Every March, women are celebrated. For the rest of the year, we are put on trial. This contradiction is not new. Rather, it is one that the country has grown comfortable living with.

The young athletes of the Palarong Pambansa embody qualities we often claim to admire: resilience, determination, and sportsmanship. They train without expecting instant recognition. They compete without the promise of wealth. They represent their regions not for fame, but out of pride. And yet, in a society increasingly driven by clicks, likes, and fleeting digital moments, they are left with mere tokens for their excellence.

As per COMELEC policies, every candidate and party are given 5 days to clean and retrieve their campaign materials after election day. However, even years have passed, many of these materials are still hanging on public places or scattered in the wind, and when left unchecked for a longer time, it becomes an environmental threat.

Last year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his 3rd State of the Nation Address. Among other things, he flexed the implementation of over 5,500 flood control projects, with plans for around 10 more large scale projects amounting to over 500 billion pesos to be implemented over the next 13 years. These projects once promised to alleviate the lives of Filipinos, yet following the recent ravages of various typhoons, the projects that once promised to save lives, are now drowning in corruption.

The increasing statistics of HIV cases in the Philippines should not be ignored, nor should they induce panic. They are presented to spark action — a clarion call for society to fully choose education over tradition and empathy over stigma.

Gumagalaw ang kapayapaan, at sa bawat kilos nito ay mapapanatiling buhay ang kasaysayan. Kaya mahalagang isapuso na ang EDSA People Power Revolution, isang pambuong-piraso ng kasaysayan, ay hindi kailanman magagapi ng kahit anong panahon o puwersa.

If you’ve ever asked ChatGPT to summarize a reading for class, or used it to “inspire” your research outline, you’re not alone. AI has quietly crept into study habits, classrooms, and laboratories—not just helping students and professionals, but in many cases, doing the actual thinking for them. It’s pitched as a productivity boost, a shortcut, a “study buddy.” But let’s be honest: it’s not studying if a machine does it for you.

Penalizing students by not exercising their right to suffrage is not democracy, its coercion. Varied preferences may affect their way of choosing candidates because their ideal candidates may be neither of the choices, and that’s valid. Democracy is having a choice, and that includes the right to say ‘no’.

These budget cuts are a continuous blatant show of disrespect and incompetence  of  the government despite the multiple promises of providing accessible and quality education for all. Thus, these cuts will only serve as a hindrance to the goal of SUCs to go global and become world class institutions.