3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (408+ words) The horrible violence that had recently taken place in one of the private schools in Zamboanga City which left two people dead was indescribable and traumatizing to many learners, teachers, and the entire nation. A place where learners are expected…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) At the Philippine Women’s University–Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (PWU JASMS), the idea of a school as a place of peace goes back decades. In fact, it was partly a response to a crisis that many may remember: the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) In 2008, Dr. Mark Tucker, my dissertation adviser, arrived late to our meeting. He had taken a walk around the block several times to let off steam, and had come in looking both defeated and incensed. He had returned corrected essays…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (651+ words) The drone footage of the Agusan del Sur Sports Complex is stunning. From above, the 2026 Palarong Pambansa looks larger than life. Glowing grandstands, sweeping pyrotechnics, and thousands of young athletes marching across a pristine emerald field. Watching it through my…...

2+ week, 5+ day 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (624+ words) The Department of Education (DepEd) is proposing a new policy that would allow schools to decide whether to resume face-to-face classes after severe weather disturbances and other disasters even when class suspensions remain in effect across an entire city or…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (620+ words) Inquirer.net Contagion, in the broad sense, refers to the transmission or spread of an illness, behavior, or crisis among individuals, groups, or systems. Originally used in the medical field, it is now also used in sociology, behavioral science, and…...