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18-year-old Aeta dreams of becoming her community's doctor
MORONG, Bataan – Eighteen-year-old Mary Rose Alejo is no stranger to tough journeys. Bearing her people’s characteristic curly hair and dark complexion, she’s undeniably an Aeta through and through,...
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‘Honor before excellence’: Students condemn cheating in U.P.
MANILA, Philippines – “Academic dishonesty has no place in a university that prides itself in promoting honor and excellence,” said the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) Student...
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Maguindanao IDPs struggle with flooding in evacuation sites
MANILA, Philippines – Families seeking refuge from armed conflict in at least two evacuation centers in Maguindanao faced a new struggle after their temporary homes got submerged in floodwater...
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LOOK: Heavy rain floods areas in Metro Manila on Friday, August 2
MANILA, Philippines– Several areas in Metro Manila were quickly flooded following a downpour brought by the southwest monsoon on Friday, August 2.The southwest monsoon, which had been bringing heavy...
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Sparking joy and fearing shame: The irony of Singapore's National Day Parade
American writer Mark Twain once wrote, “Dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening, love like you’ve never been hurt and live like it’s Heaven on Earth.” This free-spirited,...
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[OPINION] One woman's journey from Christianity to agnosticism
I was born in one of the quiet districts of Zamboanga, a peninsula of different people with different ideologies. It was like a common ground for a variety of religions—Catholicism, Islam,...
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Groups seek unity, action to help end killings in Negros Island
MANILA, Philippines – After a spate of killings in Negros Island, advocates and various groups echoed on Thursday, August 1, the call to put an end to the senseless bloodshed. Defend Negros...
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[OPINION] Jefferson Estela, changing the climate for strikes in the Philippines
26 years ago, the Supreme Court recognized the doctrine of intergenerational responsibility, which states that future generations have the right to a balanced and healthful ecology. Today, the future...
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Class divide: Filipinos slam MMDA for ‘anti-poor’ EDSA policy
MANILA, Philippines – Were you stuck in traffic today? You're not alone, as Filipinos took to social media to slam the attempts of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to ease Manila's...
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IN PHOTOS: Ormoc City kicks off 3rd nationwide earthquake drill for 2019
MANILA, Philippines – Kicking off a series of simulation exercises across the Philippines, Ormoc City in Leyte led the 3rd quarter nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill (NSED) for 2019 on Thursday,...
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[OPINION] Unsent letter from a person living with HIV to his mom
Dear Mom,You don’t know, and it breaks my heart that I can’t allow you yet to love me more because I might scare you. Do you remember one time I got terribly sick, quivering with cold sweats? You woke...
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[OPINION] We are young and we choose to fight back
After declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist organizations last year, the Philippine government is now going after youth organizations. They...
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After MMDA’s faulty policy, netizens suggest ‘solutions’ to Metro Manila traffic
MANILA, Philippines – What the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) initially thought was a solution to ease traffic congestion, the Filipino commuters have experienced otherwise. On...
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[OPINION] Constructing a Muslim identity in a predominantly Christian society
I grew up Christian. Unlike a lot of students who "lose" their faith and become skeptical of organized religion as they step foot in University of the Philippines-Diliman, it was in UP that I fully...
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[OPINION] 'Ikaw ang unang Muslim na nakilala ko'
If you were to ask a Muslim to share his or her experience living in a predominantly non-Muslim community, you would often hear stories of difficulty assimilating to the local culture or experiences of...
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[OPINION] A young Muslim's notes from Manila
It was June 2015. A crystal-blue sky hovered above me as I inched in a taxi through EDSA’s legendary traffic.It was my first time to work in Manila.I was both excited and nervous at the same time. I...
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Groups to QC gov't: Enforce anti-discrimination ordinance
MANILA, Philippines – In a twist of irony, transgender woman Gretchen Custodio Diez was discriminated from using a woman's restroom in a city that passed an ordinance preventing incidents exactly like...
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#SOGIEEqualityNow: Transgender restroom issue sparks call for passage of...
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos online called for the passage of the anti-discrimination bill following the the arrest of transgender woman Gretchen Custodio Diez, who was prevented from using the...
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EXPLAINER: What you need to know about SOGIE Part 2
MANILA, Philippines – Paminta? Kingkong Barbie? Butch? Femme? Queer?In part 1 of our two-part explainer video, we discussed the elements of SOGIE by way of the Genderbread Person. (WATCH: What you need...
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LGBTQ+ partylist urges SOGIE awareness after Araneta restroom incident
MANILA, Philippines – Should the janitress of the mall who stopped transgender woman Gretchen Custodio Diez from entering the women’s bathroom in a Quezon City mall be fired after the incident?LGBTQ+...
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