[These are the concluding remarks I gave as Secretary General of the Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) … More
Category: Education
Postcolonial and transformative education in the University of the Philippines
This chapter looks at contemporary union, teachers organizations and student struggles in the University of the Philippines to shed light … More
Behind UP’s curricular reforms
[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on April 12, 2017.] Last March 20, the University of … More
Educating millennials on martial law
[This commentary was originally published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 5, 2016.] Of late, members of the younger … More
Continuing miseducation
IT APPEARS that another student was forced to death by the outrageously high cost of education in the Philippines. Last … More
Lumad schools in Mindanao threatened by military, closed down by DepEd
“Those children should be in school.” This is what Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said in … More
UP Visayas’ first summa cum laude is a student activist
BS Applied Mathematics student Raoul Daniel A. Manuel is the first ever summa cum laude of the University of the … More
UP student with near-perfect grades exhorts fellow graduates to a life of service to the nation
University of the Philippines Diliman Summa Cum Laude Tiffany Uy, who graduated BS Biology with a near-perfect grade from the … More
Why we need to stop Aquino’s K-12
Note: What follows is a statement by Anakbayan National Chairperson Vencer Crisostomo. The clamor to junk the Aquino regime’s K-12 … More
Students of Catholic university face expulsion for supporting workers
This was written for Philippine Online Chronicles. While Pope Francis is condemning the evils of capitalist exploitation and encouraging the … More
In Tiempos Muertos: Why moving class opening to August is disastrous
The seasons are not natural. There are two seasons, The milling season and the off-season, one wet With grease and … More
A Day of Protest against Pork Barrel in Iloilo
I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. Iloilo City, Philippines – The effigy of a yellow pig lies … More
Iskolar than what? UP Scholarship as Consumer Brand Name
I wrote this commentary for Philippine Online Chronicles. Iskolar than what? This is the usual reaction to the tagline printed … More
Higher (Cost of) Education in Western Visayas
I wrote this article for Philippine Online Chronicles. With over two hundred thousand college level students returning to class this … More
Rolling in the Deep: ACT and the Cebu City scholarship scandal
I wrote this article for the Philippine Online Chronicles. “We could have had it all / Rolling in the deep … More
Bombard the Headquarters! 