Alternative Learning System: The Other Side of Basic Education
The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is a kind of learning that knows no boundaries. The mobile teachers pass through squatters...
Month: October 2011
Fire Starter
“The flames were already billowing out of the windows,” Sr. Insp. Romeo A. Pepito Jr., chief of the Fire Arson...
Seatbelt for Cyberspace
According to “hackers in wonderland”, your plain text email could just be a public property for them. In this present...
How to Deal with Erroneous Bank Transfers
Here’s the scenario: Late in 2009, Diana (not her real name) visited Macau for a vacation. Before she went back...
Best Served Unsweetened: The “Worst” in Business Continuity Planning
Business continuity planners are not in the business of sugarcoating Business Continuity Programs (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP). People,...
Unsolved Crimes at Home
There was nothing particular that Sunday, August 9, 2009, when Mary Ann Fulgar (not her real name), her mother, sister,...
Bombs and Bomb Threats
The growing risks in school campuses In recent years, we have seen high profile cases of school violence which include...
The Statistics on Unsolved Crimes
According to the website of the National Statistical Coordination Board, the Philippines’ policy making and coordinating body on statistical matters,...
Assessing RP’s National Security Strategies: The Alternate Views (3rd of 3-part series)
The trend towards negotiations and peaceful resolutions of conflict presents an opportunity for the country to continue exploring nonviolent ways...