The ‘lame duck’ effect, 2
I REMEMBER visiting a public school in flood-prone northern Iloilo during a Rotary outreach. A young teacher pulled me aside, eyes tired but steady,...
The ‘lame duck’ effect, 1
IT WASN’T a grand proclamation, but it struck a nerve.
On Bombo Radyo, Iloilo-based political law professor and arbitration expert Atty. Joenar Pueblo voiced what...
Senate’s ‘game of thrones’
THE SENATE says it dislikes drama, yet the past weeks have felt like prestige TV—alliances shifting by the hour, a throne that never stays...
The ‘tsinelas’ testament
YOU DO NOT need to be an anthropologist to know that tsinelas — those humble, often weather-worn slippers — carry more than soles. For...
When facts become survival
A FEW WEEKS ago, a senior high adviser caught her class buzzing over a viral Facebook post. It claimed to offer new scholarships, and...
More than just teaching, professing, 2
STILL, some students find their footing. Take Marjorie, a once-soft-spoken nursing freshman who barely passed her first major subject. Her professor, known for high...
More than just teaching, professing, 1
SHE WAS not late, but her whole vibe said she wished she were anywhere else. Once the class star in SHS, now a quiet...
The school as a change agent
EDUCATION has never been just about textbooks and exams. Whether you are in a crowded public school in Molo, a quiet university in General...
Miriam made monumental
THERE’S a certain rightness in putting Miriam Defensor-Santiago in La Paz Plaza. The Iloilo City Council’s unanimous push for a statue is more than...
Entitlement overload, 2
ANOTHER glaring symptom is the misuse of privileges. From fake PWD cards to VIPs cutting queues, entitlement manifests in ways that harm collective fairness....