Explaining the High Political Trust in the Philippines: The Role of Citizens’ Subjective Health and Political Values

by [email protected] | Oct 22, 2022 | Recent Publications

Ronald A. Pernia Abstract What accounts for the uptick of political trust in the Philippines? This study theorizes that individual subjective health combined with the extent of democratic (and nondemocratic political attitude) explains political trust in the...

Discourses on Conflict Women: Surfacing the Women in Marawi in News-mediated “Development as Discourse”

by [email protected] | Oct 22, 2022 | Recent Publications

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...

SERVE as Instructional Design for Low-Connectivity Online Self-directed Modules

by [email protected] | Oct 19, 2022 | Recent Publications

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,...

“Gendered space”: A study of newspaper opinion journalism as emergent and oppositional to the dominant culture in journalism

by [email protected] | Oct 18, 2022 | Recent Publications

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...

The two-component regulatory system CenK–CenR regulates expression of a previously uncharacterized protein required for salinity and oxidative stress tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti

by [email protected] | Oct 10, 2022 | Recent Publications

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...

Strong-Arming, Weak Steering: Central-Local Relations in the Philippines in the Era of the Pandemic

by [email protected] | Oct 10, 2022 | Recent Publications

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...