By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today This government is berserk.  It is confronted with many irregularities in the relief service delivery.  As the people’s lamentation continues, the stories are getting bolder.  The “barricaders” are just one of those who dared to expose themselves only to tell the truth and now to face the court without any arms but the truth.    ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today Typhoon Pablo has brought to our very eyes the broad range of issues relevant to disaster response.  Issues of intervention and actions for the affected grassroots communities in the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental have been put to further scrutiny. ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today In November last year’s Mindanao Human Rights Summit, I joined a thematic workshop on Violations Against the Moro People and Islamophobia -- a term which defined, albeit criticized, for the prejudice against, hatred or irrational fear of the Muslims. ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today For many, transformative education is just a catch phrase to be in, but hey, it is a framework that will not allow us to produce futures slaves, maintain culture of silence, and increase disempowered citizenry. ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today The experience of India may be a case in point in warning all the poor women and men in the Philippines that such step is just a beginning in policy changes that may hamper gender equality and women empowerment. It requires people’s vigilance as to remind us of India’s case. India has been a population control/reproductive health project of the USA and Europe where these countries take history of policies along population control for the global consumption. ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today By allowing children to speak out and to contribute on the basis of their evolving capacities, disaster work becomes more meaningful as it spells long term action: changing the economic and socio-political landscapes in order to reduce people’s vulnerabilities and increase their capacities for growth and achieving well-being. ...

By PROF. MAE ANCHETA-TEMPLA Davao Today Realities further dictate that disaster management goes beyond charity.  Geographical location and biological factors need comprehensive scientific analysis towards coming up of a holistic and responsive approach to the issues and concerns of catastrophes.  Undeniably, the neoliberal regime complicates the matter as "social services" being privatized and self-help (pay your own) pushed as acceptable in light of public-private partnership emphasized by the present dispensation.  ...

By PROF. MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA The hegemonic spread of consumption patterns through globalization of the media and new information technologies does not only serve the interest of global capital at the expense of sustainable development, but also foster a growing objectification of women, their bodies and their sexuality. ...

By MAE FE ANCHETA-TEMPLA In this first foray in Today’s View, I want to debunk the misconception that women in prostitution are deviants and, therefore, have to be regarded as outcasts. Women suffer from such a categorization as if personality disorders have to be corrected and that rehabilitation is of utmost concern for the humanitarians. Here lies the psychoanalytic framework as a further analysis for women in prostitution. ...