BTS and change

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 06/16/2022

After a musical career spanning nine years, BTS just announced that they will be focusing on their solo activities. They announced this in the most BTS of ways: having a televised hourlong dinner where they exchanged sincere…

Dear graduates of 2022

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 06/09/2022

You have gone through something extraordinary: You have had the singular experience of completing your senior high almost fully online. For some of you, your graduation will be the first—and last—time you see your classmates and teachers…

Helping kids return to face-to-face

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 04/07/2022

Over 10,000 schools now offer face-to-face (F2F) options for their students, ranging from voluntary pilot classes to full-time mandatory classes. We have been stable at alert level 1 for quite some time now and there is a…

How to talk to each other about politics

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/31/2022

As elections draw near, more and more people are engaging in political posts and discussions. Talking politics can seem adversarial—pro vs. anti; your candidate vs. mine. We openly spar with strangers on the internet who are supporters…

No justification for violence against women

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/24/2022

Last week, Tagaytay police confirmed that actress Ana Jalandoni was rescued and taken to the emergency room after asking her friends for help and sending a photo of herself visibly bruised and injured. Police also confirmed having…

An obsolete normal

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/17/2022

The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) gave business process outsourcing (BPO) companies until April 1 to have 100 percent of their workforce return to their offices despite pleas from BPOs, lawmakers, and even the Philippine Economic Zone…

What raising the age of sexual consent means

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 03/10/2022

 mini Republic Act No. 11648, signed into law on March 4, raised the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16 years old to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse. This is long overdue; our…

Life must go on

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/15/2021

Filipinos are starting to feel some hope. Alert levels remain low, some cities have actually zeroed out on active COVID-19 cases, and the national numbers are slowly but steadily decreasing. Some people feel uneasy with celebrating this,…

Barrier-free

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/08/2021

I’ve been keenly scouring the news on how schools are preparing and implementing face-to-face classes. From initial pictures that seemed worrisome (with students inside plastic boxes monitored by armed personnel), the more recent pictures bear a better…

School won’t be the same

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/01/2021

I have a sinking feeling that — as painful as it was for students to transition from in-person classes to online learning — it would be just as painful to transition back to face-to-face classes after almost…

Guns in the classroom

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 11/17/2021

This week marks the return to face-to-face classes for some elementary school students under the Department of Education’s (DepEd) pilot program. As reporters flocked to capture the moment, one picture caught the attention of the public: armed…

Beyond color lines

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 10/13/2021

Filipinos have a vision problem. They only seem to see only two colors at a time. Everything they see and read are filtered through this bi-color lens. They impose a color on a person and even when…

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