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โ€œ๐‹๐š๐ ๐ขโ€™๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ ๐ข, ๐๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง!โ€

๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€๐˜๐Ž๐ | ๐‘๐„๐’ ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐๐€๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โš–๏ธ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ As part of ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€๐˜๐Ž๐ 2026, the ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ...
24/08/2026

๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€๐˜๐Ž๐ | ๐‘๐„๐’ ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐๐€๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐ƒ๐„๐๐€๐“๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โš–๏ธ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

As part of ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€๐˜๐Ž๐ 2026, the ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ (๐‡๐๐’๐’), in partnership with the ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ (๐“๐„๐’๐‚), presents ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž 2026.

Bringing together senior high school students from across ๐๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ, the tournament provides a platform for participants to engage with contemporary political, social, and national issues while developing their skills in critical thinking, public speaking, analysis, and informed discourse.

With ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐€๐˜๐Ž๐ meaning โ€œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,โ€ Res Publica creates an opportunity for young minds to exchange ideas, challenge perspectives, and take part in meaningful conversations about the issues shaping society.

๐Ÿ“ฒ Ready to take the floor? Scan the ๐๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž and ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ!

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 28, 2026 | ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ
๐Ÿ•— 8:00 ๐€๐Œ โ€“ 8:00 ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ 2๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ, ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฃ๐จ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

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๐Ÿ–ผ Layout & Caption by : Jheska Madia | Information Officer

๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐Š ๐“๐€๐‹๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ | ๐„๐—๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐Œ๐„๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐Ÿ›๏ธโœจ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž! ๐Ÿ‘€Get your h...
24/08/2026

๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐Š ๐“๐€๐‹๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ | ๐„๐—๐‚๐‹๐”๐’๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐Œ๐„๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐Ÿ›๏ธโœจ

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž! ๐Ÿ‘€

Get your hands on our ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, featuring a ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐š๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ โ€”perfect keep ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ-๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ sakes to remember this yearโ€™s lecture and a little piece of the to take with you. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ“š

Tote Bag โ€” โ‚ฑ 190.00
Mug โ€” โ‚ฑ 160.00

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž
๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 25, 2026
๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ-๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐€๐•๐“), ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ




๐‡๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐€๐† | ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐Š ๐“๐€๐‹๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ“‘The ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ presents this yearโ€™s ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž...
24/08/2026

๐‡๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐€๐† | ๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐Š ๐“๐€๐‹๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ“‘

The ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ presents this yearโ€™s ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, an annual initiative that welcomes distinguished alumni back to their alma mater to share their professional journeys, experiences, and insights with the next generation of History and Political Science students. โš–๏ธ

This yearโ€™s lecture features ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ. ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ, a recipient of the 2026 ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐Ž๐’๐€) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. ๐Ÿ’ผ

Join us as we learn from his experiences and gain perspectives that extend beyond the classroom and into the wider world of professional and civic life.

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 25, 2026 | ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ
๐Ÿ•™ 10:00 ๐€๐Œ โ€“ 12:00 ๐๐
๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ-๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐€๐•๐“), ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ-๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข! ๐Ÿ’›โœจ






๐Ÿ–ผ Layout & Caption by : Jheska Madia | Information Officer

The ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ warmly wishes our ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐šl, a ver...
24/08/2026

The ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ warmly wishes our ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐šl, a very ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ!๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚

Being at the helm of a Society with different personalities, perspectives, and voices is no easy task, especially with everything else you carry on your plate. Yet, you continue to do what you can to bring people together, listen to us, and make yourself someone we can approach not only as our President, but also as a friend and a kuya. Even in moments when the weight of leadership becomes overwhelming, your efforts do not go unnoticed. Please know that we truly appreciate youโ€”not only for what you do for Society, but for the person you are to the people around you. ๐Ÿซถ

Hereโ€™s to a birthday filled with a little more rest, plenty of good moments, and people who remind you that you don't have to carry everything alone. We hope you take the time to celebrate yourself today, because you deserve it.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ!๐Ÿ’›โœจ

