BINONDO: Where the past walks in changing present
Jamayka Rhose Pascual In a city composed of glass towers and trend-driven modernity, Binondo stands defiantly textured against erasure. It is not just the world’s oldest Chinatown–it is a living
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EXPLAINER | Changing the Guard in ‘Vote-Rich’ Cebu
Jea Nicole Jacot Undisputed in its rank as the most vote-rich province in the Philippines, Cebu has long been treated as a fortune teller for national elections. Politicians would go
HIV as an Archive Virus: reframing Its impact on the body and society
Bernadette Soriano HIV—human immunodeficiency virus—can be understood not only as a biological invader but also as an eraser of memory. At its core, HIV targets CD4+ T-cells, the immune system’s
EXPLAINER | We’re not just a spectrum, we’re a constellation
Bernadette Soriano Pride Month returns, accompanied by familiar metaphors: sexuality as spectrum, gender as gradient, identity as liminal blur. Comforting, comprehensible — lines drawn with infinite in-betweens. Even fluid lines
EXPLAINER | Political -isms: The propagandas you shouldn’t fall for
Bernadette Soriano In a hyper-mediated age where ideologies are commodified and collapsed into soundbites, ideological literacy becomes urgent. Terms once charged with revolutionary weight have been aestheticized, weaponized, and—most insidiously—misunderstood.
EXPLAINER | Aid or agenda? The U.S.-backed Gaza humanitarian foundation under scrutiny
Bernadette Soriano As Gaza plunges into worsening catastrophe, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) rises—heralded by the United States and Israel as a swift fix. But beneath the urgency lies a
EXPLAINER | Press Office Eviction: Today’s Carolinian Struggle for Press Freedom
Jea Nicole Jacot When we think of a student press office, we often picture a room bustling with unyielding energy: a board jammed with news pitches, printers buzzing nonstop, and
EXPLAINER | Meta: Fact-checking ends, crowd-sourced truth begins
Abdiel Franz Bernales On January 7, 2025, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, replaced its third-party fact-checking program with a user-driven “community notes” system. This new approach allows users to
MAGNET OF LOVE: The Unburned Child of Cebu’s Heart
Marjuice Destinado What does love feel like when it pulls you in without asking? They say magnets have this invisible force; you don’t see it, you don’t even know
99 Years of Land, But for Whom?
Cess Gatchalian and Jamayka Rhose Pascual The Philippines, known for its strong national identity, faces a policy shift as House Bill (HB) No. 10755, introduced by House Speaker Ferdinand Martin
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