This Christmas, amid traffic jams, the crowds, high prices, we persevere. We light up the trees. We put up lanterns. We patiently beat the long queue just to be home for Christmas. We hope and pray that in 2026, the guilty are punished and governance will be better. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The Alpha Phi Omega fraternity at the University of the Philippines-Manila held its the annual Oblation Run last Dec. 12 with the massive corruption involving senators, congressmen, public officials and private contractors in the government's flood control projects as the target of its protest action.

Protestors, led by human rights group 'Karapatan,' denounced the unabated human rights violations in the country and the massive corruption involving senators, congressmen, public officials and private contractors.