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Harvard-trained Filipina scientist chooses to serve home university

Harvard-trained Filipina scientist chooses to serve home university

Ronald O. Reyes

Jul 31, 2025

2 min read

BATANGAS. Fishermen and environmental campaigners set a fluvial protest in Simlong, Batangas City on November 11, 2024, ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. In support of the Global Days of Action Against Gas Expansion, the participants said they want to send a strong message to world leaders attending COP29 about the alleged dangers posed to the peoples and planet of massive investments in fossil gas in Asia and beyond.

Disaster lessons drive Filipinos to campaign against fossil fuels

Ronald O. Reyes

Nov 20, 2024

4 min read

CALIFORNIA. Award-winning Filipino teacher Gary Mosquito prepares his classroom as he begins his teaching job at a school in California, USA.

Overworked, underpaid Filipino teachers leaving for bigger paychecks abroad

Ronald O. Reyes

Sep 06, 2024

5 min read

LEYTE. Publication staff of An Lantawan of Leyte Normal University in Tacloban City receives the "Campus Press of the Year" award during the Regional Tertiary Schools Press Conference at the Visayas State University in Baybay City on April 7, 2024. Some 400 campus journalists from 28 college and university publications across the Eastern Visayas region joined the event, which focused on battling against campus repression, artificial intelligence, and disinformation.

Young Filipino scribes push back against campus repression, disinformation

Ronald O. Reyes

Apr 11, 2024

4 min read

LEYTE. Police Corporal Denver Jay Busa is seen at the Police Regional Office-Eastern Visayas in Palo, Leyte.

Filipino cop proves you can be both tough and godly

Ronald O. Reyes

Apr 10, 2024

6 min read

A file photo shows members of the all-men religious group Palo Penitentes joining the annual Holy Week celebration in Palo, Leyte. (File/Photo courtesy of Sidney Snoeck)

Penitentes take centerstage anew in Leyte Holy Week rituals

Ronald O. Reyes

Mar 28, 2024

6 min read

LUMAD Basakanon’s performers of Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City entertain the crowd in the street dancing category of the Sinulog Grand Parade and Ritual Showdown at the South Road Properties in Cebu City on Sunday, January 21, 2024. The contingent bagged the first prize in the street dancing category.

Millions of Catholic faithful in joyful dance to honor Holy Child Jesus

Ronald O. Reyes

Jan 25, 2024

5 min read

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Southern Leyte street vendor finds hope in DOLE's livelihood program

Ronald O. Reyes

Sep 22, 2022

2 min read

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Apr 04, 2022

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