PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid The flurry of activities in preparation for the forthcoming national and local elections may be a welcome distraction to many of us who have been focused on meeting the challenges of COVID-19. In a week or two, we shall see a final listing of candidates, and...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Many of us recognize the critical role of information and communication in nation-building – its role in governance and as a resource in linking functions of government through continuing engagement with sectors, increasing people’s capacities to...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Ombudsman Samuel Martires and retired Ombudsman Conchitina Carpio Morales have something in common. Both were former Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. But the similarity stops there. Carpio Morales was a graduate of the University of the Philippines’...
Less than a week after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte announced she will not be contending for next year’s presidential race, her supporters are set to launch on Monday, Sept. 13, a citizens movement urging her to reconsider. Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio The Hugpong Para Kay Sara (HPS), which...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid When COVID-19 suddenly descended upon us, and the world turned upside down, some who are able to afford the costs involved turned to mental health specialists. But many did turn to religion. It is said that from 84 percent of the global population who declared...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The memory of Ramon Magsaysay, the Philippine’s seventh president whose 112th birth anniversary we commemorated last Tuesday becomes more deeply meaningful today in the light of recent events that had ignited public indignation over perceived blatant...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Thursday, Sept. 2 clarified he has no plans to run for vice president in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. In a statement, Angara said he is honored to have his name crop up in election discussions but said he is focused on his work in the Senate...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Jose “Pepe” V. Abueva, who passed away at 93, 10 days ago, will be remembered as the 16th UP president who introduced socialized tuition, language policy, and restricted campus access for state troops. A Professor Emeritus of Political Science, he was...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The deterioration in the quality of our educational system continues to send out alarm signals to our political leaders, educational planners and Filipino citizens. The list of "to dos" in policies and programs gets longer with new knowledge on needed reforms....
The Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino -Laban (PDP-Laban) is not forming an alliance with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), at least not yet. This was disclosed by the party Secretary-General Melvin Matibag, who is part of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s wing in the...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid The late US President John Kennedy described Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary-General from 1952-1961, as "the greatest statesman of our century." In "Politics and Conscience: Dag Hammarskjold – On the Art of Ethical Leadership," political scientist and...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid We have wondered how this 126-year-old institution (Rizal organized the first cooperative in Dapitan) with its core values of solidarity and caring for others is faring during these pandemic times. My googling which yielded reports from all regions of the...
