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How Corruption Drowned Filipinos’ Mental Health, Trust, and Hope

Floodwaters in the Philippines do not only carry rain and destruction - they also carry a devastating revelation: our flood defenses are corrupted. Revelations...

No Buffer: Bakit Kailangan ng Pilipinas ng Petroleum Reserves

Sa isang eksklusibong panayam kay energy consultant Arwin Lawas Ardon, ibinahagi niya ang isang mahalagang pahayag hinggil sa energy security ng bansa. “Wala tayong reserves...

Prepaid Electricity: An Undermarketed Option Many Filipinos Don’t Know Exists

In our recent series of electricity-related topics stemming from The Platform News’ interview with energy consultant Arwin Lawas Ardon, we learned that the Philippines...

OTEC at Tidal Energy: Mga Enerhiyang Matagal Nang Naghihintay sa Pansin ng Pilipinas

Sa isang bansang napapalibutan ng tubig, tila matagal na nating pinalampas ang isang oportunidad. Bilang isang bansang tropikal, tumatanggap ang Pilipinas ng tinatayang 5 hanggang 5.7...

Break Stigma not with Noise, but with Truth, Science, Community, and with Love’ – UP Prexy Jimenez

The Platform News recognizes the importance of mental health initiatives in the academe. This is the main reason why, in partnership with the Office...

Modern World, Colonial Mindset: Lost Identity, Broken Society

Christianity, fondness for festivals, preference for more sophisticated homes, the English language, preference for fair skin, high-bridged noses, and tall stature, foreign movies, and...

Nasasayang: Why Solar Energy is More Prevalent in the Philippines?

A tropical country such as the Philippines is poised to be a major player in solar energy.  Yet, despite the country being in a...

‘Project Stigma:’ Kulturang Pilipino at mga Kakulangan sa Mental Health

Ang Project Stigma ay isang adbokasiyang inilunsad ng The Platform News katuwang ang Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs – Office of...

When the Grid Slipped Away: How Government Failed to Shield Filipinos from Foreign Control of Critical Power Infrastructure

The energy sector in the Philippines has been fragmented, privatized, and sold off since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) came into play...

Tied, Silenced, and Shamed:The Dehumanizing Cost of Mental Health Stigma in the Philippines

“Dehumanization” was how Philippine Psychiatric Association President Dr. Joan Mae Perez-Rifareal, MD, FPPA, described the stigma surrounding mental health in her presentation, “The Invisible...

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