Published Contributions
Nilalakong Pananampalataya
Sa likod ng mga dumadagundong na tambol ng parada at hiyawan ng mga voyador sa prusisyon, tila nananatiling naka kubli ang mga debotong tindero—humaharap sa pagod, hirap, at araw-araw na pakikibaka, habang ang kanilang debosyon ay nananatiling hindi napapansin.
28 September 2026
Echoes of the River: Naga City's 1972 Tragedy
History tells us that bridges connect people to places, and places to people. Perhaps a bridge’s heaviest weight is not the people who stand on it, but the stories it carries through time. And when one collapses, the weakest link is not always its foundation, but the system entrusted to keep it standing. Do you know the Colgante Bridge?
18 September 2026
When Power Becomes Profit
Bureaucrat capitalism has turned Philippine governance into a marketplace, where officials moonlight as entrepreneurs and public office doubles as private enterprise: from national cronyism to Bicol's quarry-owning politicians. Ateneans must reject complacency and reclaim public service from the logic of profit, both on campus and beyond it.
12 August 2026
SONA 2026: Another hollow speech of broken promises and half-truths
As the President delivers his State of the Nation Address, two conflicting narratives clash—one of development, and one of struggle; one of deception, and one of reality.
27 July 2026