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The Philippines is confronting a school-violence problem that can no longer be dismissed as a collection of isolated incidents. From January to September 20, 2026, reported school-related cases included 2,500…
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,…
The story of the People Power Revolution is often told as a triumph: millions of Filipinos filling Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, praying the rosary in front of tanks, and…
When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental, the first reaction of the national government—through the Department of Agriculture—was not to send in more rescue teams, medical support, or immediate relief…
For decades, the people of Mindanao have been promised development, inclusion, and a place in the nation’s grand plans. Yet, here we are again—left in the dark, ignored, and treated…
Today marks another year since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. signed Proclamation 1081, declaring Martial Law in the Philippines on September 21, 1972. More than half a century has…