12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (509+ words) Last week, as monsoons bore down, I taught my Creativity and Problem Awareness classes online. It is tiring to teach online when I have to work with nearly 70 students across three sections. We make do with Zoom, a chat box…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (647+ words) In a bid to establish the Philippines as a vital player in the global value chain linked to the transition to a low-carbon economy, President Marcos issued last week Executive Order No. 122 that for the first time established a coherent,…...

12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (795+ words) Inquirer.net Buwan ng Wika reflections People who were born in the last century like me grew up with the celebration of “Linggo ng Wika” in grade school. Today it is “Buwan ng Wika.” I don’t know how English is…...

12+ hour, 36+ min ago   (570+ words) Perspective is one of the defining traits of human experience. It shapes how we see the world, allowing the same milestone to carry vastly different meanings depending on the lens through which it is viewed. ​This is the perspective that…...

12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (596+ words) August is Family Planning Month. This year, the observance comes at an interesting point, as the latest National Demographic and Health Survey puts the country’s total fertility rate at 1.7. Filipino women are now having an average of 1.7 children over their…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago   (348+ words) We’re familiar with the stories of queer people who are closeted and those who are out, those with little to no support and those with an abundance of it. We don’t always hear from those living in the middle. For…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (419+ words) General Santos City—The scare generated by the Ateneo de Zamboanga University shooting has managed to creep into public schools in some barangays here in this tuna capital city. From news reports, the Grade 9 suspect, who later on shot himself…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (789+ words) Getting back on track Inquirer.net Getting back on track We Filipinos are afraid of success; whenever our economy starts riding high, we always manage to drag it down again,” I heard someone quip many years ago, as he noted…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (633+ words) Inquirer.net Bongao: An impending future I came to Tawi-Tawi for the first time to speak to young science scholars about social responsibility and leadership. I was surprised by how knowledgeable, aware, hopeful, and purposeful the college-level participants from Region…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (237+ words) The recent shooting rampages involving minors in Tacloban and Zamboanga are not isolated tragedies. They are warning signals. And neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives have answers for them today. The Philippines has none of this — no minimum-age…...