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PAGBABAGO (I am yielding my space today to a colleague, Professor Bailen, a former UP professor of anthropology. Here, he offers a fresh and complementary perspective to the prevailing techno-medical-healthcare, and recently, the “police/military” approach, in controlling the deadly virus that...

PAGBABAGO                  Two events -- the passing of RA 11479 by Congress and its signing into law by the President, and the refusal by Congress to renew ABS-CBN’s franchise, both measures that defied popular will, triggered some groups to seek legal remedies. Added to groups I...

PAGBABAGO On the eve of President Duterte’s signing of the controversial RA 11479, his advisers had asked him to carefully reconsider what he intended to do because of  mounting opposition.  They were specifically referring to the Bangsamoro leaders who brought their petition to the President...

PAGBABAGO                      The recent PISA  (Program for International Student Assessment)  findings which showed that among 79 countries, we were way down the list – the lowest in reading, and second to the lowest in mathematics and science, was  a “wake-up call,” a...

PAGBABAGO A new year, especially one which is the start of a new decade, always brings optimism and hope for change. From greetings on social media and elsewhere, we sense a deeper desire for new beginnings, for more dynamism towards a movement from what is perceived by many as being at a...