Editorial: What Never Truly Left
When President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on Sept. 21, 1972, the military and police were granted a dangerous amount of power. Human rights were immediately stripped from the Filipino…
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Editorial: No hits, all miss
Has there been an assault on academic freedom and freedom of expression? When the eUP Project Team released a statement against Krixia Subingsubing and Ronn Bautista’s report on said initiative,…
Editorial: No Punchlines
Davao City Mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte was recently recorded joking about the rape of an Australian missionary in 1989. Outrage from women’s groups, international organizations and social media…
Editorial: All but a numbers game
We are no strangers to the University Student Council (USC) drama, and its all-star cast clad in blue, red and yellow. The USC, the University of the Philippines’ student government,…
A different call
As repeated chants resonated among thousands converging at one end of Luneta Park, a certain participant of the day’s protest preached of his own take on the PDAF and Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as well as his presidential dream to passers-by and picnic-goers relaxing on the other end.
Pre-SONA Throwback: DOE and DENR
Our countrymen are tired of seeing band aid after band aid put upon the deep wounds of our energy insufficiency.
Pre-SONA Throwback: DepEd
During the first quarter of 2013, the backlogs in books and chairs inherited from the previous administration were erased, according to Department of Education (DepEd) reports.
Pre-SONA Throwback: DOST and DOTC
During last year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Aquino enjoined the nation in his cause to “foster, accelerate and expand the transformation of society.” But as the Departments of Science & Technology (DOST) and Transportation & Communication (DOTC) find themselves in a race to erase shortcomings and produce results, the chief executive might have fallen short in revving up the engines for a better nation.
Worth the Gamble
Five years back, Autre Porte Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Stephen Palami went out the box and accepted a challenging job.
Asking for freedom on the eve of Freedom day
Having already spent four years in Batangas City Provincial Jail, the cry for freedom and justice for the Taysan 3 still remain.
Pandora’s Box
The University of the Philippines just played Pandora in its move to approve the proposed academic calendar shift from June-March to August-May. In the Board of Regents meeting held Thursday to decide about the proposal, only the student regent and the staff regent voted against the measure, and just like that, the shift is set to take effect this coming academic year.