Category Archives: Personal Views

Taxation for Catholic Schools?

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

Answers to Questions Raised by Ms. Consuelo Marquez of the Staff of The Varsitarian, the official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas   Why should the government not impose tax in church-run schools amid clamor from the public that … Continue reading →

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Dispute Between the Bishop of Bacolod and St. John’s Institute (Huaming) and Its Implications for CEAP and ECCCE

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J. President, CEAP The yet unresolved public dispute between His Excellency, Most Rev. Patricio Buzon, Bishop of Bacolod, and St. John’s Institute (SJI), also known as Huaming (Lux, Light), necessitates a clarificatory discussion of the juridical personality … Continue reading →

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Death in the Air

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

If the recent news has been giving you a sense of dread, it is because death is in the air. First, in deadly airs of self defense. North Korea has been firing missiles into the air in self-defense – against … Continue reading →

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Funding For RA 10931, But the Greater Challenge is Quality

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

The 85th Anniversary of the Philippine Association of the Colleges and Universities (PACU) gathered together some of the most distinguished educators of the country in the Ballroom of the Conrad Hotel. Celebration was in the air not only because at … Continue reading →

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Seventeen.  Kian was just seventeen. 

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

I was seventeen when I decided to join the Jesuits.  Some today may think that that was much too early to make a radical life decision, that there were too many other possibilities in life that I ought first to … Continue reading →

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The UniFAST Board Must Implement RA 10931 In Its Entirety

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

As CHED Chair Dr. Patricia Licuanan is convening the expanded UniFAST Board in order to craft the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) for the Universal Access to Tertiary Education Act (#UAQTEA or RA 10931), I would like to recall the … Continue reading →

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CHED Chair PBL Must Convene expanded UniFAST Board

Posted on August 12, 2017 by

In the excitement of President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (#UAQTEA) or RA 10931, people have jumped to wanting to implement it without reading it.  Sec. Benjamin Diokno of the DBM has declared that … Continue reading →

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