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Sunio: No 'proof of existence'

Riz P. Sunio / from June 20, 2019

WHAT would you do if the government does not even recognize your existence?A Certificate of Live Birth (Colb) is a proof of one’s citizenship. By having one, a person may access some of the State’s basic services such as education and hospitalization, among others.By being documented, one may go to ...

Ravanera: How oppressed are our indigenous people?

Orlan Ravanera / from June 18, 2019

ELECTIONS had just come to pass when power has been exercised by the people where it rightfully belongs in consonance with the legal dictum, “sovereignty resides with the people and all governmental powers emanate from them.” After that, power is transferred to a few elite through money politics, enamored in ...

Luczon: A (greater) need to understand cyberspace

Nef Luczon / from June 15, 2019

BOTH the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and Department of Education (DepEd) are mulling to discourage, if not totally ban, the use of social media as part of academic requirements in passing the class.The reason, primarily, is that instead of poring the heads of students with books and ...

Ravanera: New breed of freedom fighters

Orlan Ravanera / from June 12, 2019

AS WE celebrate our Independence Day, let us remember the protracted historical armed struggle of our forefathers when a few brave men and women had organized resistance against colonial rule, firmly believing that “the people united can never be defeated.”Nothing could be sweeter in the history of a nation than ...

Sia: Independence Day: Something to be cherished

James Edgar Sia / from June 12, 2019

THIS week we mark the 121st Independence Day of the Philippines.Wikipedia says that this occasion is observed every June 12 for the purpose of “commemorating the independence of the Philippines from Spain.” Specific as this may be, people seem to take for granted that this holiday also celebrates our being ...

Ravanera: Jose ‘Tam-an’ Tomas Sr.’s victory is a wake-up call

Orlan Ravanera / from June 7, 2019

IN A world so enamored in self-promotion, superficial appearances and mundane trivialities, it is a conclusion of a study of a well-known university in the United States that the humans have already been reduced to just “self-gratification machines,” suffering from illusion of grandeur engrossed in so much materialism and consumerism.This ...

Garcia-Atienza: Mohon maaf lahir dan batin

Gina Atienza / from June 4, 2019

MOHON maaf lahir dan batin. Forgive me my trespasses in word and deed that I have committed against you in the past year. Thus goes the salutation of every Southeast Asian Muslim on the day of Eid al Fitr (Idul Fitri).Sunrise, SunsetEid al-Fitr falls on the first day of Shawwal, ...

Luczon: Greening

Nef Luczon / from June 1, 2019

THE same city ordinance behind the implementation of the restriction of single-use plastics in buying groceries and other merchandises, will also be the basis of slowly enforcing the “No segregation, No collection” policy when it comes to throwing away garbage in Cagayan de Oro.City Ordinance Number 13378-2018 or the “Integrated ...

Sia: On the word 'pamalandong' and other shady thoughts

James Edgar Sia / from May 30, 2019

IN A tropical country like ours, there are two distinct seasons: rainy and sunny. Lately, it has been hard to tell when one ends and the other begins, and according to the organizers of climate strikes, it is none other than climate change causing these erratic weather patterns. This means ...

Sunio: Missing how Marawi used to be

Riz P. Sunio / from May 28, 2019

I CAN'T believe it has already been two years since the Marawi siege. I checked back my photos from before the Marawi siege and I can't believe that the places I used to stroll on a few years back have become and are still in the state of rubbles.Many student-visitors ...

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