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On Feb. 17, 1872, three secular priests, found guilty of treason by a Spanish military tribunal, were executed by garrotte at Bagumbayan. Known more popularly by their portmanteau Gomburza, they were Jose Burgos from the Manila Cathedral, Mariano Gomes de los Angeles of Bacoor, and Jacinto Zamora...

The pronouncement of the Department of Education (DepEd) that the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022 was a “success” was strongly condemned by an activist youth group on Wednesday, Sept. 15. A new school year opens in the Philippines under a distance learning set-up due to COVID-19 pandemic....

A youth organization hailed on Thursday, June 3, the signing of the Labor Education Act into law which integrates labor education in the general education curriculum of public and private higher education institutions as an elective. (Unsplash) However, Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) also...

Out of touch. This is how an activist youth group described Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera as it called for his resignation. (Photo from SPARK) Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK), on Monday, May 24, asked De Vera to to “step down from office” following after...

With the impetus provided by the “Green Spark” corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), eco-tourism in the provincial and local governments of Guimaras is being given much-needed shot in the arm. In particular,...