Give peace a chance
Despite the challenges confronting the peace process, the Filipinos must be reminded that the country needs an all-out peace now more than ever.
Ferth Vandensteen Manaysay
President Obama Meets With EWC Southeast Asian Leadership Participants
This year’s 20 participants in an East-West Center-administered leadership program for Southeast Asian university students and recent graduates met with President Obama at the White House on June 1, along with 55 other participants in the State Department’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, or YSEALI.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: How to Deal with Natural Disasters in Philippines
This article highlights the initiatives of the Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment Hazards) in advancing the use of cutting edge technologies and recommending innovative information services in government’s disaster prevention and mitigation efforts.
Promoting children’s rights through art
"The simplest things matter the most when it comes to helping children attain their rights."
Deles: ‘No to conflict, yes to peace’
"We stand now on the brink of a new era of peace and development in the Bangsamoro, and throughout Mindanao. We stand here ready to close the door to conflict and enter a world sharing peace, prosperity and security. What we are witnessing is a country coming together in taking bold, unprecedented, and yes, historic steps to define peace in the context of heritage and cultural identity."
10 reasons you should care about water and energy
Things you need to know about the interdependence of water and energy, and how the world can attain security in both sectors
Struggling out of the poverty trap
The country's fight against poverty still has a long way to go, but do the success stories of some of the conditional cash transfer grantees indicate that the government is on the right track?
Yolanda recovery: Crossing borders through civic action
This conference highlights the emergency relief activities in the disaster-hit areas and discussed the future reconstruction activities in the Philippines.
Youth Push Greater Regional Cooperation at the ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum, Philippine Team Bags Grand Prize
The main purpose of the week-long event is to gather the young leaders of ASEAN and ROK to talk about the role of youth in forging the ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations in the areas of economic cooperation, human rights, and peace and security.
The Filipino Youth in Geopolitical Context
This is the winning entry (college level) in the recently concluded essay contest “The West Philippine Sea and Its Impact on the Future of the Philippines” organized by the United States Pinoys For Good Governance with presentation of awards to the winners being staged as part of the Second Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora.
Filipino youth push social media leveraging in West Philippine Sea dispute
As part of the mission of the US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) to provide the Filipino youth the opportunity to express their thoughts on the West Philippine Sea dispute, the USP4GG ran an essay contest with the theme “The West Philippine Sea and Its Impact on the Future of the Philippines”.
High court’s flip-flop not Fasap case is main issue
What does the word “final” mean to the Supreme Court? Does “final” have a different meaning and interpretation in the Philippine justice system?
