Mercy and compassion
Too much turmoil all around – war, famine, epidemic, calamity and political unrest. Peace is apparently becoming more and more elusive in spite of the general intercession for peace across the globe beginning with...
Never again
It's quite ironic that, while some people are saying ‘never again’ to Martial Law, the same people keep on repeating the narrative when it was declared by then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. as though...
On ROTC’s rebirth
It can be recalled that, in 2001, thousands of students had campaigned to abolish the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program after the unfortunate death of a UST ROTC member Mark Welson Chua, who...
It’s school time
The second semester for the present school year has finally started after the school communities got too busy with academic-related concerns—students complying with term-end requirements, teachers computing and finalizing grades, and school administrations accommodating...
A role to revisit
From time to time, the media should revisit its role in society, especially in relation to the government. This is important and timely, more so now that we are in a crucial stage of...
Shortage to address
As the face-to-face classes go into full swing, the old nagging problems that had been hounding the Department of Education (DepEd) return, one of which being the lack of classrooms that could fully accommodate...