July 17, 2026

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Of Igorot mothers

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas The earthquake the other day jolted us to reality. What if the big one came and isolating Baguio City from the rest of the world? ...

Tracing the route of Dr. Jose Rizal

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Last June 19, Sen Loren Legarda was in Germany as a special guest in the birthday celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal. I don’t know where, ...

Distorted

By Sophia Angeline G. Delantero, UC student You do not have your own thoughts, and most probably, you have built your personality based on what you saw on TikTok yesterday ...

Our lands

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas Perhaps our inclination towards basketball has left many of us in the dark of the happenings in the world of sports but the world cup, ...

Not yet over

By Reisha Mae F. Valdez, UC student As an intern in the City Mayor’s Office, I have attended numerous meetings, events, and courtesy visits. Most of them follow a familiar ...

Finding an ideal Ifugao “father”

By Anthony A. Araos Fulfilling the role of a “father” in a family is surely one thing. Honoring a “father” in a society is another. The Ifugao Father’s Day celebration ...

Basura, not from maleta

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Basura, not the type bulging and coming out of a maleta, is a problem throughout the Philippines. And in many other countries, I should definitely ...

Be kind to animals and you will be fine

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas About four years ago, I suffered from heart and kidney failure. After my condition— difficulty in breathing and runaway blood pressure—were stabilized, I was so ...

Obsession

By Sophia Angeline G. Delantero, UC student During the pandemic, Filipinos found their own ways to cope with the situation. Some searched for ways to make a living without leaving ...

School violence

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas The recent weeks have been a nightmare for both students and parents. School shootings, stabbings and all sorts of violence have made their way inside ...

Is a farmer’s life really improved by a photo op?

By Anthony A. Araos One sector the Marcos Administration focuses on is agriculture. A lot of right-thinking Filipinos say it’s correct because of what might happen with impoverished farmers with ...

The devil they need

By Reisha Mae F. Valdez, UC student There is something unsettling about watching an accused man become the government’s greatest hope. That is probably why former Public Works Secretary Manuel ...

More Alex Ealas please

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas The Philippines became known to the rest of the world because of Alex Eala. We can have a lot more like her if only our ...

Traumatic school shooting rampage

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Its straight out of a horror movie, patterned after numerous real- life school shooting rampage in the United States. Three dead and more than 20 ...

Scapegoat

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas After the tragic school shooting in Tacloban, they have managed to push the incident further into madness by blaming it on video games. This act ...

Closet

By Sophia Angeline G. Delantero, UC student Is it always about coming out of the closet? June is filled with events that celebrate and empower the LGBTQIA+ community through film ...

Safe until when?

By Reisha Mae F. Valdez, UC student There was a time when the greatest fears students faced in school were failed exams, surprise recitations, or forgotten assignments. Never did I ...

Classroom shortage deepens a deepening education crisis

By Anthony A. Araos There was a vivid moment, albeit brief but surely shocking, that said everything about the problem on the lack of classrooms in this poverty-stricken province. Make ...

Dyslexic

By Sophia Angeline G. Delantero One of the things that people do not admit the most is that they do not understand love. Love, in its purest form, is a ...

Order restored

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD As a concerned Filipino, I am very interested in what is happening in our Congress, especially in our Senate. After all, what happens in Congress ...

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