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There is hope for lupus
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - June 2, 2026 - 12:00am
Almost 10 years ago, I started the Hope for Lupus Foundation with the goal of increasing awareness about lupus – to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of the disease which, in turn, could save lives...
Rethinking social media access for the young
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - May 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Last month, I wrote about Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act and the growing consensus that the dangers posed by social media to children merit at least the consideration of government regulation.
Rethinking social media access for the young
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - April 7, 2026 - 12:00am
For several months, a significant number of young people in Australia have been (on paper at least) subjected to a fate that most people in the Philippines cannot imagine: a world without social media (including...
To the graduates
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - March 3, 2026 - 12:00am
The end of the school year is always a time of transition, particularly for those who graduate from one level of education to the next – or, more so, those who leave the life of a student behind entirely. Graduation...
Think. Examine. Question.
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - February 3, 2026 - 12:00am
We live in a time of opinions, of “hot takes” and reaction videos.
Bite-sized resolutions
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - January 6, 2026 - 12:00am
New beginnings are often a matter of perspective. We run our lives based on clocks and calendars, but our divisions of time and date are largely man-made.
Laws alone will not protect women
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - December 2, 2025 - 12:00am
It semes that every day that passes, there is a new reminder of how far we have yet to go before we can say that we have built a world free of sexual inequality.
Protecting our children
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - November 4, 2025 - 12:00am
One of the reasons that I write so often about the concerns of children is because their vulnerability is compounded by their invisibility.
Salutary fear
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - October 7, 2025 - 12:00am
It’s October once again, and between National Mental Health Month and Halloween festivities, fear is on my mind.
Literacy in the digital age
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - September 2, 2025 - 12:00am
“O most ingenious Theuth, the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them.
Humanitarianism as a vaccine
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - August 5, 2025 - 12:00am
Aug. 19 is World Humanitarian Day and, as with most things related to humanitarianism, it has a tragic origin.
Prioritizing early education
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - July 1, 2025 - 12:00am
As students and teachers once again return to schools for a new academic year, it’s important that – in spite of (or maybe because of) everything else going on in our nation and in the world at large...
Leader as servant
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - June 3, 2025 - 12:00am
A true leader is one who serves.
Undoing patriarchy
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - May 6, 2025 - 12:00am
A few months ago, I had the privilege of participating in two interactive dialogue sessions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on behalf of the Philippine government – the first was on...
Nations must act now
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - April 1, 2025 - 12:00am
My nine-year-old daughter Emma and I were reading a book about Greta Thunberg the other night.
Stop failing our children
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am
Here we are in the year 2025, and the problem of teenage and adolescent pregnancy is once more in the news.
Unified and inclusive PWD ID system
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - February 4, 2025 - 12:00am
The proliferation of fake persons with disabilities identification cards has been causing consternation among both establishments and legitimate PWDs.
Let us not forget our fishers
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - January 7, 2025 - 12:00am
This traditional Visayan song is likely the first song many Filipinos hear about fishing.
Absence and presents
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am
As the holidays once again come around, a great many of us are engaged in frantic preparation.
The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers
by Emmeline Aglipay-Villar - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
On Sept. 23, the President signed into law Republic Act No. 12021, otherwise known as the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers.
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