It’s love month, this column turns one year this February and I’m sharing hugs to all of you – at least, figuratively speaking. The love witch (tita) is here again. January came too fast, how are you so far? I guess we are thriving and hanging by a thread. Doesn’t matter, as long as you’re …
It is a running joke that one shouldn’t date a writer because you don’t know what they’ll write about you. But behind that joke is a painful truth: that content creators – not just writers but also photographers and videographers – often take someone’s story and tell it without permission. For the storyteller, it’s just …
The Child Rights Network expresses disappointment with the House of Representatives for allowing the railroading of HB 11360, or the Sin Tax Sabotage Bill, which was approved on 2nd reading on January 29, 2025. The House of Representatives decided to lower sin taxes on tobacco, which is a sabotage of the sin tax measure that …
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Festivals are prime manifestations of the Filipino’s fervent devotion and faith characterized by history, artistry, creativity, and passion. “Viva Pit Senyor” and “Viva Senyor Hesus Nazareno” reverberate during the month of January which is the best month for festival hopping in honor of Jesus Christ, either as the young Santo Nino or as an adult Black Nazarene. After the Traslacion of the …
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I think that humor has its perks. My friend always does. The need to be serious at all times is not an antidote itself but the laughter that sounds loud or too loud! I remember that I have been unfeeling and robotic to a sense. Remember that I once said, I did ziplines without shouting …
Binondo is the center of activities in Manila during the annual Chinese New Year celebrations where thousands gather for the special performances (Dragon/Lion dances), cuisine, lucky charms, prosperity fruits, and boxes of “tikoy”. Considered the first and oldest Chinatown in the world, Binondo was established in 1594 as a permanent settlement for Chinese immigrants, particularly those who had converted to Catholicism and …
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People say that boats are shaped as it is so that water will not get in to sink it. Basically, it’s not the water around it that sinks the boat but the water that goes inside it. Coffee spilt is not because of outside factors but because naturally, there is coffee inside the cup. Ironically, …
Have you tried talking to yourself in front of the mirror and affirming you’re brave? Have you heard that infinite voice telling you that something joyful and exciting will happen? Have you captured that self of yours where you smile at yourself and felt at peace with yourself too? Sometimes, you do. Sometimes, you don’t! …
“Pass sa halata.” This is a phrase often thrown out in the streets, social media platforms, and dating apps directed against feminine-presenting queers. A phrase used to express disgust and dislike over gays who show their gender expression by having their faces dolled up with makeup, their bottoms covered with skirts, and their feet tiptoed …
“Waláng himalâ! Ang himalâ ay nasa pusò ng tao, nasa pusò nating lahat! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga himalâ! Tayo ang gumagawâ ng mga sumpâ at ng mga diyos” Since its inception, this line from the 1982 film “Himala,” directed by Ishmael Bernal, has been inextricably linked to Nora Aunor. The film follows the folks …
