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WEB17 hours ago · Climate accountability. September 29, 2024. The Philippines, for the third consecutive year, is still the most at-risk country to extreme natural events and negative climate change. The 2024 World Risk Report released two weeks ago rated countries according to exposure, vulnerability, susceptibility, and lack of coping and adaptive …
Poverty and inequality in the Philippines | Inquirer Opinion
WEBDec 2, 2022 · GNI per capita was $3,430 in 2020 ($3,850 in 2019) for the Philippines, and $7,050 ($7,407 in 2019) for Thailand. On the other hand, poverty rate was estimated at 18.1 percent in 2021 (16.7 percent in 2018) for the former, and 8.8 percent in 2020 (6.2 percent in 2019) for the latter. Indonesia’s population increased to 274 million in 2020.
Issues in PH education: A teacher’s perspective
WEBSep 15, 2023 · Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:02 AM September 15, 2023. The Philippine education system is riddled with challenges and issues, from the K-12 curriculum and teachers’ training, to the continuing battle for higher salaries for teachers, and the shortage of classrooms and learning materials for students. These issues have been reported in …
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OPM and its importance to Filipino culture | Inquirer Opinion
WEBSep 29, 2023 · OPM is important for Filipino music because it represents a continuing tradition in the Philippines, and indeed in every former colony, where the hybridization and negotiation of local and foreign cultural concepts take hold. In the case of modern OPM, the sound is reflective of both desire and derision of Western styles, whose end is to create ...
Who really ordered Luna’s murder? | Inquirer Opinion
WEBJun 5, 2015 · From The Evening News, an American paper published in Washington, we read this report a week later: “Manila, June 13. [7.35 p.m.]—General Luna, lieutenant commander of the Filipino army, has been assassinated by order of Aguinaldo. He was stabbed to death by a guard selected by Aguinaldo to kill him. Reports were received …
Understanding ‘utang na loob’ - Inquirer.net
WEBDec 22, 2022 · Utang na loob does not mean giving everything that is asked. Utang na loob is, in a way, a promise to have malasakit in a relationship. And sometimes, that malasakit comes in the form of setting limits for the other’s best interests. Refusing to be a parent’s retirement plan, in the sense of providing all their financial needs at the cost ...
The new globalization | Inquirer Opinion
WEBJan 3, 2020 · PIDS notes that the new globalization is marked by (1) economic restructuring, (2) worsening inequality, (3) dampened international cooperation on “global public goods” like communicable disease control, counterterrorism measures and climate change mitigation, and (4) weakening of social cohesion and trust. We will focus on …
Laws do not provide exceptions: Abortion is illegal
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · The laws penalizing abortion as a crime do not provide any exceptions, not even for rape or incest. A wrong cannot be rectified by another wrong; no one should be deprived of human life without due process; and a fetus, just like any human, must be presumed innocent until proven guilty. It is quite obvious that the fetus has done no …
Editorial Archives | Inquirer Opinion
WEBSep 22, 2024 · Inquirer Opinion Editorial offers insightful and timely commentary on current issues, politics, economy, culture and society in the Philippines and beyond.