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Every student at any university or institution has the right to pursue their goals. In this process, goals should not be sacrificed for safety and health.
Bong Suntay spoke of a female celebrity Anne Curtis, not as a person, not as a woman deserving of respect, but as an object — a vessel for his imagination and a canvas for his childish fantasies.
The storm we fear most isn’t just Typhoon Uwan — it’s the typhoon of corruption that hits harder, lasts longer, and leaves deeper scars. And while the winds howl and the waters rise, the silence of accountability is deafening.
Now, facing a supposed arrest warrant, Dela Rosa and an army of supporters are demanding due process—not for genuine victims of abuse, but for himself. Regardless of the warrant’s legitimacy, there are too many red flags that continue to be downplayed—for how long should this cycle be tolerated?
Most people believe that when one is physically healthy, no sickness, and no hurt, that’s enough to live well in this world. But the truth is, you can still fail to survive even if you’re in good physical condition or even if no person puts you to death. The real antagonist—the one truly in control—is your mind.
If we remain silent, how can we bring justice to those who have been victims of this system’s greed? This system has made us all suffer. If we remain silent, it will be as if we are ignoring the people who have been strangled by it.
We laugh off our struggles. And the more we joke, the more the system laughs with us—because as long as we’re busy distracting ourselves, no one dares to question.
Bulacan is naturally prone to floods. With its rivers, its low-lying areas, and its connection to Manila Bay, the water will always find its way in. But being prone does not mean being helpless.
Arrests during rallies, prolonged detention, and escalating legal hurdles reveal an environment where activism is treated less as a democratic right and more as a threat to public order. Such a climate of fear risks alienating young citizens who should instead be empowered to participate in nation-building.
Can leadership still be called leadership when its loudest achievement is outrage, and its quietest absence is accountability? “If I wasn’t President, I might be out in the streets with them.” That’s what President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. had the gall to say as citizens filled the streets to protest anomalous and defective flood control projects worth billions of pesos. A dramatic line, almost cinematic—except Malacañang today is wrapped in new wires, gates, and police barricades. The President says he’s “with the people,” but from where exactly? From behind steel fences and a battalion of police? The symbolism is impossible to miss: a leader sealed in, a public shut out.
In many classrooms across our country, a grade of 90 should be something to celebrate. Because it reflects our mastery, effort, and consistency. Yet, it often met with disappointments, sometimes even shame. ‘90 lang?’ is the refrain students hear at home, in school corridors, or whispered among peers. The obsession of these numbers has created a culture where excellence will never be enough. A grade of 90, which in other countries is considered as outstanding, is here treated as a baseline. The results? Students push themselves beyond healthy limits, chasing after decimals instead of true learning.
So we will not celebrate. We will not mourn either. But we will only tell the truth: Charlie Kirk died a victim of his own beliefs, undone by the violence he allowed, and exposed in death as he was in life; a contradiction too deep to survive.
This is not about permits. This is not about masks. This is about who holds the real power. And for too long, that power has been hoarded by the corrupt and the complicit.
For now, the performance continues. And like every gripping drama, it feeds on tension, betrayal, and spectacle—only this time, it is real life, the stakes are real, and the cost is borne not by the actors, but by the nation itself.
Peace cannot live in whispers. It must be shouted, demanded, written in every street and spoken in every hall. Before every life is gone, before every hope is done. The fire beyond the wire must end—or it will burn us all again.
The outcome could go either way, however, if he simply continues the same unjust status of the council, history may remember his term as just another instance of senators switching seats, while the society’s deeper problems remain unresolved.
This goes beyond mere corruption—it is betrayal from the very heights of power. And when betrayal is tolerated, it turns into the standard. The question is simple yet urgent: when lawmakers become takers, who will make the law work for the people?
We don’t need overbold showoffs to act for the people; what we must have are law-fearing, law-abiding public servants who would not even think of swiping a single cent from the reserves made by Filipinos and made for Filipinos.
However, isn’t that just ridiculous to think if DepEd gives importance to the 4cs and yet continues to give multiple choices as a type of exam? For what, to provide comfort towards students’ or to create a blockage for their progress?
Public humiliation is just the beginning; true justice means imprisoning their parents, seizing every peso of the stolen wealth, and breaking the vicious cycle in which the children of thieves live like royalty while the people who finance their luxuries go hungry.
The absence of culture means the absence of the community that builds on it. The eradication of Palestinians means the eradication of culture. Israel shows no signs of stopping their attacks and shows no remorse for their actions.
What students need is not more televised finger-pointing, but working classrooms, supported teachers, and leaders—both in the Senate and in DepEd—who fix the cracks before they spread.
Because they sought justice, and they did so through their deep love for the country and through their strong principles. Wherever the impeachment case may lead to, we should not let go of our pride, nor should we forget our values.
This is the reality that a lot of the Filipinos have to go through—they have to face the deprivation of rights while battling death, then defying debts and payments after.
Jean walked into SGH, not to gamble her life against a circuit— but to fix her heart. She trusted a system that let her down in darkness, in the most literal way possible.
So yes, thank you, for the gadgets, the pay, the promises. But let’s stop pretending this is generosity. It’s not a gift. It’s back pay for unpaid labor.
The nation needs to move past the cycle it’s gotten itself stuck in due to government inadequacy and the inability of those at the top.
Evacuation should not be the norm for millions of Filipinos when typhoons hit, but rather a last resort. For us not to drown in dire conditions, the cycle of devastation followed by performative response instead of lasting interventions must also be evacuated.
But this is a mere challenge to those in their high seats. If justice is truly what you seek then I challenge you to fix your errors, strengthen your defenses, and repeat the history of early February 2025.
I don’t want a president who normalizes disaster. I want one who refuses to let it keep happening. If this really is the “new normal”, then our response should be anything but normal. It should be radical, relentless, and uncompromising.
For now, Vice President Duterte walks away without trial. But she does not walk away from scrutiny. Justice—real justice—cannot be erased by a date on a calendar. And when it returns, as it must, let it come not as theater, but as reckoning.
With people having to settle for evacuation sites in the form of basketball courts, city halls, malls, and even churches. These facilities were not designed to support evacuated families, but they have to adapt to a new purpose, similar to how Filipinos continuously have to adapt to the same old system of fighting for their lives.
Enough is enough. How many more drowned voices will it take before leadership stops lounging and starts leading?
When local producers are forced to compete with cheap, untaxed imports, many can’t survive. That leads to layoffs, shuttered factories, and increased reliance on foreign goods. Over time, the Philippines risks becoming a passive market, rather than an active player in global trade.
Burdened and betrayed is what people classify. Raising taxes doesn't improve lives—they decrease human morale. Raising taxes as luxury doesn't fend off such mediocrity—it raises betrayal.
In this generation, where youth are most of the time leading the voice whether in political or societal issues, adults cannot help themselves but to compare and contrast what they have experienced back then.
Class suspensions shouldn’t require public pressure. They shouldn’t depend on trending tweets, desperate Facebook comments, or viral rants.
