There is a strange moment that happens when you step down from a position of authority. It is not dramatic. No orchestra plays. No one announces, “You...
If you have not seen it yet, someone in your circle has. A content creator drops hints on social media: there is money hidden somewhere in a public pl...
There is a familiar scene many workers know by heart. The clock moves, attendance is checked, and a missed day means less money. Teachers know it. Nur...
There is something almost insulting about watching a fuel price hike explained on television by men in coats while a public school teacher in Iloilo i...
Every graduation has its rituals. Mothers adjust collars with nervous hands. Fathers clear their throats more than usual. Students grin for photos whi...
The taxi smelled faintly of gasoline and menthol candy, the kind drivers chew to stay awake past lunch. It was a Sunday, quiet enough for conversation...
Cities survive floods, elections, and brownouts, yet sometimes the loudest debates are about parking. That tension surfaced in Iloilo when talk of reg...
There are government programs that look good in press releases and disappear the moment the camera leaves. The Doctors to the Barrios program is not o...
There was a time when a one-peso fuel hike could already send transport and progressive groups to the streets—whistles, placards, radio voices full of...