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October 03, 2025

Gabii Nga Plastik

An ofw in thailand was staggered seeing photographs of what the earthquake wrought and felt compelled to write....

October 02, 2025

An Altered Faith and Imported Politics: Why the Philippine Church Must Resist U.S. Christian Nationalism

The fights tearing through U.S. congregations, about Trump, vaccines, race, and sexuality, are now mirrored here. Believers are dividing not over contextual, biblical issues, but over imported culture wars....

September 30, 2025

We Failed the Test of Unity

I see now that corruption is not just in our leaders — it is in our reflex to defend them, our blindness to excuse them, and our stupidity in letting colors matter more than country....

September 24, 2025

What's On My Mind?

If we want real change, the days after September 21 matter more than September 21 itself....

September 23, 2025

Ateneo School of Government Condemns Perverse Level of Greed

Ateneo School of Government Position Paper on Corruption Issues in Government...

September 19, 2025

Corruption: When Norms Upstage the Law

Pointing out widespread corruption can normalize corrupt behavior by portraying it as unavoidable. In highly corrupt environments, messages like “everyone pays bribes” do not mobilize resistance — they induce fatalism....

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