Somewhere in one of his masterpieces, Gabriel Marquez writes about how “life obliges [people] over and over again to give birth to themselves.” In many ways, politics is the same, since key ...
We write to clarify the news item published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Dec. 24, 2024, titled “COA flags MTRCB over 15 consultants paid P4 million.” The Movie and Television Review and ...
While women make up half of Southeast Asia’s population, regional efforts to mainstream gender issues so far remain a formidable challenge. However, notable strides have been made in recent years ...
Travel has many purposes. The travel writer Rick Steves categorizes travelers into three broad types. First, there’s the tourist, who seeks the excitement of shopping, sightseeing, and snapping ...
So much for the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) repeated assurances that it has been actively working on various infrastructure projects to address the metro’s perennial flood ...
What does it taste like? I asked my Tito one sunny morning as I watched him sip from a small cup of steaming black liquid. He was sitting on the wooden bench in our kitchen, quietly enjoying the ...
Mary Jane Veloso’s return to the Philippines after 14 years of imprisonment in Indonesia is a historic occasion for many Filipinos. As a society that embraces “kapwa”—a core value reflecting a ...