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Endangering indigenous communities in Panay

In his first State of the Nation Address last July 25, President Rodrigo Duterte urged indigenous peoples to make use…

Originally posted on Signals:
Anthony Bourdain’s suicide recently inspired a flurry of social media posts in my personal feeds regarding…

Originally posted on Signals:
Anyone who has watched Mike De Leon’s most recent work “Citizen Jake” may certainly have been…

[This essay is forthcoming in the next issue of Pagbutlak, the official student publication at UP Visayas Miag-ao.] After settling on the…

The library fee takes a significant portion of the school fees we’re paying in graduate school. This is the biggest reason…

A number of people have been asking me recently why I’ve stopped blogging. Perhaps there’s nothing wrong if I start…

Originally posted on Systemic Disorder:
So many put their puts hopes into Syriza; so many were bitterly disappointed. Greece’s Coalition of…

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on April 12, 2017.] Last March 20, the University of…

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 9, 2017. The NFFM report can be read in…

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 9, 2017.] While President Duterte rode on the…

[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 5, 2016.] Of late, members of the younger…

What follows is the statement of Dr. Ernesto Hofileña for the 1st International Solidarity Mission Against the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project…

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
Yesterday, I spent over an hour browsing old sci-fi paperbacks at my favorite book store. I…

Originally posted on Panay Today:
ILOILO City – The burial grounds and sacred sites of the Tumandok indigenous peoples of Central…