The university, local, and national political landscape has made activism synonymous with skating on thin ice as redtagging rose to silence critics, especially of the government. With the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) being labeled as a ‘hotbed for communist recruitment’ back in 2021, the University tightened its security measures, even to the extent of

For a university that banners itself as progressive, requiring a transgender student to submit a medical certificate to justify their gender identity manifests that within the interstices of the institution, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) equality is far from respected. With the reinstatement of the regular usage of uniforms, multiple transgender students

With President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s recent decision for the Philippines to disengage with the International Criminal Court (ICC), it is becoming more evident that the horrors of the war on drugs and the unjust killings during its implementation are being ignored by those who should be working on getting justice. Recently, the ICC rejected

For a university that constantly brags about maintaining its place in university rankings, AdDU seems to be running behind as many schools and colleges in Davao City, even in the Philippines, have slowly reverted back into a face-to-face setting. In a recent memorandum, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) stated that higher education institutions (HEIs)

Now that the dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos (BBM) has officially been inaugurated as the next Philippine president with over 30 million votes, it is clearer than ever that history is being ignored. He has presented numerous “red flags” during his campaigns, from his absence during debates to his efforts in revising history to favor