It is high noon on Pedro Gil Street, and the concrete is radiating the heat shone over Manila’s historic Ermita district. Along this 3.65-kilometer arterial road traversing the districts of
Some women were never allowed to fall apart, because everyone else depended on them first. Every Mother’s Day, mothers face a different reality from the others. Meanwhile, some mothers are
Have you ever looked at someone and wondered if when their life flashes before them, would you appear even for a second in those final seven minutes? They say that
Mothers do not always have to bear a child. Sometimes, they are the child themselves, the child who learned how to survive alone. The child who became quiet not because
Ano ba ang depinisyon ng “kababaihan” para sa karamihan? Sino ang may karapatang magtakda kung sino ang maituturing na babae? Ang katawan ba, ang katahimikan, o ang pagsunod? Ang pagiging
You sit beside me, but your eyes betray, They wander places I will never know. You laugh at jokes, but it’s a cruel display, A mask to hide the love
Matapos ang tila walang katapusang pagrerebyu, pagpapraktis, pagpupuyat, at pagka-cram, abot-kamay na ang medalya at sertipikong ilang taon ding pinagpaguran. Sa pagtatapos ng yugtong ito, marahil bitbit ng bawat estudyante
Dorothy Gonzales Sa pagpatak ng buwan ng Mayo, tila nagigising ang kalikasan mula sa mahimbing na pagkakahimlay upang mag-alay ng kanyang pinakamakarilag na hiyas sa dambana ng langit. Ang bawat
A cup of coffee, a late-night idea, and a solution to a struggle no one thought was a problem— and sometimes, that is all it takes for something to begin
Gabriel Liwanag If I were to be born with shackles on my wrists, Taught to breathe a freedom that exists only in ink, Then I am oppressed; a prisoner of
