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๐—ช๐—›๐—ข STOOD WITH US IN THE FORUM?The ECHO Pax Silica Forum was made possible through the support of organizations and coun...
30/09/2026

๐—ช๐—›๐—ข STOOD WITH US IN THE FORUM?

The ECHO Pax Silica Forum was made possible through the support of organizations and councils that helped bring the discussion to the student and youth community.

๐— ๐—”๐—๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ข-๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ
โ€ข League of Filipino Students โ€“ SWU
โ€ข Kabataan Partylist โ€“ SWU

๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข-๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ
โ€ข B-School Collegiate Council
โ€ข Creative Council

๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ
โ€ข CNU College of Public Governance, Safety, & Sustainability โ€“ Student Council (CPGSS-SC)
โ€ข CNU Polikratos
โ€ข Kabataan Partylist โ€“ CNU
โ€ข Kabataan Partylist โ€“ Cebu
โ€ข Anakbayan Cebu
โ€ข League of Filipino Students โ€“ Cebu
โ€ข League of Filipino Students โ€“ USC
โ€ข College Editors Guild of the Philippines โ€“ Cebu
โ€ข USPF Southern Political Science Society (SPSS)
โ€ข CNU Council of Educators for Lifelong Learning (CNU-CELL)
โ€ข Anakbayan CNU
โ€ข ANDRES Sugbu
โ€ข CodeGreen PH

๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—จ ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐— ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ
โ€ข SWU PHINMA Supreme Student Government (SWU-SSG)
โ€ข Mental Health Advocates
โ€ข SWU โ€“ Biological Sciences Association
โ€ข SWU โ€“ Consolidated Association of Student Artists (CASA)
โ€ข Engineering Student Council
โ€ข Abante Babae Organization
โ€ข TheBest You Organization

Beyond the organizations listed above, the forum was also joined by students, community youth, and individual participants who took the time to be in the room and take part in the discussion.

Different formations. Different sectors. Different perspectives.

But for one afternoon, these were the people and organizations who chose to engage with a question that deserves public attention:

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ?






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๐Ÿ’œโœŠ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ? ๐™…๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ (๐™€๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™Š) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š:

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐——. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐——. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ.Last September 26, 2026, students and youth advocates came together for the Pax ...
28/09/2026

๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐——. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐——. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—จ๐—ฃ.

Last September 26, 2026, students and youth advocates came together for the Pax Silica Forumโ€”a space for discussions, meaningful exchanges, and questions about the kind of development we want for our communities and our future.

From the participation of the ๐—–๐—ข๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฆ to the presence of ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ from across Cebu, the forum brought young people together to engage with the issues, challenge perspectives, and make room for conversations that matter.

Because development should never be discussed without considering the people it affects. Beyond promises of progress and investment, we must also ask about the rights of Indigenous communities, the protection of ancestral lands, the welfare of workers, and the voices of the communities.

This was more than a gathering. It was a reminder that young people have a place in conversations that shape our future, and that our voices deserve to be heard.

๐Ÿ“ธ Here are the highlights of the Pax Silica Forum.

๐——๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ.






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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ž ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—˜๐——.Pax Silica is more than a promise on ...
25/09/2026

๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก. ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ž ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—˜๐——.

Pax Silica is more than a promise on paper.

It is a conversation about progress, priorities, public interest, and the future we are building together.

Tomorrow, we open the floor.
We examine the claims.
We hear different perspectives.
And we make space for students to question, engage, and speak.

๐Ÿ“ SWU PHINMA Main Campus, RVR 7TH (701โ€“703)
๐Ÿ•› 12 NNโ€“5 PM | September 26

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„.
Know whatโ€™s happening. Come prepared. Speak up. Engage.

๐— ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฎ. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜„, ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ถ.






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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ž ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜.Not just what Pax Silica promises, but what it demands.Land. Water. Ener...
25/09/2026

๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ž ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜.

Not just what Pax Silica promises, but what it demands.

Land. Water. Energy. Labor. Communities.

๐Ÿ“ SWU PHINMA Main Campus, RVR 7TH (701-703)
๐Ÿ•› 12 NNโ€“5 PM | September 26

๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜.

Sugboanong kabatan-onan, estudyante, kuyog ta.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Access the pre-registration link here:

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ˆ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰. ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™‰?Pax Silica brings questions about our land, water, environment, and communities. These are...
23/09/2026

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ˆ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰. ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™‰?

Pax Silica brings questions about our land, water, environment, and communities. These are questions that deserve more than a headlineโ€”they deserve a conversation.

On September 26, 2026, students and communities will gather at SWU PHINMA Main Campus to learn, question, discuss, and organize.

โฐ 12:30 NN โ€“ 4:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Venue: RVR 7th Floor (701-704)

๐™๐™Ž๐™‘๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ and take your place in the conversation.

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ˆ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰. ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™‰?

Pax Silica brings questions about our land, water, environment, and communities. These are questions that deserve more than a headlineโ€”they deserve a conversation.

On September 26, 2026, students and communities will gather at SWU PHINMA Main Campus to learn, question, discuss, and organize.

โฐ 12:30 NN โ€“ 4:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Venue: RVR 7th Floor (701-704)

๐™๐™Ž๐™‘๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ and take your place in the conversation.

Sugboanong kabataan-onan, estudyanteโ€” kuyog ta.

