Bending without breaking the law
SOME LESSONS arrive quietly. I remember a fisherman from Carles, Manong Nardo, his palms rough as old rope. After Yolanda flattened their coast, he...
The problem with performative politics, 2
THE COUNTRY offers no shortage of cautionary tales. Dynastic feuds that dominate headlines for months leave little room for policy discussion. Personal clashes crowd...
The problem with performative politics, 1
YOU KNOW politics is in trouble when it starts performing instead of working. Gestures get louder, statements sharper, and moments carefully staged.
There are...
GCED: Living human rights
ASK A bunch of students what “global citizenship” means and you will probably hear answers about passports, plane tickets, or the United Nations. For...
Measured voices, 2
IF THE BIG steps feel heavy, start with small ones. Sit with a colleague and read a contract line by line. List what can...
Measured voices, 1
PUBLIC life can feel loud on our screens, yet strangely quiet in many offices. People look up from their desks, share a glance, then...
The missing Ph in PhD, 2
THERE is something deeply wrong when a doctoral student can explain Fourier transforms but cannot teach the barangay captain why climate data matters.
Something...
The missing Ph in PhD, 1
THERE it was, a post quietly tucked between vacation selfies and food reels: “Train PhD students to be thinkers, not just specialists.”
I almost scrolled...
Tourism beyond slogans
IT HURTS to say this about a place we love, but many of us whisper it on jeepney benches, in faculty rooms, and in...
Iceberg beneath the snowflake, 2
FROM THE worldwide climate strikes spearheaded by young activists to the broad demonstrations against systematic social injustices, Generation Z has demonstrated that they are...