Ma. Theresa Angelina Q. Tabada Abstract Like myths in folklore, “development as discourse” constructs women. I argue that these representations of women, particularly in seven selected online articles produced by news media and development institutions about the recovery of Marawi City in the Philippines after nearly five months of conflict in 2017, obscure women’s genuine aspirations and actual participation in rehabilitation efforts. Using...

Jeraline Gumalal & Aurelio Vilbar  Abstract COVID-9 pandemic caused suspensions of face-to-face classes and moved the teaching of science from physical to online. However, some high school students experienced unconducive home learning environment, economic issues, and internet connectivity limitations, thus making real time synchronous classes unfavorable and frustrating. This study aimed to address this issue by using the...

Tabada, Ma. Theresa Angelina Q. Abstract This paper reviews the literature in academic journals and books and asserts the importance of studying opinion journalism as a genre of emergent and oppositional journalism and a form of public engagement. Using Raymond Williams’s Marxist cultural theory of base and superstructure, this writer takes the perspective that newspaper columns are a genre that contributes to residual and emergent forms of...

Eukene O. Bensig1, Cecilio Valadez-Cano2, ZiYu Kuang2, Isabela R. Freire2, Adrian Reyes-Prieto2 and Shawn R. MacLellan2* Genes of unknown function constitute a considerable fraction of most bacterial genomes. In a Tn5-based search for stress response genes in the nitrogen-fixing facultative endosymbiont Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti, we identified a previously uncharacterized gene required for growth on solid media with increased NaCl...

Paul D. Hutchcroft and Weena Gera Abstract This article examines central-local dynamics in the Philippines in the era of the pandemic, demonstrating that the national government has not provided the type of “central steering” necessary to confront a foe as tenacious as COVID-19. Instead, there is another type of power that emanates from the center – namely the strong-arming of local politicians by President Rodrigo Duterte. While this form of...

Severina Pocong Velos, Marivel Go, Johnry Dayupay, Rodolfo Jr Golbin, Feliciana Cababat, Hazna Quiñanola, Dharyll Prince Mariscal Abellana Abstract Purpose With the aggressive movement towards testing for COVID-19 across the globe, this study aims to shed light on how testing facilities perform in an operational perspective. Design/methodology/approach With 102 testing facilities...