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In anticipation

Here’s something scarier than finals week: The future. And just like studying, we often put off “the future” for as long as we can. It’s as if it’s a daunting task rather than the stark inevitability because when the possibilities…

Political divide

I hated news—at least before—especially politics. Politics is a hassle; it’s complicated, corrupt, messy, and requires too much research to even understand what people are talking about. Politics and news were so appalling to me, and this was even coming…

Why context is divine

It was a dark day for Philippine journalism when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked online news outlet Rappler’s license last January 15. Media outlets and organizations took stands both online and offline—and so have the opposing side. A…

Modernisasyong pag-urong

Kabilaang pag-usbong ng mga gusali mula sa dati’y payak na palayan; biglaang paglatag ng konkretong kalsada sa dati-rati’y pulos kakahuyan at lupang taniman—ito ay karaniwan na sa ating kamalayan sapagkat sa araw-araw nating pamumuhay, tiyak kong kabilaang konstruksyon ang bumubungad…

Kaligta

The truth will set you free, it’s true. But it’s also freedom that will bring you truth. *** If you come to know just how far we reached when performing our part in the national discourse in the past, you…

Wise man

I remember entering the campus in my frosh year of college and appreciating the environment for its aesthetic. It was only much later that I saw the school’s environmental advocacy for what it was: a human responsibility. As we grow…

Biyaheng EDSA Shrine

Mabilis lumipas ang oras, ang imahe ng mga nagsisiksikang gusali, ang mukha ni Marian Rivera sa mga billboard, at ang mga linya ng poste, lalo na’t kung nakadungaw ka sa labas ng bintana ng sinasakyan mong Metro Rail Transit (MRT).…