Autor: pacifista

Taguig City, Philippines —In many urban centers, women face a familiar dilemma: balancing work responsibilities with the need to access essential health services. Cervical cancer screening, critical for early detection and treatment, is often delayed or missed, particularly by women in the formal workforce who cannot easily take time off. A new workplace-based approach in Taguig…

“Men are more inclined to choose evil than good when they are free to choose.” Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livy, Book I. “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant; and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.” Jesus of Nazareth, Gospel according to…

Media Statement By: Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign, January 29, 2026 The Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign is proud that Boris Kagarlitsky was awarded the 2025 Seán MacBride Peace Prize, in company with the brave Palestinian human rights activists, Hania Bitar and Randa Siniora. The prize is awarded annually by  the International Peace Bureau (IPB), of which…

The expiry of New START ushers in a new phase of heightened nuclear dangers. Europe’s leaders must recognize the grave implications for European security and take action.

Bansud, Oriental Mindoro — A coalition of faith-based organizations, civil society groups, and local government units formally launched on February 2, 2026 the HAPAG MANGYAN: Hunger to Hope 2.0 Project Kiddie Star, a collaborative initiative aimed at addressing hunger and supporting early childhood education among Mangyan children aged 2 to 5 years. The project was…

Speculation about a possible U.S. military attack on Iran has once again captured global attention. Warships repositioned, air power signaled, and rhetoric sharpened—these are familiar scenes in international politics. Yet history urges caution against taking such signals at face value. More often than not, empires nearing strategic exhaustion rely on spectacle and fear rather than…

The National Arts Month (NAM) 2026 celebration officially opened with a grand concert, “Ani ng Sining: Konsiyerto ng Katotohanan at Giting,” held on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Rizal Park Open Air Auditorium in Luneta Park. The opening concert set the tone for this year’s observance by underscoring the vital role of the arts in fostering…

by Janice Chalutag Naweywey I thought a million times about what the topic would be for my concept paper. While reading the given example of Ma’am Sheryl Langwas about the “Tikim”*,  “Watwat” came to mind. “Watwat is a common word in our language, and it is always a food on every occasion, like weddings and…

For decades, Canada was presented as a calm antidote to U.S. political radicalization: stable federalism, formal recognition of Indigenous peoples, and a sober institutional culture. That image has now cracked in Alberta, where an apparently provincial political crisis is beginning to take on unsettling international contours. The public statement by the First Nations of Treaties…

(Moscow Bureau) – A popular health science book titled “Traditional African Medicine” represents the latest direction in interdisciplinary studies of African culture. This book, authored by Dr. Lyuba Ivanova, Senior Researcher at the Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), is primarily a historical study that outlines the major directions in the study…