Features

Para sa nakararami, hindi lang si Kristo ang handog ng Pasko, hatid din nito ang pahinga, pagninilay-nilay, at pagsasalo-salo.  Ngunit sa kabila ng tila masasayang proseso at makukulay na palamuting nakasabit sa bawat pinto ay okupadong isipan naman ng mga taong nagtatrabaho habang Pasko.  Mga taong hindi man pansin ng… Read more

“Atin cu pung singsing. Metung yang timpukan.” As the rhythm takes them back to when they first heard the classic song, most Kapampangans have a story already painted in their mind, a lost inherited ring with an owner determined to do anything just to get it back. Read more

In a sunlit café, a young reader sips matcha while leafing through Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, a tote bag slung casually over one shoulder. Read more

Women can do anything and everything under the sun — even while carrying heartbreak, even while carrying a child. Yet, as much as they could be an unstoppable force, they are too often held back by systems that police their womanhood. Read more

Have you ever tried waking up in the same nightmare, again and again? In Gaza, every morning begins with remembering. Every sunrise drags with it the weight of the lost homes, lives, and dreams. They wake not to birds or prayer, but to the kind of silence that comes after… Read more

Gaano kahirap ang umalala sa minamahal kung pagkain sa hapag ang kailangang unahin? Read more

What do we do when the pain refuses to stay silent? For some, it becomes a weight carried quietly. It is hidden behind polite smiles, beneath routines, and softened by the phrase, “okay lang.” But for others, it becomes art — transforming pain into color, memory into meaning, and silence… Read more

To live in this country is to wade through betrayal disguised as governance. Here, floodwater does not simply rise — it exposes the rot that the corrupt tries to hide. And when corruption floods the country, it is always the powerless who drowns first. Read more

How proud are Filipinos of being Filipino? TikToks of foreigners trying Filipino food, posts proving the Filipino roots of the most recent Miss Universe, Instagram lives of artists shouting out their Filipino fans — all these spark a rush of national pride.  Yet, this pride, so visible in moments of… Read more

In quiet hallways, bustling canteens, and steadfast university scenes, a shadow roams beneath students’ eyes: a friend, an icon, a cat—startling with a meow. Read more