Angelika Del Carmen- Emeterio

When the Bullied Becomes the Bully The two suspects in the Tacloban school shooting initially claimed they we…

The Philippines has a huge public health crisis in its hands, with a new nutrition survey revealing that one …

How Disinformation Turns People Into Fanatics Months before the 2016 elections, a writer from the south had n…

The Things My Father Carried I know my father had it hard when he was little. He used to tell me stories abou…

Among the controversial statements issued by Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano was his advancement of the …

Overlooked amid reams of copy and headlines on Senate shenanigans over the past three weeks was the Commissio…

The Hunger We Inherit People like to eat other people too. Not just with mouths, not just with violence, not …

Is it Time to Decriminalize Libel? In many jurisdictions, including the Philippines, libel remains a criminal…

Walking Past the Intersection: Outgrowing Friendships We Thought Would Last Just as fleeting as every moment …

As night descends, terror seeps through the air; whispers of us linger like shadows in the dark, tremors igni…

The glistening moon stays high above the heavens, overlooking our daily activities as though we are infants. …

Unoriginal, I mutter softly to myself as I stand before the mirror's unyielding gaze. The reflection staring …

"The rain doesn't apologize for falling, and neither should I" The rain doesn't ask for permission; it simply…

From the ardent defenders of the fourth estate, there was only radio silence. No urgent alerts or angry dispa…

What the Philippines failed to do, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has made possible: a trial at last …

While the biggest slice of the country's annual budget continues to be allocated to education, as mandated in…

What People Get Wrong About "Everything is Political" Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the …

If press freedom is, as the late American diplomat Madeleine Albright once said, the "heartbeat of democracy,…

The cost of living in the Philippines is high. And so is the cost of dying. This is why a new law providing f…

Anak ng Maynila: Anino ng Kahirapan sa Ating Bayan Ang makulay na telang bumubuo sa ating bansang Pilipinas, …

Lalim ng Alon, Lalim ng Puso: Di ka Pasisiil Ang dagat, sa kanyang walang hanggang lawak, ay hindi lamang isa…

The Unfurling of Defiance: A Glimpse into the Heart of Protest In the stark contrast of black and white, a st…

Is the Philippines proud of its sexual education failure? The ongoing debate surrounding the proposed sex …

It is said that the relationship between inequality and voting is not just correlational, rather, it is causa…