February 13, 2025

Opinion

Because, I still love Baguio City!

By Anthony A. Araos Former Baguio City congressman and mayor Mauricio Domogan is positioning the cities inhabitants to be beneficiaries of a master-planned development agenda in the 20th Congress. “I ...

Be ricesponsible consumer

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD I was toying with another topic to write for this piece but when I started, I was a bit startled when I saw what came ...

A hectic day

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas The day was planned. First destination was the Baguio City Justice Hall for court clearances. It would just be going up and down the stairs ...

DepEd field officials make more sense than DepEd top brass

By Estanislao Albano, Jr. Recently, the schools division superintendents (SDS) of Makati City, Dagupan City, City of Malolos, Batangas and Cabuyao City defied the unwritten mass promotion policy of the ...

December

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas A thrilling story requires excitement before the story ends. That seems to be the case whenever December rolls around. Students have exams and workers have ...

Making this purpose very powerful

By Anthony A. Araos People make choices. Today, Filipinos continue to make a choice or two in their daily lives. In fact, right after waking up in the morning choices ...

We have senior high school graduates who could not read

By Estanislao C. Albano Jr. The ruinous effect of the mass promotion practice of the Department of Education (DepEd) on reading literacy is progressive. We had zero non-reader incidence before ...

Backwardness and how un-Christian can we get

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas There was a breakfast reunion I was supposed to attend at Pilando Center along Magsaysay Ave. but it turned out we did not communicate well ...

Summer capital

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Summer capital. Am not referring to Baguio city or any part of Cordillera. I was surprised to see the two words together boldly announced in ...

The wheel of life

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas The motivation at this point ought to be the holidays. Everyone is starting to get tired. And a lot like myself were already tired since ...

For generosity, too, is stamp indelibly upon two hearts

By Anthony A. Araos I’m happy to explain the reasons behind the hardships of folks in Ifugao at length for they are the rare reason why some generous lawmakers in ...

Igniting Students’ Motivation through online English materials

By Hyna C. Banitak Social media platforms and developing technology help teachers and students discover many useful language resources. These include different English content that can assist students in their ...

Roles of pedagogical and Authentic materials in language learning

by Levi-Ruth T. Pokling “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” - Albert Einstein Being a teacher is indeed the noblest profession ...

A glimpse into education in the digital era

by Sherry Mae S. Licudan Today’s generation is marked by the rapid advancement of technology and digital literacy. Emerging digitalization is shifting every aspect of society onto new paths, particularly ...

Breaking barriers: developing culturally sensitive learning materials

by Gelyn M. Alfonso In developing language materials, developers must take into account the intended or target audience, the cultural context included in the materials or, if not, the materials’ ...

Authentic ways to learn a language

By Amistad, Havisham Poulime C. As time passes by, there is a visible increase in the number of people who are interested in learning a new language. The most sought-after ...

Navigating offline approach

by Cleofe M. Lacay Beyond the remote control are students who are longing to pursue their studies; with these, offline classes come to the rescue, especially in the world of ...

Ministry of Sex

By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas Whether or not you find the title of this piece interesting, we should learn from it. There is an identified problem of the Russians and ...

Dr. K. A. Laruan, 8TH BSU President

By Danilo P. Padua, PhD Dr. Kenneth Alip Laruan, a proud Igorot, is the 8th President of the Benguet State University. He is relatively young at 50 years of age; ...

Short-cuts

By Jan Vicente B. Pekas When people reach an answer on their own, what they usually learn sticks with them for a long time. We don’t easily forget things we ...