This is what Christmas asks of us
As a language and literature teacher, I spend most of my days surrounded by words. I analyze them, teach them, and ask students to find meaning within...
Noel Galon de LeonDecember 17, 20254 min
CITY THAT READS
As a language and literature teacher, I spend most of my days surrounded by words. I analyze them, teach them, and ask students to find meaning within...
For me, what makes the TikTok account Iloilo Sari-sari Store Stories so interesting is not just the entertainment value, but the way it captures the r...
By Noel Galon de Leon I had not tasted this kind of halo-halo in a long time. With the first spoonful, something familiar stirred in me, as if my chil...
“Kasalanan ko bang ipinanganak akong hindi mahirap?” sounds harmless if you are sitting comfortably, distant from hunger, eviction, and the daily math...
I was fortunate to meet Ricky Lee in person when he visited U.P. High School in Iloilo last year. Before my students met him, I introduced him as a Na...
There are meals that fill your stomach and there are meals that bring you home. My visit to Mang Inasó at the Teodoro Arcenas Public Market in Roxas C...
Rowena Guanzon may be read as an open text circulating in the public sphere, not merely as a person occupying political space but as a field of signs,...
Last December 6, 2025, I had the privilege of being invited by my friend Bryan Mari Argos, an award-winning writer and the City Tourism Officer of Rox...
In the Philippines, a painful truth persists. Many artists leave this world with barely anything left. In their final days, while struggling to breath...