Aira Cobico
The Paradox of Violence: The False Rhetoric Behind “Terror Grooming”
Aira Cobico | September 15, 2026The recent school shooting incidents that happened at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, and at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University Junior High School less than two months later, resulted in deaths and injuries that prompted public debate over school safety, violent influence among youth, criminal liability, and access to firearms. Several […]
World Health Day: Stand for Health, Stand for the People
Aira Cobico | April 11, 2026There is a saying in Filipino told in times of frugality, “pag maikli ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot.” This saying appears to be appropriate for every Filipino family when discussing health matters because every coin spent going to the doctor could have been used to pay off rent, electric and water bills, groceries and other expenses […]
Blinded by greed: The fight for land in Candoni, Negros Occidental
Aira Cobico | March 9, 2026What was praised by Mayor Rey Ruiz as “a shining light from the sky,” the Php2 billion palm oil plantation project of Hacienda Asia Plantation, Inc. (HAPI), owned by the Consunji group, has instead been dark and ominously forbidding as HAPI have started bulldozing the uplands of Candoni, Negros Occidental along with the lives of […]
EDSA at 40: The People’s Power
Aira Cobico | February 28, 2026On February 25, 2026 at precisely 12 noon, youth, workers, farmers, urban poor, women, elderly, indigenous peoples, church people, and many more gathered in the streets of EDSA. They brought with them colorful placards, flags, and banners that had texts in bold capital letters demanding accountability and genuine good governance. Thousands walked to the EDSA […]