Cold War II: Do We Want to Repeat History?
Illustration by Rey Allan Orlanes Jr. (contributor) Imagine a wall in the middle of a region, dividing both the land and the people. Wherein what’s on the other side will only be a distant...
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A Son’s Pledge
Photo by Angelo Nico Daroy Photo Manipulation by Zach Borromeo “Anak.” As the bombs fall and everything around me shakes in protest, I strain to hear my mother’s words. “Anak, I know this world...
Rodrigo Duterte and a Serye
Illustration by Justine Patrice Bacareza, Eduard Jude Jamolin and Geralden Morre This is a series following a country and a man. The country is the Philippines, about 7,100 islands held together by a history...
On the Two Players Left
Illustration by Justine Patrice Bacareza, Eduard Jude Jamolin, and Geralden Morre The Philippine vice presidential race continues to hold us in suspense. With Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano ranking third and his number of votes barely...
Of Hypocrisy
Photo by Angelo Nico Daroy 2016 Today, I will vote for change. 2018 Fear instantly invades my being, and I start to tremble all over. I stare at my pot, at the earrings I...
Electoral Dysfunction: The Right to Exercise Suffrage in Apathy
Photo by June Kirslie Escudero “Dili na ko muvote, kay wala gihapoy gamit.” We hear this statement again and again as the May 2016 presidential election draws nearer. We all know that though...
A Daughter’s Gravity
Photo by Christine Suson All I saw were people dressed in black and white. From behind me, I heard the cries of friends and relatives that I’ve never met. I have always hated funerals....
Responsibility: An Obligation or Characteristic?
Illustration by Zach Borromeo Many of us have obsessed about the recent Trillanes television commercial that campaigns against the presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte, similar to the one that aired weeks before about senatorial candidate...
