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…

Adventures at the UPV Main Library, Miag-ao

[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…

1. I haven’t written any posts for this platform for some time due to the volume of other writing I’ve…

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…

Originally posted on Panay Today:
ILOILO City – The Jalaur River for the People’s Movement (JRPM), an alliance composed of environmental…

I chanced upon Janine and Ivan’s essay “The Economic Aspect in Contemporary Writing and the Matter of Class in Literature:…