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Category Archives: Personal Views
Anti-COVID 19 Vaccination: Save [for] yourself, save others
As the newly discovered vaccines make their journey to the Philippines, let us accept that it will take some time before they turn into life-saving vaccinations in our people’s arms. It is good news that steps have been taken for … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Views
Tagged AstraZeneca Vaccine, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Fratelli Tutti, Philippine Government
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We Stand United for the Integrity of God’s Creation in Mindanao
Our world with its mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes, dry lands and wetlands, our mountains in South Cotabato, our fertile rice fields in the lowlands, are gifts entrusted to us for the good of all humankind by a loving … Continue reading
Posted in Justice and Peace, Personal Views, Position Paper
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Control Space for Internet Democracy – Today!
We agree we need more Internet connectivity and speed.[1] The DICT’s National Broadband Plan intends to improve the fiber optic spine of the country to bring us more connectivity and speed – next year. 1B of an estimated 10B project … Continue reading
Random Tips for ADDU Students as Online Education Begins
Fr. Joel, 22 April 2020 Perish the thought that you can succeed in one hour or less of online study a day! The Internet is a friend for learning. But you can betray this friend as it can betray you. … Continue reading
Posted in Address, Personal Views
Tagged ADDU Online Education, Ateneo de Davao University
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Academic Freedom and Responsibility During a Disruptive COVID 19 National Emergency
Students of top schools in the Philippines have protested online education and have called on CHED to ban this nationwide.[i] During the disruptive COVID 19 national emergency, colleges and universities have no choice but to operate online. The Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Views, Philippine Educational Reform
Tagged academic freedom, COVID-19
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The Dubious Partnership in Basic Education Bill
Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J. People who are in private education should be elated at the proposed – yet unnumbered – bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Congresspersons Yedda Marie Romualdez and Ferdinand Martin Romualdez entitled, An Act … Continue reading
Supporting the Culture of Quality Assurance Prior to Accreditation and Beyond
[2019 Philippine Education Conference, SMX Convention Center] The Philippine Education Conference for this year “highlights the need for policies and practices that are responsive to the needs of learners [including students] and schools for the development of the education sector. … Continue reading
Fr. Joel Tabora’s Reservations on the Reserve Officers Training Corp Bills.
To the Hon. Sen. Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and the members of the Committee on Basic Education, Culture and the Arts of the Philippine Senate: In a dialogue last July 30, 2019 between the COCOPEA and Sen. Win Gatchalian, he informed … Continue reading
“Preferring” in Universal Apostolic Preferences
[A contribution to the conversation on the Universal Apostolic Priorities of the Society of Jesus] Recently the Society of Jesus articulated four universal apostolic preferences (UAPs): To show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment; To walk … Continue reading
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