Life & Culture

Kubling Kanlungan

Hindi maikakaila ninuman na ang Pilipinas ay isang kanlungang sagana sa likas na yaman. Pero kung susuriing mabuti, nakakubli sa nakahahalinang imahe nito ang bulok na sistemang gumagapos at nagpapahirap sa maraming mga Pilipino—gaya ng mga uring magsasaka sa iba’t-ibang…

Pagtawid

I brought my bag and packed a shirt. I was bound to write about the Kapdula farmers, but the immersion shaped the way I thought about agriculture. It explored my deepest and most critical of thoughts, and challenged myself on…

Lagalag

Flash back to the 60s to the 90s, trekking the roads was one of the most innovative forms of commerce the pre-technological Philippines had ever seen: roaming vendors. Travelling from town to town with their cows or carabaos, they carry…

Makita kang sakdal laya

It was pure silence that filled the consultation room in the office which held the three of us—two sophomore students and gentle-looking man in a simple white t-shirt and slacks. It was around 4 in the afternoon, just right after…