The images from France are striking: high-school students blocking schools, members of trade unions joining them in the streets, and hundreds of thousands demanding better classrooms, more teachers, and relief…
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Bryce McIntyre:
Hunger Eases in the Philippines, but One in Five Families Still Goes Hungry
A June survey by Social Weather Stations, a private nonprofit polling institute, found that 20.3 percent of Filipino families had experienced involuntary hunger in the previous three months. That is…
Bryce McIntyre:
The State of Learning in Catanduanes: A Province Caught Between Progress and Persistent Gaps
This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on public education in Catanduanes Province. Part 1, on educational attainment, appeared in last week’s edition. If attainment tells the story…
Bryce McIntyre:
The State of Learning in Catanduanes: A Province Caught Between Progress and Persistent Gaps
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on public education in Catanduanes Province. Part 2 will appear in next week’s edition. Available evidence indicates that educational attainment in…
Bryce McIntyre:
The Battle Over Nickel Mining on Sibuyan Island
Sibuyan is a small island smack in the middle of the Philippines’ vast 7,641-island tropical archipelago. In 2023, residents formed a human wall across a road, trying to stop trucks…
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Bangsamoro Voters Head to Polls Next Month in First-Ever Parliamentary Election
In what some observers may come to view as a turning point in modern Philippine history, voters across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, BARMM, will go to the…
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Philippines Ranks Near Bottom in Global AI Readiness; BPOs at Risk
It’s a matter of curiosity that the Philippines was selected as a hub for Pax Silica, given that the nation is, in some respects, underqualified to benefit from advances in…
Bryce McIntyre:
Pax Silica: Silicon Pipe Dreams and Sovereign Risks — The Philippines’ Big Gambit
Four thousand acres of land in Tarlac Province, an hour’s drive north of Manila and known for its sugar and rice plantations, have lately become the object of a peculiar…
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Tagalog vs. Filipino Debate: Tempest in a Teapot?
Every August, the banners go up, school programs are endlessly rehearsed, and somewhere a student is forced to recite the archaic poem “Florante at Laura” by Francisco Balagtas in a…
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The Death of a National Icon: New Bilibid Prison’s Long Goodbye
For 86 years, New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City has stood as the grim centerpiece of the Philippine correctional system — a sprawling reservation where the country warehouses everyone from…