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About Regel Javines: The Voice Behind The Philippine Pundit
Regel Javines is a Filipino writer, editor, and independent citizen journalist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Philippine Pundit, a citizen-driven platform amplifying the voices of the unheard and raising critical questions at the heart of Philippine society and beyond.
Regel’s experience spans grassroots advocacy, intelligence research, and digital media. He was a former citizen journalist for several global citizen journalism platforms, including Allvoices.com, and a contributor to the Yahoo! Contributor Network between 2011 and 2012. He briefly worked as a research analyst for the Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Intelligence (OA-2), Philippine Air Force.
Born in Leyte. Raised by struggle, an early life that spurs his lifelong advocacy for social justice and poverty alleviation. His writing blends practical insight, spiritual reflection, and political philosophy, rooted in the lived realities of common or ordinary Filipinos and beyond.
Regel writes with the heart of a seeker and the conviction of the marginalized.
Attempting to understand life and existence through the lens of ontological mathematics, spirituality, and Gnosticism, Regel began this intellectual journey through formal studies in the Master of Arts in Philosophy program at the University of San Carlos. Eventually, he chose to take an indefinite academic break, embracing instead a self-directed path of learning where mysticism, advanced philosophy, and metaphysical reasoning guide his inner exploration.
Regel Javines, a committed public service professional, has a combined 7+ years in content writing and copyediting, administrative support, and open-source research and analysis.
Currently, he serves as a consultant under the Congressional Assistance, Response, and Education (CARE) program of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. As part of the congressional district support staff, he supports legislative operations and grassroots outreach, rooted in a principled approach to public service, anchored in the values of integrity, accountability, and intellectual sincerity.
Regel holds a bachelor’s degree in office administration and has completed several units in both his MA in Philosophy at the University of San Carlos and an MBA with a specialization in Marketing Management at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School.
Additionally, he has been a Career Service Professional Eligible since 2009, affirming his alignment with the civil service standards of the Republic.
Throughout his academic and professional life, Regel has consistently gravitated toward roles requiring precision, critical thinking, and eloquence—from earning valedictorian honors in his formative years to serving as editor-in-chief of his university’s official student publication.
Today, he continues this intellectual and civic mission by founding a self-hosted blog, The Philippine Pundit, which explores issues of governance, justice, and the human condition.
Regel is more than a résumé of positions. He is, indeed, a heart on the move, reflecting deeply, serving unobtrusively, and writing always from a point where logic converges with reverence.
Iskolar ng Bayan. Editor. Seeker.
Regel Javines graduated as class valedictorian in both elementary and high school—a foreshadowing of his enduring intellectual discipline and quiet determination. Entering the PUP-Taguig as a freshman, he quickly became immersed in the politically charged atmosphere of one of the country’s largest state universities, historically known as the bastion of student activism.
Drawn to both the written word and the power of dissent, Regel joined the campus’ progressive student publication. His critical voice and editorial commitment eventually led him to become editor-in-chief of The Chronicler, the official student publication of PUP–Taguig. It was during this formative time that he began to confront the intersecting pressures of academic life, campus repression, and the filial obligations that weighed heavily on his journey.
Despite chronic financial hardship and systemic challenges faced by many working-class scholars, Regel earned his bachelor’s degree in office administration in 2007, completing it on time. However, an unfortunate personal event just weeks before graduation prevented him from attending the commencement rites.
In 2014, Regel passed the PUP Graduate Studies Entrance Examinations (PUPGSEE) and briefly pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA), specializing in Marketing Management, at the PUP Graduate School. Yet, once again, financial constraints led him to pause his academic pursuit after a semester.
Years later, in 2022, while taking a reflective return to his roots in Leyte, Regel found himself drawn once more to the realm of learning, not for credentials, but for deeper understanding. He was accepted into the Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy program at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, a Catholic institution widely regarded as one of the Philippines’ most respected centers for higher learning.
There, he began exploring life’s fundamental questions through the lenses of Gnostic spirituality and ontological mathematics—a rare and radical fusion of mysticism and metaphysics. Yet after two semesters, Regel chose to take an unofficial leave of absence from the program to tend to personal reckonings and existential inquiries still unfolding.
Today, he continues to write, reflect, and question—not only institutions and power structures, but the very nature of life and existence, and the spaces in between.
For inquiries regarding business collaboration, mentoring, guest appearances, or freelance engagements, please email at 📧 rqjavines@gmail.com or 📧 regel.javines@philippinepundit.com.