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[OPINION] Homework can be pointless
Homework and learning are not the same thing. When students leave the classroom without homework, the potential for learning continues. Vocabulary, grammar, and ideas grow when parents and caregivers...
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[ANALYSIS] Why Coast Guard Base Sibutu matters
The Sibutu Passage is a deep channel that divides Borneo from the Sulu Archipelago. Though it has a limited width of more or less 29 kilometers, it is estimated that 17,000 vessels pass through this...
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[ANALYSIS] Plummeting rice prices: How will our rice farmers cope?
It’s a very bad time to be a rice farmer.A precipitous drop in rice prices is endangering the incomes and livelihoods of more than two million Filipino rice farmers nationwide.Many blame the Rice...
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[OPINION] Sal Panelo’s sleight of hand
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo is in hot water for dipping his hands into the failed attempt to grant clemency for convicted rapist and killer Antonio...
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[OPINYON] Sad reax onli
Aaminin ko, na-fascinate ako at patuloy na napa-fascinate sa viral at trending posts sa social media. Kinunsinti ko rin ang mga nagpa-like at nagpa-hear-heart reax dati. Na-curious din ako sa dynamics...
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[OPINION] Ang magsasaka: Salamin ng kasipagan – at ng kahirapan
Hindi tamad ang Papa ko. Marami lang masisipag na demonyo at sa sakahan naghahasik ng lagim.Sa isang papaunlad pa lamang na bansa tulad ng Pilipinas, kung tatamad-tamad ka raw ay baka mahuli at...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Humanizing SOGIE
When Queenmelo Esguerra was 14, the high school principal suspended her and her friends for leading and organizing a gay group. “I was actually asking my friends to look at my fashion magazines and...
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[ANALYSIS] Panelo and the blurring of line between mandates and favors
Was it right or wrong for Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo to forward the written plea for clemency of convicted rapist-murderer Antonio Sanchez to the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP)? Was...
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[OPINION] 'A storm rages outside': The challenges of being transgender
Any transgender person would probably tell you that no one wakes up one day and decides they’re transgender. However, my moment of truth was just as sudden as that.It’s not so much a choice as it is a...
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[OPINION] Is the Philippines ready for its 'graying' population?
Soon, the Philippines is expected to be an aging population like Japan, Italy, or Finland, where at least 14% of the population are senior citizens. The Commission on Population and Development expects...
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[OPINION] Combatants, decommissioning, and lasting peace
To fight for one's rights, and in defense of family and community, is an honorable thing. For decades our communities have been marred by armed conflict because of injustices and oppression – including...
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[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Paglamayan natin ang bangkay ng delicadeza
Dapat nang magtirik ng kandila para sa isang bangkay sa templo ni Tatay Digong.Maraming pumatay sa kanya. Andyan si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Spokesman Sal Panelo na mabilis pa sa...
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[OPINION] I’m an aspiring mental health professional, but sometimes I need...
I’m on both sides of suicide prevention. I mean that on one side, I’m working towards becoming a mental health professional. In working for a mental health research project, I’ve gotten involved in...
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[OPINION] Why the Philippines should declare a climate emergency
A few weeks from now, from September 20 to 27, millions around the world will walk out from their workplaces, homes and classrooms to join young climate strikers in sounding the alarm on the climate...
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[ANALYSIS] Will Duterte’s new tax measure kill foreign investments?
The sequel to the controversial TRAIN law, called Citira, pits two key economic agencies against each other.Citira, which stands for Corporate Income Tax and Incentive Rationalization Act, is...
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[ANALYSIS] Intergovernmental relations and the Mandanas case
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has conveyed a formal appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte, seeking his “prudent intercession” in the implementation of the decision in the case of...
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[PODCAST] Laffler Talk: Office Blues
MANILA, Philippines – Marami sa ating binubuno ang malaking bahagi ng araw na nasa loob lamang ng office cubicle, nakatali sa mesa’t silya, sa harap ng computer.Tila walang katapusan ang trabaho. Buti...
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Pia Wurtzbach greeted me a happy birthday, and it was scarier than you think
Before I start this short essay, I’d like to cover my bases first: To all Pia Wurtzbach stans out there, I assure you that this piece is not an affront to our Miss Universe 2015. Her grace and calm I...
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[OPINION | NEWSPOINT] Wrong side up
President Duterte has found his poster boy, the emblem of his regime, the embodiment of its character, the personification of its beliefs and codes of conduct. That poster boy is Nicanor Faeldon....
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What LGBT kids need to hear
“Act like a man.” That was the motto of my high school. Growing up, I was surrounded by boys who were always eager to prove their masculinity. Some ended up in fights, others in sports, others in...
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