USA Publications
Following a decisive victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Zimmerman Duterte in the 2022 national election, all eyes, emotions, and criticism were directed to the poll body, the Commission on Elections, for claims of electoral fraud and ineptitude handling the election process. The 2022 national elections was seen by the Filipino people as a […]
USA Publications
On the heat of the 2016 presidential elections, out of the many promises made to the Filipino people, a man with his words, determined to be the breaker of chain to the eternal plight of the Filipino people, has captured the heart of the voting population. Faced against a foe in empires of the country’s […]
ALEXITHYMIA
AB PSCI ‘22
“Oh my God, visiting the Philippines changed me!” “Filipinos are the best people in the world?” “Filipino malls are insane” Ito ang nagbagong mukha ng kolonyalismo. Kailan lang ay naging maugong na usap-usapan sa social media ang di-umanong paglalapastangan ni Nuseir Yasin ng sikat na Facebook page na Nas Daily, kay Whang-od, ang kilalang mambabatok […]
Pia Victoria E. Graza
Maituturing bang pag-unlad ang mumunting hakbang na hindi man lang lumalagpas sa tarangkahan? Isang pagpukaw sa pagal na katawan at kumakayod na manggagawa ng Kanlurang Visayas ang inaprubahang taas pasahod (minimum wage) sa pribadong sektor at mga kasambahay na ipinresenta ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)- Region VI ng Department of Labor and […]
Nicole Rose D. Fenita
Throughout the campaign season, many political and international relations experts have articulated their sentiments on what the position of the succeeding Philippine regime, through its foreign policies, would look like if a particular presidential aspirant is chosen. In the last six years of the Duterte administration, the country’s foreign policy has drastically shifted its course and intention towards mounting a much friendlier relationship with communist countries, particularly China and Russia while depriving its associations with the traditional partners. That action has caused a repercussion, especially with the ruled arbitration on the West Philippine Sea, and generally the South China Sea dispute. With Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos seen as the closest candidate that flexibly bolsters up the so-called “Beijing-friendly foreign relations” who also happens to be a controversial candidate, the query now goes off “how the Philippines would play along the international arena?”
Pauline Marie C. Arada
Since the son and the namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., was declared as the 17th president of the Philippines on the 30th of June, the media was threatened because of what the new Marcos administration will be like. When the late ousted dictator imposed Martial Law on September 21, 1972, via Proclamation 1081, the first casualty was the country’s freedom of the press. The latter has always been known as an asset to an operative state of democracy. Hence, the late dictator knew the pivotal role of the media.
SAUCE
BS MLS '22
As unemployment slightly increased in September 2021 due to strict quarantines and weather disturbances, so did scams in online payments and transactions, resulting in more complex and difficult-to-detect fraud incidents. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 8.9 percent of Filipinos are left jobless by the pandemic, making online job offers and invitations tempting. On […]
STARGAZER
BS PSYCH '25
Two years have already passed since the outrage of the global pandemic. Two years has it been since students hid behind their pretentious, sleep-deprived condition and those consistent midnight depredations they had to encounter because of the excessive work in e-learning. And here comes the notion where students enroll not because they want to learn […]