Category Archives: Address

Implementing the ADDU Vision-Mission Further

[Joint ADDU Faculty Address at Start of School Year, 2013-14] Once again, it is my pleasure at the outset of a new academic year, 2013-14, to greet the assembled faculties of our basic and tertiary education units. It is already … Continue reading

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Gratitude for Caritas in Veritate

[Address: ADDU Service Awards, 2013] As this academic year draws to its end, we come together to pay tribute to men and women who have reached significant milestones in gifting Ateneo the Davao University with the best of their lives: … Continue reading

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CMO 46 s. 2012 Violates Academic Freedom of Catholic HEIs

[Address: CEAP Disscussion Forum on CMO 46 s. 2012, Feb. 18, 2013. Edited) CMO 46, s. 2012 violates academic freedom. It violates especially of the academic freedom of private higher education institutions (HEIs), including Catholic HEIs. Since this is a … Continue reading

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Gathering HEIs to Support the FAB and Minda2020

[Closing Remarks: ADZU’s President’s Forum: “Schools Serving Society,” 15-18 Jan. '13] The context of this gathering, on the one hand, has been the Centennial Celebration of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, founded in 1912 by the Jesuit missionary, Fr. Manuel … Continue reading

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Challenges in Implementing K-12 and Transformative Education

[Address: 3rd COCOPEA-Mindanao Congress, GenSan, Nov. 28-28, 2012] Educational reform in the Philippines, if we may call it that, is being primarily driven by an effort to meet standards of education in the global world – where our graduates with … Continue reading

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Accepting Leadership of DACS with Humility

[Address: 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Davao Association of Catholic Schools [DACS]) It is with a sense of deep humility that I stand before you today as the President-designate of Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS). I would much rather … Continue reading

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PAASCU Building on Strengths, Navigating Change

[Address: PAASCU General Assembly, 2012] It is my privilege to welcome you from all over the Philippines to this General Assembly of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), with its theme: Building on Strengths, Navigating Change. … Continue reading

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Reflections on Transformative Education

[Keynote Address: 7th OP-Sienna National Educators’ Congress] Thank you for this privilege of sharing with you my thoughts on transformative education. They are offered in the context of Catholic Educational Association of the Philippine’s (CEAP’s) commitment to transformative education through … Continue reading

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Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in the Philippines

[Welcome Address: ADDU Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in the Philippines] As President of the ADDU it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this Conference on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM). There have been those who have … Continue reading

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New Challenges in the New Semester

[Address to College Faculty Assembly,12 November 2012] There are many things new at the beginning of this semester. We praise the Lord for our new Filipino saint and martyr, San Pedro Calungsod, a product of Jesuit catechesis, and lay kaabag … Continue reading

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