FOR the past week, the bad news in schools hit the headlines. A 20-year-old Grade 11 student gunned down a 24-year-old Filipino teacher in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur. In Nueva Ecija, an 18-year-old Grade 10 pupil was involved in the shooting of a 15-ye ...
Optimism is high in local, even in the NCR
OPTIMISM is always high, whenever we speak of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in local chambers of commerce and industry. This always fills the air of the National Capital Region (NCR), whenever the Metro Manila Business Conference (M ...
The BARMM in review
A GROUNDBREAKING report examines the challenges to the autonomous government in Muslim Mindanao. The Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) recently released an independent assessment of governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim M ...
State of, for and by Filipinos
THE nation awaits another State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. While this event may usually generate lesser attention than a Manny Pacquiao fight, a teleserye, a viral content and beauty pageant, it is so important tha ...
The hosts of Hanseatic League of Universities
THIS article puts the spotlight on the four institutions of higher learning that hosted the 5th Conference of the Hanseatic League of Universities (HLU) held in Dumaguete City last July 9 to 11, 2025. The event brought together global leaders and ins ...
Hanseatic League of Universities
CENTURIES ago, the original Hanseatic League transcended borders to forge alliances rooted in trade, trust and forward-thinking collaboration. Inspired by this, Hanseatic League of Universities (HLU) was born as a global alliance committed to academ ...
Mayor Isko Moreno eats last
YEAH, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno always eats last. Literally. I noticed this during the six months that we were on the campaign trail during the 2022 national election, where we all lost. He would check on everyone first — the security, drivers, staff ...
Addicted and Unaware
WITHOUT the use of prohibited drugs, alcohol or gambling, one may be an addict. A new wave of addictive behaviors is emerging. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) states that substance-use disorder involves patterns of symptoms caused by u ...
The village that failed to educate Filipinos
FOR as long as politicians benefit from the miseducation and maleducation of the Filipinos — and the poverty of mind and life it brings — we cannot expect an end to the education problems that we have known and have talked about extensively for years ...
Nests of excellence
Third of a series THIS is the third in a series of higher education institutions that celebrate their extraordinary achievements in their own special ways. They may not have the spotlight in the national scenes, but they are nevertheless nests of exc ...