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They have blood on their hands

In recent days, executives of the largest social media companies appeared before the US Senate. On the occasion, Senator Lindsay Graham told them very clearly: “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you didn’t mean to, but…

UN warns on Forestry Law

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples warned Peru that the Forestry Law encourages territorial dispossession and logging on indigenous lands, due to recent modifications made to this legal framework. The Special Rapporteur, José Francisco Calí Tzay,…

Empty shell after 17 years of pension discussion

The system installed under the dictatorship For those who want to observe the characteristics and main direction of the current pension system, it is a model that obliges workers to save, gathering with this money a fund that goes to…

BCU Empowers Scholars Through AI-Powered Tools:  Towards Writing and Publication Success

by Michael Tomas Sebullen and Genevieve B. Kupang Catalyzing Global Excellence Towards Research Writing and Publication  In a landmark event organized by the Graduate School and the Research and Development Office, unfolding at the Baguio Central University Function Hall on January…

What is twenty-seven thousand people?

It is different to think “abstractly” of twenty-seven thousand people, as if it were just another conceptual datum, a quantity, a price, a distance…. than to represent twenty-seven thousand human beings, each one with his or her very particular characteristics,…

U.K. judge dismisses Greta Thunberg’s case of a charge that she blocked an oil conference

District judge John Law dismissed the case against the 21-year-old Swedish campaigner and four other activists on the second day of their trial in London. In his ruling, Law said the conditions imposed on protesters were “so unclear that it…

Responsibility and Redemption: Addressing the Palestinian Tragedy

With the ruling of 26 January 2024 of the World Court in the Hague processing the Genocide Case, the West finds itself increasingly isolated as over 80 countries have pledged their support to South Africa in bringing the case against…

The decline of the humanities studies around the world is an enormous risk for humankind

According to Statistics Canada, student enrolment in the humanities has been declining since 2008. For all postsecondary students, humanities enrolments have dropped by 50 percent over the past 30 years. However, this phenomenon is not isolated to Canada. According to…

Remembering the enormous legacy of a “Great Soul”.

On 30 January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi, a pivotal leader in the liberation of India from British rule and a living example of active nonviolence, was assassinated at the age of 78 by a Hindu fanatic. As a lawyer and activist,…

The Hypocrisy of a Concerned U. S. Senate: A Closer Look at Priorities

The Senate, known for its conservative stance, today, January 31, 2024 took center stage with a moral high ground during a hearing organized by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The event, titled “Senate Judiciary Committee to Press Big Tech CEOs on…

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