For the past two years, since Israel escalated its ground invasion in Gaza, the world has watched and grown accustomed to the blatant attempts to systematically erase a whole population from the map. Through indolence or neglect, a vast number have chosen to remain neutral where neutrality causes bombs to fall. The tragedy of the

The Philippine national government debt reached P17 trillion in 2025, marking a continued increase from the previous year by 1.6 percent. The Bureau of the Treasury claimed that the debt remains manageable, partly because the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio remains below the critical threshold of 70 percent. But, when this debt is divided among the

They called me brave. Strong, even. A child praised for smiling through storms, not of her own making. But somewhere in the storm, I began to wonder if “Filipino resiliency” is truly a virtue, or is it just society’s way of telling us to shut up and suffer quietly? Growing up, I was the poster

Due to the pervasive spread of misinformation and disinformation nowadays, I have developed the habit of looking at the source of the news articles I am reading. I can’t help but find myself pondering the extent to which the reports I read, hear, and see genuinely convey the truth. While I attempt to dismiss such

Internalized homophobia creeps in when society’s prejudice becomes the critical voice inside our own minds. It begins subtly and takes so many forms. I’ve seen it in people avoiding gestures or tones that might “give them away,” steering clear of clothes or styles that might cause “swipe left” with judgment, and even distancing themselves from