I was listening to “I Have a Dream” by ABBA the other day, and man, it hit me like a ton of bricks and took me straight back ...
March 20th was the United Nations’ annual International Day of Happiness, which stemmed from a 2012 UN Resolution initiated ...
We tell ourselves that humans are fundamentally good. It is a comforting fiction, repeated in classrooms, sermons, and speeches: kindness is innate, morality is natural, civilization is proof that we ...
Humanity. Environment. Sustainability. Laudato si’ (Italian for “Praise Be to You”) is a landmark encyclical letter written by the late Pope Francis, published in June 2015. It is subtitled ...
With the continuing escalation of the Middle East crisis, there’s no escaping the dire effects of the world’s oil supply being held hostage in the conflict. The Philippines being among the most ...
Midway into Women’s Month, I looked into sources on the long and complicated campaign on women’s suffrage in the Philippines. I plowed through this to put context into the historic photograph ...
I was hanging out with my nephews when their parents asked one of them a question. The boy answered sloppily, as though ...
The Philippines aims to raise manufacturing’s share of gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 percent by 2030, as outlined in the National Economic and Development Authority’s Philippine Development ...
For many Filipinos, the experience can be brutal and traumatic: Faced with a financial emergency at some point in their lives, desperately needing money to buy food for their families, secure ...
There is a familiar rhythm in every presidency. The first half is usually defined by promises, reforms, and political momentum. The second half is something else entirely. It is when ...