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QUILL AND THE FLAME: Handing Down the Torch of Journalism
by Ruther Ray C. Ruado “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel,” the philosopher Socrates famously believed. On December 6 and 13, 2025, at San Vicente Elementary School (SVES) in Baguio City, Philippines, that…
The Filipino Diaspora Hopes for a Corruption-Free Homeland
by Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas* November 30 is Bonifacio Day in the Philippines and among many Filipinos in British Columbia, Canada. Andres Bonifacio, after whom the national celebration is held every year, is one of the Philippines’ heroes whose…
NGO Forum on ADB Flags Risks Following ADB’s Approval of its Amended Energy Policy
The NGO Forum on the ADB network and allies expresses deep alarm over the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) newly announced amendments to its 2021 Energy Policy, now endorsed by the ADB Board through the R-paper. Despite ADB’s framing of the…
BCU Senior High School Science Club Joins International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO 2025
Receives Certificate of Commendation as Esteemed NCBCUP Partner NASUGBU, BATANGAS – The Baguio Central University Senior High School Science Club proudly represented the institution and the City of Baguio at the International Assembly of Youth for UNESCO 2025 held from…
Lakbay Dunong Outreach Brought Food, School Supplies, and Hope to the Subanen Community in Zamboanga del Norte
Brgy. Pange, Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao — The Friends of Saint Mary MacKillop Inc. (FSMMI), together with its partner organizations and sponsors, successfully conducted its Lakbay Dunong Outreach Program on November 29, 2025, bringing essential food support, school supplies,…
Anihan: The Latest Rice Paintings of Hermisanto is now on Exhibit at Kapitolyo Art Space
November 26, 2025 saw the opening of Anihan* (meaning Harvest), the latest collection of Rice Paintings by Hermisanto. The singular artist who uses ‘Palay’ or unhusked rice as his medium of expression, it is a style that has become his…
New Teen Hubs Bring Hope and Support to Ozamiz Learners
Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines — Five new school-based teen centers were officially launched at the Ozamiz City Central School, marking another milestone for the Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment (BRAVE) Project of Jhpiego Philippines and the Department…
HAIL HOLY EYES: A mid-career exhibition of Jigger Cruz opens at The M
This November, The M presents Hail Holy Eyes, a major retrospective tracing the evolution of Jigger Cruz—one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Philippine art. Featuring over a hundred artworks from 2007 to the present, the exhibition offers…
Coalition Condemns ADB’s “Dangerous Reversal” on Nuclear Energy, Warns of Debt and Disaster
MANILA, Philippines – As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board meets today to deliberate its 2025 Energy Policy Review, a coalition of civil society groups led by the Nuclear Free Bataan Movement (NFBM) held a protest at the bank’s headquarters, condemning…
Civil Society Gives ADB a Failing Grade on Climate, Justice, and Transparency
MANILA, Philippines — As the world marks a decade since the Paris Agreement, NGO Forum on ADB Network and allies have issued a scathing assessment of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 2025 Energy Policy Review and Draft Policy. In a scorecard…
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