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Whenever we do a sociometry exercise in class wherein I ask students to arrange themselves in relation to each other’s social dimensions, I also have them notice who is not being represented by the group. When I…
Japan seeks to avoid the international issue of comfort women in the Philippines and other countries, including China, Taiwan, and South Korea through the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) as economic assistance. This was the response of Lila…
Albert F. Gudatt is a name you will not find in Philippine history textbooks. He is but one of many young men who served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American and the succeeding Philippine-American War.…
It has been a year since the death of President Fidel V. Ramos, who introduced the boldest economic reforms the country had seen during his presidency in 1992-1998. Their guiding principle was deregulation—the fourth of five Ds…
#Akonaman “’Nay, ’Tay pili na po kayo.” These quietly spoken words delivered in a very tender but firm voice made me look up from my grocery cart. It had come from a young man in his early…
If you want to know what or who a person treasures, try looking at the contents of their cellphone, wallet, or bag. Start with yourself; what is in your cellphone, your wallet, your bag? —————- In today’s…
The recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) report on Self-Rated Poverty in June 2023—“Social Weather Report: 45% of Filipino families feel Poor, down from 51% in March; 33% feel Borderline, and 22% feel Not Poor,” www.sws.org.ph, 7/23/23—was coincidentally…
Fashion and history clashed in the past week: first, when Beauty Gonzalez wore jewelry repurposed from pre-Spanish Philippine gold artifacts to the 2023 GMA ball; second, when Sen. Imee Marcos wore Cordillera textiles, ornaments, and tattoos to…
I still remember when a neighbor threw a box of chocolate milk over our perimeter wall. Why was this so egregious? Because I had a small dog and if he had drunk it before I caught…
Listening to the catalog of achievements and promises made in the President’s State of the Nation Address bored me. The speech just rattled on like the white noise you see on TV when the station signs off,…
Metro Manila is both exploding and imploding,” mused my environmentalist colleague Dr. Ben Malayang III, as members of our small chat group compared notes on traffic jam experiences two weeks ago, amidst widespread flooding in the city.…
The carabao symbolizes strength, power, efficiency, perseverance, and hard work. Carabaos are the main attraction of “Pasungay Festival” in San Joaquin, Iloilo every third Saturday of January. Spectators gather to watch the ferocious display of power by…
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