Category: 2026

Please Do Not Tap on the Glass

Pubmat by Adrien Exxon Chua Zoos have long presented themselves as places of education, recreation, and conservation — allowing people who may never encounter a tiger, elephant, or crocodile in the wild to see these animals in person. Yet the familiarity of this arrangement raises a question that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: when…

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Through the Controller: A Look at AdZU

by Giana Bacordo What once seemed unimaginable is actualizing itself as a dangerous problem in the Philippines: school violence. On August 18, a student entered the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) and opened fire. Public discourse has been reignited, spiraling into discussions of school safety and youth radicalization. Authorities are now examining his digital footprint…

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Wikang Nauunawaan, Mamamayang Napalalakas

By Tandang Sora Isang dokumento. Ilang pahina. Mga salitang kailangang basahin nang paulit-ulit bago tuluyang maintindihan. Para sa isang mamamayang nais lamang mag-apply para sa isang serbisyo o alamin ang isang bagong batas, maaaring maging hadlang ang mismong dokumentong dapat sana’y tumulong sa kaniya. Hindi sapat na mayroong impormasyon kung hindi naman ito nauunawaan. Sa…

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Inside the Tacloban School Shooting: The Systemic Safety Question 

Inside the Tacloban School Shooting: The Systemic Safety Question  by Giana Bacordo For many Filipinos, the idea of a shooting happening inside a classroom is difficult to imagine. The 43-second video of the attack itself, however, makes that reality ever more tangible and impossible to ignore. Hunched underneath a table, the camera points up, the…

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