Mahiya naman kayo,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said several times during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 28. Only a few days before, a succession of typhoons and “habagat” had ...

President Marcos’ 2025 State of the Nation Address (Sona) clearly signaled that education is a national priority. Nearly 20 percent of the speech was dedicated to the sector—a notable shift from ...

I believe the Fifth Republic fell in 2016. This fall, in turn, could be dated to 2006; and while the republic as it was ...

I teach a required college freshman course called “Readings in Philippine History.” When the course title is abbreviated for ...

Last week, as is customary with many academic offices, our department had a general assembly to bring together faculty and staff in preparation for a new academic year. Our agenda moved from ...

There’s a peculiar silence that visits me sometimes—uninvited, unsettling, yet familiar. It arrives in the quiet after the day has dimmed, when laughter has faded and the world retreats into its ...

Two Sundays ago, Gen. Nicolas Torre III taught Filipinos a crash course on “How to Deal with Bullies 101.” Too bad his ...

UP graduations are occasions when the university by tradition honors its finest alumni, those who exemplify its inseparable ideals of honor, excellence, and service. But at the 116th commencement ...

Mahiya naman kayo! (Shame on you!)” seemed to be the most resonant sound bite from President Marcos’ State of the Nation ...

A few years back, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself confronting an "existential” crisis. Not too different from my favorite philosophers, Socrates and Søren Kierkegaard, ...

We still tend to think of caregiving mainly as catering to the elderly, even coining the term “old-sitters.” The shortages we face today are for both “babysitters” and “old-sitters,” ...