Note: On June 27, 2024, Dr Anna Marie Karaos, former Executive Director of ICSI and now Program Consultant, was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) during the 2024 Commencement Exercises of the Ateneo de Naga University. Below is her full commencement speech. (Photo taken from the…
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Proponents of Charter change (or Cha-cha) blame the Constitution for the Philippines’ being a development laggard. They say that it failed to bring about the change expected after the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986. The Constitution, they also claim, has become an obstacle to the development of our education,…
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By Francisco F. Claver, S.J., D.D.† 19 August 2009 One might wonder what the word “Church” in the title of the Institute means. In the minds of its initiators, it meant Church, the Holy People of God, as has been and continues to be more commonly emphasized since Vatican II;…
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Written as part of a collection commemorating the tenth anniversary of the EDSA event, this lengthy article reviews the interaction of the church with the Philippine state during that period, against the background both of the church’s own self-understanding and of the Philippine Constitution of 1987. It notes the efforts…
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The voice of the youth is vital in governance and socio-political discourses, not only because the future belongs to them, but also because they are key partners in building our nation. As Pope Francis said, “Dear young people, you are not the future but the now…” This statement recognizes the…
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The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) will be held simultaneously on October 30. Voters aged 18 and above will elect their barangay chairperson and seven council members or kagawad. Youth voters aged 15-30 will choose the SK chairperson and seven SK kagawad. The BSKE was supposed to be held…
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More than three decades after his father was overthrown in a historic “people power” revolution, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son and namesake of the late dictator, was elected president of the Philippines by a landslide in May 2022. Marcos Jr ran on a platform of “unity” in a country where…
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The transport sector is the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Philippines according to the Climate Change Commission (De Vera-Ruiz 2020). It also accounts for almost a third, or 26%, of energy-related CO₂ emissions (Climate Transparency 2020). Of this sector, road-based transportation dominates the share of…
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The recent court ruling on the death of 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and 14-year-old Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman shows that the call for justice for victims of the so-called “war on drugs” is far from over. This is only the second conviction in the illegal drugs campaign of the Duterte…
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From the Archives: No time to lose
Fr John J. Carroll, SJ † 26 June 1993 It has been called a French Revolution without the guillotine, the bloodless decapitation of the entire political and economic leadership class of Italy. This may be an exaggeration, but Italians have watched with fascination and growing revulsion the unravelling of a…