2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (408+ words) The horrible violence that had recently taken place in one of the private schools in Zamboanga City which left two people dead was indescribable and traumatizing to many learners, teachers, and the entire nation. A place where learners are expected…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (289+ words) After I lost Chi-chi, my dachshund, in April, I realized there were so many shared human-dog activities our family and friends had with our pets that people would ask where she was if she was absent. In response, people would…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (392+ words) At the Philippine Women’s University–Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (PWU JASMS), the idea of a school as a place of peace goes back decades. In fact, it was partly a response to a crisis that many may remember: the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (651+ words) The drone footage of the Agusan del Sur Sports Complex is stunning. From above, the 2026 Palarong Pambansa looks larger than life. Glowing grandstands, sweeping pyrotechnics, and thousands of young athletes marching across a pristine emerald field. Watching it through my…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (509+ words) Last week, as monsoons bore down, I taught my Creativity and Problem Awareness classes online. It is tiring to teach online when I have to work with nearly 70 students across three sections. We make do with Zoom, a chat box…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (683+ words) Shootings in schools have, until recently, been thought of as something “Western” or even American. Now that we’ve been having a spate of such shootings in the Philippines, we have the usual rush to come up with last-minute remedies to…...