By Herman M. Lagon The phrase “snowflake generation” has become popular in public conversation recently, mostly as a negative moniker for Generation Z (ages 12 to 27) and Millennials (ages 28 to 43). This word conjures images of fragility, oversensitivity and an incapacity to manage conflicting points of view or hardship. Underneath this frigid exterior, …
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‘Makibeki. Huwag Mashokot’ reverberates in UP Diliman
By Dennis Gorecho “Makibeki. Huwag Mashokot” is the gay lingo for the activist slogan “Makibaka. Huwag Matakot” that reverberated at this year’s Pride March and Festival on June 28, 2025 held at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in Quezon City. Not even the heavy rains could dampen the spirit of celebration. The campus …
Impeachment, interrupted again!?
By Herman M. Lagon The Supreme Court’s decision to stop the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte hit a nerve for many of us. I’m no lawyer, but I’ve taken a couple of subjects in constitution, logic, law, and legislation, worked for years in newsrooms, and spent more than two decades as an educator to …
Self-reliance in food
By Sonny Angara Recently, the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW), led by Senate President Tito Sotto, conducted two extensive hearings on African swine fever (ASF) which continues to be a perennial threat not only to the local hog industry, but also the country’s food security. The hearings underscored the seriousness of this other outbreak, …
Zeal for all the things of God
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This is what we can learn from that gospel episode of Christ driving those who converted the temple into a market place (cfr. John 2:13-25), which is the gospel reading. We need to develop this zeal because otherwise our heart can only be captured by earthly things that in the end …
Will the Senate also seek reconsideration?
By Ade S. Fajardo The Supreme Court had stopped an impeachment only two times before the currently sizzling case of Sara Duterte. In 2003, it declared some provisions of the House of Representatives rules on impeachment unconstitutional, and halted the hearings against former Chief Justice Hilario Davide. A status quo ante order was issued while …
The missing Ph in PhD
By Herman M. Lagon There it was, a post quietly tucked between vacation selfies and food reels: “Train PhD students to be thinkers, not just specialists.” I almost scrolled past it. But something about the line arrested me. Maybe it was the exhaustion I had felt from meetings where so-called experts could explain every bit …
Silly Qs, smart As
By Herman M. Lagon No one warned me that the most thought-provoking part of judging a university-wide non-teaching personnel event would happen at the foot of the picturesque Almadria Highlands in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. As an academician, I expected fashion, talent and maybe a few standing ovations. But I did not expect a Q&A portion …
The danger of becoming holier-than-thou
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to be most careful with this danger which can easily afflict especially those who desire to be good, holy and a firm believer of God. The devil, who can appear to be an angel of light, can with a most subtle deception trip us in our pursuit for holiness. …
Love, floods and nationhood at Barasoain
By Ignacio R. Bunye On July 22, while most of Luzon braced for yet another round of flooding, a couple in Malolos chose to walk through rising waters — not to evacuate, but to get married. Inside the historic Barasoain Church, Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar stood ankle-deep in floodwater to exchange vows, surrounded …