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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…

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…

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…

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).…

Dangal bago parangal

Nalalapit na naman ang Luntiang Parangal, isang taunang parangal para sa natatanging galing ng bawat Lasalyano sa iba’t ibang aspeto. Wala na sigurong hihigit pa sa pakiramdam na mabansagan o mabigyan ng prestihiyosong parangal, titulo, o mataas na posisyon sa…

A call to stop catcalling

As I was walking along the hallway of a certain college building in the campus, different voices coming from a group of men, or should I say DLSU-D students, caught my attention saying, “Miss!”, “Baby!”, “I love you!”, “Psst!” At…

The Rohingya genocide

Sub-human—this is essentially the category that the Rohingya people of Myanmar have been thrown into. Forsaken by their country, hunted by their military, and shunned by their people, the Rohingya are the most persecuted population in the world at the…