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A Vision That Leaves Mindanao Looking In President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) was a confident presentation of an administration determined to project stability amid…
Flood Control Alone Cannot Solve a Climate Emergency The floodwaters that engulfed communities across Mindanao this week were not isolated disasters. They were another unmistakable warning that the climate emergency…
By Hirotaka OnoConsul General of Japan in Davao Every July 23, Japan and the Philippines celebrate Philippines-Japan Friendship Day. In 2026 we mark the 70th anniversary of the normalization of…
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental — A broad coalition of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), private landowners, farmers, fisherfolk, religious organizations, community leaders, and environmental advocates staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday, July…
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Deep within the ancient forests surrounding the Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park, a haunting chorus of distressed calls echoed through the trees. What initially appeared to…
A Defining Moment for Peace More than a decade after the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the Bangsamoro peace process stands at one of its most…
When Culture Becomes Content In today’s digital age, social media has become a powerful platform for creativity, self-expression, and entertainment. Every day, millions of users upload dance videos, comedy skits,…
Bloodshed in the Classroom Four students are dead. Thirteen others are injured. That is the horrifying toll of the shooting that shattered San Jose National High School in Tacloban City,…
Seven Years Later, the Questions Remain Seven years after the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), one would expect that the transition from the former Autonomous…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Grief continues to deepen across Mindanao as the death toll from the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck offshore Sarangani Province on June 8 has…