In Memoriam: Fifteen Memories of Rep. Dina Abad

In Memoriam: Fifteen Memories of Rep. Dina Abad

The late lawmaker from Batanes gave the writer an accidental glimpse into her political and domestic life.

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Will The Philippine Jeepney Soon Be Extinct?

Will The Philippine Jeepney Soon Be Extinct?

Are Filipinos ready for demise of their trustee commuter jeepney?

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Escape Through Death’s Door

Escape Through Death’s Door

How Lt. Geraldo Alvarez of the 51st Mechanized Infantry Company led his trapped men to safety through a storm of bullets in the battle for Marawi.

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In the Rubble of Marawi

In the Rubble of Marawi

A journalist has a sniper’s-eye view of the battle ravaged city of Marawi where ISIS militants had holed up in the central mosque.

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A Haven for the Elderly – the Philippines

A Haven for the Elderly – the Philippines

You’ll be surprised how many breaks senior citizens get in the Philippines.

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Quezon Saved Jews from the Holocaust

Quezon Saved Jews from the Holocaust

Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon offered asylum to European Jews fleeing the Nazis even before WWII started.

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Why Our Moro Brothers and Sisters Will Never Turn Fundamentalist

Why Our Moro Brothers and Sisters Will Never Turn Fundamentalist

The author contends that most Filipino Muslims are too secularly practical to fall for the likes of ISIS and the Taliban.

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Proudly PWU

Proudly PWU

The nearly hundred-year-old educational institution, Philippine Women’s University, is already building the scaffolding for another hundred years.

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Root of the Philippines’ Pork Shortage

Root of the Philippines’ Pork Shortage

The meat for the pork adobo or sisig you just ordered at your favorite Philippine restaurant may have been imported.

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Climate Refugees

Climate Refugees

How climate change could increase the flow of Filipino migration and emigration.

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