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The Running Risk of Religious Extremism By Kryshia Gayle Solon HAPI Scholars Religion is a specific set of organized beliefs and practices, usually shared by a community or group. It can be considered a system of thought that offers explanations for the universe and human life. All religions claim that their belief system is based […]

Poverty => Anti-intellectualism => Brain Drain By Junelie Anthony Velonta HAPI Youth Ambassador | HAPI Scholar At this point, the term “anti-intellectualism” has lost its meaning. It has been used and reused in social media and all over the internet that, even if the usage is correct and the context appropriate, the word does not

How the Philippines Achieved Its Freedom By Kryshia Gayle Solon HAPI Scholar   As we celebrate the Independence Day of the Philippines once more, it’s vital to remind ourselves how we got our freedom to begin with (not to mention what it really means). Before the Spanish colonial period, the islands in our archipelago were

What Drew Me to HAPI? Reflections from two members across two HAPI regional chapters   Francine Abalayan I can still recall the first time I was introduced to Humanist Alliance Philippines, International (HAPI); it was almost five years ago in 2017 when my friends and I were invited by HAPI-Bacolod to join their meeting. We

Why I Became an Agnostic Atheist By Aminoddin M. Domado “I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” – Richard Feynman The story of the origin of life has been narrated several times before science ever even existed. Some have been forgotten into oblivion, others turned into myths,

Overcoming the Void Amid Success By Donna T. Darantinao HAPI Scholar   “Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.” – Samuel Jackson More often than not, people have always been encouraged to dream big, set goals, and slowly, very surely, reach them one by one.

On Nuclear Energy’s Potential By Kryshia Gayle Solon HAPI Scholars Because of the excessive and prolonged use of fossil fuels to generate electricity, the world is now facing one of the most alarming environmental crises ever. Global warming yielded by increased greenhouse gas emissions has increased the temperatures around the world, causing catastrophic events such

Grasping Poverty in the Philippines By Edgar Louis de Gracia HAPI Scholar Before we dive into the lingering poverty in the Philippines, we need to understand what it is first. Poverty is the state in which the rights to food water and shelter human are inadequate for a person. The Philippines has long suffered from

Stories in Colors By Angelo Greñas Photographer | HAPI Scholar They say that pictures are unspoken stories. Some of these stories are futile but the best of them are like memoirs of nostalgia laid through colors and dots. These are the things that I want to capture in my journey as a photographer — the