The Ateneo Senior High School ABM strand, in collaboration with Boboto ACO, brought the school year to a close with the online charity concert entitled “Gunita” which featured various artists and acts from the strand last 10th of May, 2021. 

University President, Fr. Bobby Yap stated that the university is currently discussing possible face-to-face scenarios for on-campus classes during the second session of the Ateneo Town Hall Meeting with the newly appointed leaders on May 7, 2021.

Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that they will be prioritizing the urban centers for COVID-19 vaccine rollout during President Rodrigo Duterte’s taped State of the Nation Address last May 5, 2021. 

A year into the pandemic, the cure for COVID-19 is yet to be found, hence some undisclosed hospitals, upon the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have been considering therapeutics including the Ivermectin as a repurposed drug, although its efficacy as a cure for COVID remains unproven and under examination.

The history of colonization in the Philippines played a crucial role in the societal norms rampant today. Pre-colonial history states that Babaylans are highly reputed individuals that held great socio-political influence. They were male or female religious leaders assuming the demeanor of women and even had the right to marry anyone regardless of gender. One of the pioneering transgender activists, Naomi Fontanos, stated that the terms asog, bayoguin, bakla were originally categorized as gender terms leading to a presumption that the ancient Philippines believed in gender diversity and was open to the idea that gender is not constricted to the binary ones. But when the Spaniards assailed the islands in 1565, the massive erasure of the ancient Philippine culture commenced including its supernumerary gender system.