Confronting SDG progress with grassroots realities
A far different reality happens in the Philippines characterized by disenfranchisement, environmental degradation, and deepening inequality.
Confronting SDG progress with grassroots realities
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SONA 2025: Anti-corruption, good governance as Marcos Jr. legacy?
SONA 2025: Anti-corruption, good governance as Marcos Jr. legacy?
The most obvious irony is that the flood control projects are his initiatives under the Build Better More infrastructure program, and that some of the public officials involved in the corruption behind the defective projects are the same ones who are applauding the President enthusiastically in the plenary hall.
Whose bay is it, anyway? Unmasking the politics behind Manila Bay reclamation
Whose bay is it, anyway? Unmasking the politics behind Manila Bay reclamation
Instead of absorbing excess water, reclaimed areas narrow river mouths, eliminate wetlands, and reroute natural flood pathways into urban spaces. The CIA confirms what many communities already experience: flooding is no longer just seasonal, but a structural one.
Konteksto | Baha
Konteksto | Baha
Sadyang walang maniniwala sa anumang palusot habang nagbabasa, nanonood o nakikinig ng balita mula sa bubong ng bahay at naghihintay na iligtas sa matinding pagbaha. Normal ang pagsuspetsahang kinurakot ang kaban ng bayan kung halatang tumataba ang bulsa ng mga nasa kapangyarihan.
Balik-Tanaw | Nakaliligalig ang paligid
Balik-Tanaw | Nakaliligalig ang paligid
Ang pagtanggap sa panauhin ay sadyang nakakabagabag kundi man nakakaligalig. Subalit pinapapaalala sa atin ng linggong ito ang dalawang bagay sa pakikipag -ugnayan natin kay Hesus. Una, hindi natin siya panauhin para maligalig tayo, ikalawa, siya ang ating pagkaing nagbibigay buhay.
Balik-Tanaw | ‘Who do you think, was a neighbor (kapwa) to the victim?’
Balik-Tanaw | ‘Who do you think, was a neighbor (kapwa) to the victim?’
Jesus led the scholar not with an expected Scriptural provision. Instead of offering a legal definition, Jesus tells a story. Jesus, who was so immersed with people, must have known so many stories from the ground. So he narrated an anecdote to answer the scholar.
Revolutionary in more ways than one: The progressive principles of the Kartilya ng Katipunan
Revolutionary in more ways than one: The progressive principles of the Kartilya ng Katipunan
July 7, 2025 marks the 133rd anniversary of the Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, more commonly known as the Katipunan or KKK. Alongside its founding came one of the most important ideological documents of the revolution—the Kartilya ng Katipunan.
Marcos, Maharlika, and Mining: A Return to crony capitalism?
Marcos, Maharlika, and Mining: A Return to crony capitalism?
The administration claims it is serious about transparency and economic justice; it must ensure that the Maharlika fund does not become a repeat of the Martial Law-era economic model—one where development was synonymous with exploitation.
Outdated labor policies in app-based employment
Outdated labor policies in app-based employment
In legal parlance, e-hailing companies consider their drivers as “independent contractors”. But are e-hailing drivers really independent and can they really be considered as contractors?
Balik-Tanaw | The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: From afflictions to hope
Balik-Tanaw | The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: From afflictions to hope
This Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. The feast teaches us that coming together as a community, not fear and desperation, will help us face all adversity. Although the events on both sides of the Pacific are demoralizing, the Holy Trinity gives us hope.
Marcosian legacy of development: Laguna de Bay
Marcosian legacy of development: Laguna de Bay
Today, the LLDA participates in the Bagong Pilipinas project through the development of the LLRN. The same agency that introduced “economic development” to Laguna Lake is now, yet again, spearheading a development project that, while marketed as progress, risks displacing hundreds of fisherfolk families that were already vulnerable to begin with.
First Person | Ka Louie and the alugbati
First Person | Ka Louie and the alugbati
Ka Louie came into the dining hall with his smile as bright as the rising sun.
Konteksto | Imburnal
Konteksto | Imburnal
Sa bawat pabirong post na kailangan nang maghanap ng imburnal para magkapera, nalalantad ang karumal-dumal na sitwasyon ng mahihirap na napagkakaitan ng batayang serbisyo tulad ng libreng pabahay.
Gaza: The US-Israel plan to instrumentalise aid is not only ineffective but deadly
Gaza: The US-Israel plan to instrumentalise aid is not only ineffective but deadly
Humanitarian aid must be provided only by humanitarian organisations who have the competence and determination to do it safely and effectively – not warring parties.
Balik-Tanaw | The Spirit, our Master
Balik-Tanaw | The Spirit, our Master
When we began our Novitiate, a Polish Redemptorist priest guided our group in a weeklong retreat. He was, technically speaking, our retreat master. But I can never forget what he said to us right before he presided the opening Mass: “The Holy Spirit is our ‘retreat master.’ In fact, the Holy Spirit is the true Master of your Novitiate journey.”
Guide and recommendations for LGUs for a rights-based approach to environmental protection
Guide and recommendations for LGUs for a rights-based approach to environmental protection
LGUs may prohibit projects on a case-to-case basis and not by enacting a total ban
The Mishil Complex
The Mishil Complex
It’s time we stop waiting for saviors in barong or military uniform. The real leaders are not in palaces or halls of Congress. They’re in factories, classrooms, farms, and communities. They are the ones who serve, not rule.
Duterte Youth, Cardema face new charges
Duterte Youth, Cardema face new charges
The poll body and the highest court should not turn a blind eye at the Duterte Youth’s blatant disrespect for rules on the filing of sworn documents, and on the notarization of such documents. What these shady characters have done is a disrespect to institutions and to the public.
Balik-Tanaw | Lift our hearts and souls to the Risen and Ascended One
Balik-Tanaw | Lift our hearts and souls to the Risen and Ascended One
In commemorating Christ’s Ascension, we lift our hearts and souls to the Risen and Ascended One along with our visions and hopes as a people who continuously long for peace and justice.
A child of impunity: Explaining the disqualification case against Duterte Youth
A child of impunity: Explaining the disqualification case against Duterte Youth
The Comelec bears the constitutional duty to safeguard the integrity of our electoral process. Anything less would be a betrayal of the marginalized sectors the party-list system was designed to empower.
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