241003s2022 xx r |000 0|eng d 9789715068857 22566229 BC-74987 SERV Enterprises Php 1,150.00 The UP Baguio Library DML BAG rda eng DS 687.56 S26 2022 Santos, Vergel O. author. Duterte watch descent into authoritarianism : collected commentaries Vergel O. Santos. Manila, Philippines UST Publishing House [2022] xiv, 275 pages, 3 unnumbered pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier A Sick Prospect -- A Vote for Redemption -- Here We Go Again -- Pathology of Power -- Living Upside Down -- Searching History for Culprits -- Default By Timidity -- Duterte's Descent Into Authoritarianism -- A Moral Miscalculation -- Choosy Protesters -- The Oddest Menage In Philippine Politics -- Duterte Kills Three - So What? -- Matobato Is Holding Out -- Duterte Grooms His Heir -- Murder In The Cathedral-- A Runaway Train -- Condemned By Crown Acclamation -- Back To War -- An ISIS Hang-up -- Alive But Annoyed -- Power Consolidation For Martial Law -- The Other Marcos Phenomenon -- Duterte's Figures Don't Add Up -- A Nation Doomed -- Allocating Press Freedom -- The General Lets A Round Tear Fall -- Duterte Vs. The People's Right To Know -- One Very Insecure President -- Abnormal Evolution Of Justice -- Presumption of Abnormality -- A Mental Itch -- Impeachment Overkill -- A Hot Shirt For Christmas -- The Elephant In The Room -- A Souring Plot -- The Conscience Of Our Time -- Duterte Vs. Morales: Power Vs. Justice -- Conspiracy By Quo Warranto -- The Ultimate Betrayal-- "Tuloy Ang Laban!" -- The Marcos Compromise -- Missing The Forest For The Trees -- A Tale of Two Stinks -- A Moral Snowball -- Robredo And Rodrigo -- Arroyo's The Feature, Duterte's Just The Trailer -- How Long Can Duterte Wait? -- From Incapacity To Absurdity -- A Sputtering Conspiracy -- Why China Cannot Be Trusted -- Continuing Martial Law Without Continuing Rebellion -- Who to Blame: The Pollster Or Us? -- Portrait Of The Filipino Child As a Criminal -- The Ambush Of Maria Ressa -- Where There's A Sitting Judge, There's Justice -- Adding Insult To Injustice-- Justice By Foreign Intervention -- Transcendent Messages Via Earthquake -- A Ban On Duterte -- A Desperate, Self-Redemptive Vote -- The Philippines Just Became More Authoritarian, Thanks To the People -- Insidious Insertions -- The Specter of Succession -- Hounds At The Door -- A Nation Held To Ransom -- Duterte's Word Replaces The Constitution -- Covering Up For A National Sellout -- What Press Freedom? -- Wrong Side Up -- The Evil That Men Do -- A Never-Ending Cleanup -- Blowback -- The Timid Press -- Leila de Lima, The Missed Tipping Point -- Different Breeds -- Patronage Presidency -- Where Is The Outrage? -- The Right To Be Entertained -- The Incidental Virus -- A Virus With Emergency Powers -- Things Cannot Be Better -- A Social Virus -- Martial Law By Any Other Name -- Dangerous Distraction -- An Official Act Of Terrorism -- From Here To Cyber'nity -- Kill Is The Word, The Narrative, The Theme -- ABS-CBN: Lessons Learned and Unlearned -- Isolated Presidency -- The Chinese Trojan Horse -- False Trust -- Poster Boy Of Militarization -- Muzzling By Sub Judice -- The Living Ghost Of Leni Robredo -- Duterte's Desperate Plot -- More Crimes Against Humanity -- The Elusive Tipping Point -- Corruption, The Nagging Moral Issue -- Platforms Are Nothing -- SALN: The First Test of Probity -- Duterte Is The Issue. "This book is a collection of selected commentaries written by veteran journalist Vergel O. Santos between 2016 and 2021. He published most of them originally in Rappler, others in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and still others in The New York Times. A former newspaper editor and publisher himself, he is much enlisted by Philippine and international media for his bold and incisive opinions, particularly on issues having to do with politics, press freedom, and transparency in governance."--Back cover. Duterte, Rodrigo Roa 1945-. Authoritarianism Philippines. Philippines Politics and government 21st century. FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN DS 687.56 S26 2022 Book