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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Even if President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that Charter change (Cha-cha) is not a priority of his administration, his allies in the House of Representatives continued their deliberation on proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution. Why do they want to amend our Constitution? They want to loosen some restrictions…
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On March 21, 2023, ICSI spearheaded a workshop for the Ateneo de Manila University’s 2023 Talakayang Alay sa Bayan (TALAB) Event entitled, “Pakikilakbay at Pakikipagkapwa: Conversations on Faith and Compassionate Approaches to Drugs.” The workshop, attended by xx students, served as an initial pilot run for ICSI’s conversation guide and…
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In this article written for the Intersect in 2010, the late Fr. John J. Carroll, SJ gave a succinct background on the social encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI published in 2009, Caritas in Veritate. Fr Carroll recalled the main ideas proposed in previous encyclicals but pointed out that the pope…
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Paggunita sa Ika-50 Taon ng Pagdedeklara ng Martial Law ni Dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. Limampung taon pagkatapos ng pagdedeklara ng Martial Law ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., noong ika-21 ng Setyembre 1972, marami ang nagsasabing dapat na tayong mag-move on, na ibaon na sa limot ang nakaraan upang…
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High-risk behaviors such as using illegal drugs have been one of the common causes of women’s coming into conflict with the law. In the Philippines, the antidrug campaign has resulted in more individuals, women included, getting apprehended, incarcerated, and, in some cases, treated inhumanely and unjustly. As part of the…
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[IN FILIPINO] Madalas na nakabatay sa ating nalalaman ang mga pinaniniwalaan at pinahahalagahan natin. Kung tama ang alam natin, malamang na tama rin ang magiging desisyon natin. Kung baluktot na impormasyon ang nakukuha natin, maaaring maging mali ang mga desisyong gagawin natin base rito. Ang panganib ng misinformation at disinformation…
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For its third learning session, the Urban Transformation Working Group (UTWG), which ICSI steers with other member-organizations of the Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (PHILSSA), invited Architect Nathaniel von Einsiedel to talk about green development in Philippine cities. The activity is part of a series of learning sessions that…
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