By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR. Contributor Indeed, climate change is worsening and massive destruction is continuing. But, alas, the call for climate action and environmental protection remains unheard of in our country. Instead of taking measures to protect the environment and creating counter-measures to further prohibit environmental degradation, the call for our nature’s protection has now escalated into a full-blown attack on human rights violations.
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 MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today He is the only Asian 8th division world champion, who at the start of his career, was vastly underestimated by American and Mexican counterparts due to his being an Asian and his diminutive form. For a few times, Floyd Mayweather called Pacquiao a midget.
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.