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Continue reading →: gaano katagal ang dalawang buwan ng kalayaang dinukot?
matagal, matagal na matagal para isipin mong sana nga’y totoong pumuputok ang stethoscope at ang mga tableta’y granadang sumasabog; matagal upang ang hiringilya’y magbaga’t umusok lumaya lamang, lumaya lamang habambuhay ang katumbas ng mahigit isang libo’t apat na raang oras ng pag-aalalang walang patid habambuhay ang katumbas ng mahigit limang…
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Continue reading →: On college graduates and the labor market
Thanks to the intense and “fiery” student protests, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chair was forced to issue a statement he will not allow the planned hike in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ (PUP) tuition by an outrageous 1,567 percent (P12 to P200 per unit). Otherwise, incoming PUP…
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Continue reading →: Today is World Water(less) Day
Unknown to most Filipinos, today (March 22) is the international observance of the World Water Day. This initiative grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) better known as the Earth Summit held in Rio Janeiro, Brazil. For this year, the theme is “Clean Water…
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Continue reading →: Overpriced oil inflates costs of El Niño, power crisis
Those who are ready to absolve government for the harmful effects of El Niño should think again. While El Niño is a natural phenomenon, its impact on the people and the economy could have been eased by right government policies. Sadly, the policies in place have exposed the country not…
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Continue reading →: Ilagan Doctrine: a background note
Last March 10, the Court of Appeals (CA) denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the 43 health workers who were abducted, tortured, and remain under military detention since February 6. The CA invoked the so-called “Ilagan Doctrine” in its decision. A habeas corpus refers to a…
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