I have often wondered if hope still mattered to young people when the meaning itself has become increasingly fragile. For many, hope is no longer loud or confident. It is quiet, careful, and ...

Many Filipinos see other countries’ “Instagrammable” transport systems and public spaces and rightly ask: why does our public transport remain a dehumanizing experience? Don’t we deserve ...

From fat to obese. That’s how a 2019 paper by the Ateneo School of Government described the dominance of political dynasties in the Philippines. Analyzing data from 1988 to 2019, the paper found ...

Remember former first lady Imelda Marcos’ jewelry, art, and shoe collection, many of which went on exhibit for their jaw-dropping worth and shock value? More on this later. What a pleasant surprise ...

As a Hong Konger who has called Taiwan home for four decades and whose deceased father worked in the Philippines also for four decades, I have witnessed the slow, agonizing strangulation of my birth ...

Hazards. Danger. Threat. Coasts are the ever-changing interface where land, water, and air interact. This intersection results in a tremendously unique sensitivity to climate changes and patterns.

Lost Books in Cebu is the smallest bookstore in the country. You will not believe me if I told you that Lost Books is located inside a repurposed ATM kiosk. However, to see is to believe. A few weeks ...

Forty years have passed since the historic Edsa People Power Revolution. In those extraordinary days of February, millions of ...

As a part of my mission here but also just because I am concerned global citizen, I follow closely discussion forums on the ...

The world, said Albert Einstein, will not be destroyed by those who do evil but by those who watch them without doing ...

When a dog dies, grief lingers quietly. It’s in the silence where paws once tapped, in the corners where a wagging tail used ...

Come and join us for the kiddie party tomorrow night. You are our special guest.” My good friend, a hematologist-oncologist, ...