Access the pre-registration link here:

https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7






Layout: Wei Tokito | Creatives

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’?Pax Silica is being presented as an economic opportunityโ€” with projected jobs, investments, and opportuniti...
22/09/2026

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’?

Pax Silica is being presented as an economic opportunityโ€” with projected jobs, investments, and opportunities in advanced manufacturing and technology supply chains.

But beyond the projections, there are questions worth asking.

Who benefits? Who carries the cost? And how much of the value created will actually reach Filipino workers, communities, and the wider public?

Development should not only be measured by what is promised, but also by who gains, who is affected, and who gets a voice.

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Layout: Lara Preciousa | Creatives

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถSetyembre 21.Isang petsang hindi lamang dapat dumaan sa k...
21/09/2026

๐—”๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ

Setyembre 21.

Isang petsang hindi lamang dapat dumaan sa kalendaryo, kundi dapat huminto tayo sandali upang alalahanin kung ano ang nangyari, sino ang naapektuhan, at ano ang mga aral na naiwan.

Noong 1972, idineklara ang Martial Law sa ilalim ng administrasyong Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Sa mga sumunod na taon, maraming Pilipino ang nakaranas ng pagkakait ng kalayaan, pagkulong, torture, pagkawala, at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao. Marami ring tinig ang pinatahimik at mga espasyong para sana sa malayang pamamahayag at pagpapahayag ang sinikil. Ngunit ang kasaysayan ay hindi lamang kuwento ng mga nasa kapangyarihan.

Ito rin ay kuwento ng mga estudyanteng nagtanong.

Ng mga mamamahayag na nagpatuloy sa pagsasalaysay.

Ng mga manggagawa at ordinaryong mamamayang tumindig.

Ng mga pamilyang patuloy na naghanap ng hustisya.

At ng mga Pilipinong piniling huwag hayaang mawala ang kanilang mga alaala.

Bilang kabataan at mga estudyante, may pananagutan tayong kilalanin ang mga kuwentong ito.

Hindi dahil kailangan nating isipin nang pare-pareho.

Kundi dahil ang isang lipunang malayang mag-isip ay nangangailangan ng mga taong handang makinig, magtanong, magsuri, at magsalita.

Para sa ECHO, ang pag-alala ay isang anyo ng pakikilahok.

Kapag tinatanong natin ang mga salaysay na ipinapasa sa atin, hindi ibig sabihin na ayaw nating makinig. Ibig sabihin, pinipili nating unawain.

Kapag pinag-aaralan natin ang mga karanasan ng nakaraan, hindi ibig sabihin na nananatili tayo roon. Ginagamit natin ang kasaysayan upang mas maunawaan ang kapangyarihan, karapatan, at pananagutan sa kasalukuyan.

At kapag may mga tinig na unti-unting nawawala, responsibilidad nating tiyaking may espasyong muli silang marinig.

Dahil ang demokrasya ay hindi lamang karapatang magsalita. Ito rin ay pananagutang makinig.

Sa araw na ito, hindi lamang natin inaalala ang nakaraan.

Inaalala natin kung bakit mahalaga ang kalayaang magtanong.

Kung bakit mahalaga ang malayang pamamahayag.

Kung bakit mahalaga ang karapatang mag-organisa at magpahayag.

At higit sa lahat, kung bakit kailangang manatiling mulat ang bawat henerasyon.

Remember the history. Listen to the voices. Question the power.

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜.






Words: Rich Ursabia | Chairperson
Layout: Wei Tokito | Creatives

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’?The proposed Pax Silica development in New Clark City is envisioned at a scale of around 1,620 hectaresโ€” ro...
20/09/2026

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’?

The proposed Pax Silica development in New Clark City is envisioned at a scale of around 1,620 hectaresโ€” roughly 54 times the size of SM Seaside.

At this scale, the conversation goes beyond technology and investment.

It also raises questions about land, development, resources, infrastructure, and people.

How should responsible development look when it happens at this scale?

๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ . ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™ง. ๐™‡๐™š๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š.

๐Ÿ“JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE:

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For now, we leave you with the questions.






Layout: Lara Preciousa | Creatives

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ˆ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰. ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™‰?Pax Silica brings questions about our land, water, environment, and communities. These are...
20/09/2026

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ˆ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™‰. ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™‰?

Pax Silica brings questions about our land, water, environment, and communities. These are questions that deserve more than a headlineโ€”they deserve a conversation.

On September 26, 2026, students and communities will gather at SWU PHINMA Main Campus to learn, question, discuss, and organize.

โฐ 12:30 NN โ€“ 4:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Venue: RVR 7th Floor (701-704)

๐™๐™Ž๐™‘๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ and take your place in the conversation.

Sugboanong kabataan-onan, estudyanteโ€” kuyog ta.

Access the pre-registration link here:

https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7
https://forms.gle/cM2Q1gFb4WQgqBPi7






Layout: Wei Tokito | Creatives

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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’? ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™“ ๐™Ž๐™„๐™‡๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‹๐™Ž.Behind technological progress are resources, people, land, water, and ...
18/09/2026

๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’? ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™“ ๐™Ž๐™„๐™‡๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‹๐™Ž.

Behind technological progress are resources, people, land, water, and energy. So before we call it โ€œprogress,โ€ what are we paying for it?

๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค, ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ.






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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

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