Researchers develop first marine plastics pollution database in Southeast Asia

The Southeast Asian region has been consistently tagged as among the top polluters of plastic in the oceans, with the...

Despite having positive views about queering English language teaching, teachers report limited knowledge of queer concepts

In the last two decades, there has been an increasing acknowledgement of and interest in the role of education in...

“No home birthing” policy affected the social and economic status of hilots and the well-being of mothers in a community

The paper aims to document the ways people understand, practice and experience pregnancy and childbirth in a community in Batangas,...

Filipino women exposed to violence between their parents are likely to be both a perpetrator and a victim of intimate partner violence

Violence can be transferred from one generation to another through social learning. Social learning theory posits that behaviors and values...

Children’s writers can present issues to young readers through words, linguistic structures and literary devices

This research focuses on the analysis of five stories for children written by Filipino authors and published in the Philippines...

Study looks at how Filipino researchers write articles in Philippine English and its implications for academic writing

For over half a century, Philippine English has existed as a linguistic issue in the Philippines. Despite the numerous studies...

Tools and methods in establishing lake resource vulnerability and assessing pollution abatement technologies towards a water quality improved Laguna Lake

Laguna Lake is an important water resource and...

The local Chinese population helped make Iloilo the textile capital of the Philippines in the 19th century

Textiles played a significant role in Philippine economic history. In this study, archival materials and records have shown that the...

Knowing whether initiatives are employee-led, leader-led, organization-led or HR-led can increase organization citizenship behavior in the service industry

Most studies about organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) focus on actions that employees, supervisors, or owners of organizations should exhibit. OCB...

Public lecture to tackle challenges to democracy and politics in a post-truth era

The University of the Philippines Cebu Central Visayas Studies and College of Social Sciences in cooperation with the Critical Policy...

First and most extensive study in the Philippines shows diagnostic accuracy of a multivariate index assay alone and in combination with ovarian imaging for ovarian cancer prediction

This study determined the utility of ovarian imaging and a second-generation multivariate index assay in predicting  the risk of ovarian...

Covid-19 caused more psychological distress on women and young people than older persons

The results of this study represent 14,133 participants across 6 continents, with data from 19 nations. The most consistent finding...