1976: Its impact on Southeast Asia
THE HISTORY of Southeast Asia is rich in foible and even paradox, and remains up to this day and age, the subject of scholarly...
ASA and MAPHILINDO: Forerunners of ASEAN
(By Amen Quizon-Letana, Flordeliz Guilangue Madrid, and Belinda Sales Canlas)
AS A STUDENT of Southeast Asian Studies, I am privileged to use my dispassionate lens...
Atop the mountain of Pag-asa!
GOING up the mountain of Pag-asa in the lively municipality of Alabel was a first for me! Alabel is the capital town of neighboring...
Heal thyself: developing resilience during the pandemic
(By Domingo “Daryl” G. Simbajon)
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight...
Impact of Pre-ASEAN regional organizations
TWO DECADES after WW II, Southeast Asia saw the rise and spread of nationalism, the process of decolonization, the intervention of great powers, and...
Revisiting SEATO and ASA
(By Amen Quizon-Letana, Flordeliz Guilangue Madrid, and Belinda Sales Canlas)
THE Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in September 1954 with the Philippines (PH)...
The cost of visiting Bohol these days
LET’S MAKE this personal. I know that people’s patience can only be extended so much. After a period, when patience has been stretched to...
Unkempt city
EIGHT years into his political career and yet my adoptive city is still unkempt. The streets wide but cluttered. The trees are cut and...
The latest in Bohol’s long-cherished independent power supply
FINALLY, after all these years, the bidding for Bohol’s independent power source was accomplished on February 12, 2021 with 6 bidders meeting the price...
Learning in the Time of COVID-19
(By Domingo “Daryl” G. Simbajon, LPT III)
COVID-19 has caused an undeniable global health crisis affecting millions of people, bringing in over a million in...