Refusing to Learn from the Last Global Pandemic By Johnny Denden HAPI-Northern Mindanao Lead Convener | HAPI Scholar Recalling history, an unprecedentedly large movement of people occurred during World War I as soldiers and medical personnel came to aid the war in the European Theatre. Coming from North America and the Asian Pacific region, these […]
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Christmas wasn’t always a Christian thing! By Edgar Louis de Garcia As we all know, Christmas has been celebrated all over the world for centuries. For modern-day Christians, it has morphed into both a cultural tradition as much as it is a religious one: they use it not only to celebrate the birth of Jesus
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Hey, grown-ups. Where’s your sense of wonder gone? By Sherwin Dane Haro Editor-in-Chief / HAPIsko As someone who has recently become an Assistant Teacher to Spanish elementary students, I am continually amazed by the endless curiosity of children. They ask relentlessly (i.e. about the world, Philippine culture, phonetics, etc.) with no regard for how ridiculous
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By Glemir Sordilla HAPI Scholar | HAPI Bacolod Member volunteer vol·un·teer | \ ˌvä-lən-ˈtir \ : a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service We have all probably encountered a “volunteer” at least once in our lives; perhaps you have even been one yourself! Currently practiced by thousands of people
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The Church won’t bless same-sex union. So what? By Joshua VillalobosHAPI Scholar On March 15, 2021, Pope Francis of the Catholic Church announced that the Church cannot and will not bless same-sex unions since they cannot “bless sin”. This statement of the “progressive” Pope made it to various leading news outlets garnering different reactions and
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What We Can Learn from Jesus by Junelie Anthony Velonta Many who live the secular lifestyle shun religious texts and teachings. While it is understandable as some texts and beliefs are reminiscent of divisive bronze age traditions, and as such have no place in the modern world where equality is key, those that do
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What Does an Atheist Feel Listening to Christmas Songs? by Glemir Sordilla Bacolod City You know you are a Filipino when the “-ber” months come in and you wake up to “whenever I see girls and boys selling lanterns on the streets,” iconic lyrics from Jose Mari Chan’s song. No, I am not kidding.
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Anti-SOGIE Advocates Should Stop Fear-Mongering by Joshua Villalobos Bacolod City This is one of the first articles I would write in response to absurd arguments and lies against the SOGIE Equality Law. Fortunately, we don’t have a class in PE so I had the time to construct a response to lies. We cannot allow
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From Fear To Fascination by Glemir P. Sordilla Bacolod City The concept of fear has since plagued the human mind of its existence. How come something has the ability to make you tremble and make you feel dread? To explain fear is complicated it is the uneasiness or the feeling that something bad is
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The Passionate Life by Rado Gatchalian Your temporal existence necessitates your obligation to enjoy the life given to you. By Nature. Now. To waste it on a meaningless existence is a failure on your part to be grateful for this gift of life. But what is a meaningless existence? To find the answer to
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