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—”๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญAs we commemorate the life of Ninoy Aquino, let us reflect on the values and prin...
21/08/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—”๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

As we commemorate the life of Ninoy Aquino, let us reflect on the values and principles he showed the Filipino people through his courage and love for our country. May we live our lives for the ideals he fought and died forโ€”ideals that may unite our differences, showing that the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, and that remain deeply relevant to what we face in our country today as a nation.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—”๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

As we commemorate the life of Ninoy Aquino, let us reflect on the values and principles he showed the Filipino people through his courage and love for our country. May we live our lives for the ideals he fought and died forโ€”ideals that may unite our differences, showing that the ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, and that remain deeply relevant to what we face in our country today as a nation.

๐Ÿ–ผ ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ: Alyssa Lylainne Valdegamo
โœ๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ: Ezequel Escleto

20/08/2026

Join us LIVE as the ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ welcomes ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฌ for a special lecture, โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ.โ€

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 20, 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 3:00 ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ students, faculty, and members of the public.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.



REMINDER: The Politics of the Environment How are the Philippinesโ€™ environmental problems connected to the way our polit...
20/08/2026

REMINDER: The Politics of the Environment

How are the Philippinesโ€™ environmental problems connected to the way our politics and institutions work?

Join us later August 20, 2026, at 3:00 PM for a special lecture by Dr. Antonio Prima Contreras entitled โ€œThe Politics of the Environment: Why the Philippines Cannot Solve Environmental Problems Without Fixing Politics.โ€

๐Ÿ“ Audio Visual Theater, Silliman University

Organized by the History and Political Science Department of the Silliman University College of Arts and Sciences, the lecture will examine the critical links among politics, governance, and the countryโ€™s continuing environmental challenges.

Canโ€™t join us in person? ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.

: As environmental crises continue to challenge the Philippines, how much of the solution lies not only in science and policy, but in politics?

The History and Political Science Department of the Silliman University College of Arts and Sciences invites students, faculty, and members of the public to a special lecture by ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฌ entitled, โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด.โ€

In this timely lecture, Dr. Contreras will explore how governance, institutions, and political systems shape the countryโ€™s environmental challenges and why meaningful environmental reform requires political transformation. Drawing on decades of scholarship in political ecology, environmental governance, climate change, and public policy, he will offer fresh perspectives on one of the nation's most pressing concerns.

The lecture will be held on ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, at ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ at the ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

Dr. Contreras is a political scientist and environmental governance scholar affiliated with the School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos. He earned his B.S. in Forestry (magna cm laude) and M.S. in Forestry from UPLB, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawaiสปi at Mฤnoa. He has held academic and leadership positions at the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, and the University of Hawaiสปi. A prolific scholar, he has authored numerous books and peer-reviewed publications on political ecology, environmental governance, climate change, and public policy. Beyond academia, he writes a regular column for The Manila Times and hosts the online political affairs program .

We invite everyone to join this engaging discussion on the intersection of politics and the environment and to reflect on the reforms needed to build a more sustainable future.

19/08/2026

"Honoring Our Roots. Understanding Our Past. Inspiring Our Future."

A History Lecture by Dr. Jojema D. Indab "The Political History of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental from 1948 to the Present"

August 19, 2026 | 3:00 PM Multi-Purpose Room (MPR), Silliman University

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19/08/2026

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Silliman University
HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

The Villegas-Dela Viรฑa History Lecture Series (2nd Edition)
โ€œHonoring Our Roots. Understanding Our Past. Inspiring Our Future.โ€

A History Lecture by Dr. Jojema D. Indab entitled โ€œThe Political History of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental from 1948 to the Presentโ€

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The Villegas-Dela Viรฑa History Lecture Series

19/08/2026

"Honoring Our Roots. Understanding Our Past. Inspiring Our Future."

A History Lecture by Dr. Jojema D. Indab
"The Political History of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental from 1948 to the Present"

August 19, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Multi-Purpose Room (MPR), Silliman University

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