PAGBABAGO Hate speech has been with us since the beginning of time. It is shown in malicious distortions rooted in religious and ethic settings. It promotes division by amplifying disparities and fostering a perception of "us vs. them" according to Dr. Cherian George, professor...
PAGBABAGO Hate speech has been with us since the beginning of time. It is shown in malicious distortions rooted in religious and ethic settings. It promotes division by amplifying disparities and fostering a perception of "us vs. them" according to Dr. Cherian George, professor of Hong Kong...
PAGBABAGO To the outside world, the image of the community journalist is one who works under difficult circumstances. This is the consequence of having been one of the five countries that have been on the top 10 in number of journalist killings over the last 10 years. Last year, we ranked No. 9...
PAGBABAGO (Part II)An important lesson that Ed Garcia shares with us in his 260-page memoir, "Reinventing Resistance" is that "peacemaking is a task that never seems to end, and that therefore, one must find meaning in one's work and one's life," quoting the much admired Vaclav...
PAGBABAGO In "Reinventing Resistance," launched last Monday, Ed Garcia noted that the book is a collection of his experiences in defying the odds in a world that had lost its moral compass and unable to stop violence inflicted on vulnerable sectors. It describes this journey of five decades...
PAGBABAGOIt is common knowledge that the municipal fishermen who constitute 2.3 million of our population are considered the "poorest of the poor" sector. Thus, the news that the Supreme Court First Division had upheld the Malabon Trial Court's decision, which allowed commercial...
PAGBABAGO Like many, I have been monitoring progress in our educational system over the past few decades. And, while there had been considerable reforms that had been undertaken to address policy gaps and program needs, there are deficits in the system which had not...
PAGBABAGOAt the conference on "Human Happiness and Well-being in an Uncertain World," held in Sabah Malaysia last June, 2024, Mahar Mangahas, chair emeritus of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), presented his paper entitled "Economic Well-being in the Philippines" where he cited statistical...
PAGBABAGOIt will be remembered that the Supreme Court in 2022 had mandated the allocation of 40 percent of national taxes to local government as per the Mandanas-Garcia ruling. This fund will benefit 1,493 municipalities, 149 cities, and 42,045 barangays.Because the LGUs had been assured of these...
PAGBABAGOAlthough 90 percent of Filipinos surveyed by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) indicated that they are more hopeful than fearful about 2025, this was lower by 15 percent in comparison with the previous year. But this is good enough considering that 2024 had been quite a challenging year at...
PAGBABAGOA week ago, I attended the wedding of my grand niece, Geline Clemente to Pen Teves at St. Paul's Parish in Eastwood. I expected the usual traditional wedding of Filipino families – with some 170 guests primarily family and close friends and colleagues, (described as small but is large...
PAGBABAGOA triumph of various human rights group, and it happened a few days before Christmas. The prison transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, who was jailed in Indonesia for 14 years, to the Philippines was lauded as a win by Migrante and various human groups who noted that it was the solidarity...
