Opinion

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. According to RA No. 7165, as amended by RA No. 10122, the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC), the inter-agency body tasked to coordinate all literacy efforts in ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Since getting sick this week, I don’t remember when was the last time I ever went through a fever. Because I remember when I was ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Here are a few advices to the new lawyers. This might be like pouring a sobering cold water over the euphoria you are now drenched ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas I just went through a dialysis process in a valiant effort to save my kidneys. For that, an operation on my neck had to be ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD The election exercise in CAR seems to be less problematic, and therefore less costly compared to other regions. As of middle Jan., 2025, COMELEC has ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas The fun activities that I could remember from the early days of elementary school, apart from those in PE, was always the part where teachers ...

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. In its report “Fixing the Foundation: Teachers and Basic Education in East Asia and Pacific,” the World Bank (WB) tagged deficient teaching skills as the primary ...

By Anthony A. Araos I can’t wait to meet my new-found friends at Barangay Namnama in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao. Particularly the officers and members of the Sadiri Farmers Organization (SFO), ...

By Penelope A. Domogo, MD Trust the Japanese to harness the potentials of nature for health and wellness. “Shinrin” is a Japanese word meaning “forest” and “yoku” means “bath” so ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD There is an impending declaration of a food security emergency! And that is only for rice. Definitely, we have more than enough supply of rice ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas I posted on Face Book the other day that we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ZigZag Weekly. It is now the oldest surviving newspaper ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas In a classroom filled with those eager to learn, eager to sleep, and eager to eat, your attention can be all over the place. Depending ...

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. Three months after two major education advocacy groups namely the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) and the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) denounced mass promotion or ...

By Anthony A. Araos There is a compelling reason to talk about former Baguio City Congressman Nicasio Aliping Jr. These days city residents-young and old alike, are already looking into ...

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Every now and then a person goes through a stage where he is badgered by all sorts of problems from every corner. As soon as ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD In the last few years, teenage pregnancy in the country registered an alarming increasing trend. It is of much concern, that the Cordillera region is ...

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. In the Department of Education (DepEd) Matatag Curriculum, there’s a Reading and Literacy subject in Grade 1. This is obviously aimed at arresting the country’s reading ...

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas A classroom is often a gathering of swirling ambitions. Goals and objectives that bypass even the borders of our country gather. In that small space, ...

By Anthony A. Araos The education sector’s contributions to the society are undoubtedly enormous. So, it isn’t hard to understand why a number of Filipinos are still asking the query: ...

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Up to the early 1980’s, the stretch from Km 3 to Km 4 in La Trinidad, and along the Pico road up to Puguis barangay ...