By Noel Galon de Leon Every now and then, we encounter a writer who unsettles everything we thought we knew about writing — not because she introduces...
There is a familiar image that appears almost every time a literacy outreach program is held. Children line up with newly donated books in their hands...
The first responsibility of anyone who encounters a work of art is not to judge it but to look at it long enough for it to begin speaking in its own l...
I am currently attending Room to Read’s Aklat Lunduyan: National Training of Community Librarians in Bacolod City as one of the facilitators. Yet, des...
By Noel Galon de Leon It almost feels as though our copyright laws have lost their teeth. Despite the countless public lectures, seminars, workshops, ...
By Noel Galon de Leon Yesterday, I deliberately visited Art for Everyone 2026, the annual art exhibition held at a private mall in Iloilo City. This i...
The latest National Book Development Board (NBDB) National Readership Survey confirmed what educators, librarians, and parents have long feared: fewer...
There is a comforting illusion that the humanities become “public” the moment a museum opens its doors for free, an art exhibit is installed in a mall...
Every town has its favorite rumor, and every generation seems determined to preserve the stories that refuse to die no matter how often history contra...