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PH lowest in reading comprehension in PISA education survey.
How many years does the average Filipino learn in school? World leaders gather in Madrid for the COP25 Climate Change Conference.
US-China trade deal facing delays?
Pinoy athletes go for gold in the 30th SEA Games. And a music lesson from the founder of Kontra-GaPi.

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Kalalabas lang ng pag-aaral na kumpara raw sa mga bata sa ibang bansa, kulelat daw ang mga batang Pilipino pagdating sa reading, science, at math. Bakit ganito kasama ang resulta? Ano ba ang mga problema ng education system ng Pilipinas? Solusyon ba ang K-12 at free tuition? Sa episode na ito, hihimayin nina Maien Vital at JC Punongbayan ang estado ng edukasyon sa Pilipinas.

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"If you strike a kulintang, you begin to join yourself with your ancestors. You've been awakened." - Edru Abraham, founder of Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-GaPi), the resident ethnic music and dance ensemble of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman.

In part one of his conversation with sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David, Abraham talks about music that allows us to reflect on our Filipino heritage.  "It forces you to consider what things were before 1521."

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How did Cayetano end up running the SEA Games anyway? VP Robredo fired as ICAD co-chair. A taste of Usapang Endo on the Usapang Econ podcast. The "Safe Philippines" project. Young people lead actions against climate change. Hong Kong voters have a message. The inventor of the world wide web wants to save the internet. Should Facebook have the power to filter? And we recommend a new book: Women in Diplomacy.

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Ano nga ba ang "Endo"? Bakit ito isinusulong ng mga negosyante, at bakit ito hinaharang ng mga manggagawa? Sa episode na 'to, pagbubungguin nina JC Punongbayan at Maien Vital ang mga ideya sa magkabilang panig sa pamamagitan ng... boxing! Let's get ready to rumble!

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A ban on vape and e-cigarettes in the PH, and in the US, at least 7 deaths related to the activity. Can you guess the Filipinos' least trusted country? We check in on Filipino students in Hong Kong. What are drug war orphans' hopes for when they grow up? Is the soul of the Filipino missing in the places we frequent? And toilets are still not as common as you think in the Philippines.

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The Philippines prides itself on being a basketball-loving nation, yet there's no pro league for women. What happens to our Filipina ballers after college? How does this affect the Gilas Pilipinas Women's program? And what do the athletes want (and don't want) from a league? The NU Lady Bulldogs get candid in the third and final episode of our series on women's basketball.

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Does your city hall look like every other city hall you've seen? Is your favorite mall identical to the mall you visited on your last trip to the province? Is the condo you're eyeing no different from the others in the neighborhood?  Urban planner and landscape architect Paulo Alcazaren mourns the loss of a sense of place and identity in part two of his conversation with sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David.

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How likely is it for dengue to be transmitted through sex? How are orphans affected by the drug war? Why should you care that the Philippines will become the world's biggest importer of rice? Is Build, Build, Build a "dismal failure"? Traffic is a symptom... of what? And, how are our Gilas Pilipinas Women's Team doing? 

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What makes a city livable? Definitely not its citizens getting run over while crossing the street, or trapped under a fallen billboard in the middle of a typhoon. Urban planner and landscape architect Paulo Alcazaren talks about everything we've been missing in Metro Manila, and how this came to be, with sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David.

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