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Mindanao State University - Sulu

Kissa Journal

Welcome to the KISSA Journal "Bridging Local Realities with Global Goals."
The KISSA Journal is the official online research publication of Mindanao State University-Sulu. It is an interdisciplinary journal that brings together diverse fields of study to address the realities of the Sulu Archipelogo.

The journal highlightes pressing educational challenges, explores opportunities in agriculture and fisheries, and advances research that contributes to social transformation. By aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Developemt Goals (SDGs), it connects local scholarship to global conversations, fostering knowledge that empowers communities, informs policy, and builds inclusive and sustainable futures.

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Research Article Vol. 4, No. 1 Muammar S. Sakili

Language Philosophy of the Bahasa Sinug

According to Prof. Hannbal H. Bara, the study of the philosophy of language is connected to the study of culture and civilization. In the search to understand Islam, the Bangsasug learned how to develop terminologies and to enrich the Bahasa Sinug with Malay and Arabic language. After the first 200 years of the introduction of Islam to this country, the Bangsasug produced classical literatures from ilmu kamaasan, daman, tarasul to kissa using the Bahasa Sug.

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Book Review Vol. 4, No. 1 Jul-Asri A. Hadjibun

Book Review: I'm OK - You're OK: A Practical Guide to Transactional Analysis by Thomas A. Harris

Transactional analysis is the method of examining a transaction wherein, "I do something to you and you do something back" and determining which part of the multi-natured individual is "coming on." Transactional analysis is the method of systematizing the information derived from analyzing transactions in words which have the same meaning, by definition, for everyone who is using them.

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Research Article Vol. 3, No. 1 Hannbal H. Bara

Islamic Discourse on Hula-Bangsa-Agama: The Tausug Concept of State

Of all the principles connected to our daily life as well as to our sacred struggle, the most important one which lives through our consciousness, is the aliyan or slogan of hula-bangsa-agama. This is the aliyan of the time. This was the aliyan of our forebears during their times, crossing waves upon waves of colonial disaster besetting the collective life of the Tausug as a nation.

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Research Article Vol. 3, No. 1 Meltino J. Sibulan

Sultanate of Sulu: A Legal Discussion

Now, in order to know a country well, we study history because history is the story of a country and its people. "Hubbul watan minal iman." (Love of nation is part of faith.) [Hadith] "He who does not look back to where he came from will not know where he is going." (Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paruruunan.) So, goes a famous saying.

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Research Article Vol. 3, No. 1 Allen I. Talikan

Enhancing Transparency and Accountability on the Use of School Funds

Ensuring transparency and accountability in budget spending is a big concern to school administration today. This is in fact the past and the present issue of most schools in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or BARMM especially at the regional level. It is presumed that through greater accountability, the leaky pipes of corruption and inefficiency will be repaired; aid and public spending will be channeled more effectively and development initiatives will produce greater and more visible results (McGee, 2013:10).

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