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[EDITORIAL] Leksyon ng SGS: Lifestyle change ang simula
Pitong taon nang naglulunsad ng Social Good Summit sa Maynila ang Rappler, katapat ng Social Good Summit na nagaganap sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng mundo. Sa katunayan, nagsisimula na ang SGS sa New York...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] The fight for divorce is a family affair
The Senate hearing on the divorce bills last September 17 was historic for many reasons. Divorce bills had been filed in the past, but last Tuesday was the first time that the bills were discussed at...
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[OPINION] What a mood disorder episode feels like
If you don’t have a mood disorder (clinical depression, bipolar disorder, etc) and would like to understand what it feels like, here’s how it feels to me. I hope you find this illustration...
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[OPINION] A teacher's life, from the point of view of her red ballpen
I’m here to tell you about this woman. She’s been around my kind for a long while, so the red ballpens from long ago know of her, and I suspect the red ballpens that will come long after I’m used up...
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A teen's thoughts on 'Si Janus Silang at ang Hiwagang may Dalawang Mukha'
MANILA, Philippines– “Uy, ‘yan ‘yung binabasa mo pa noong Grade 7 pa tayo ah. Noon ay Book 2 ka pa lang, ngayon ay may Book 4 na.” (That's what you were reading since we were in Grade 7. Before you...
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[OPINION] Concrete ways young Filipinos can help divest the world from fossil...
Ten years ago, Typhoon Ondoy brought unprecedented devastation to Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. This disaster was a grim reminder for Filipinos of what happens when we fail to address the...
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[OPINION] Enough of words! Hazing needs no new solution
Hazing has become a byword that is distinctly associated with the Philippine Military Academy (PMA). Until this very day.And it is so sad and unfortunate. For hazing is not a positive term. It betrays...
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[OPINION] War is a great teacher
Arab Spring. Libyan civil war. NATO airstrikes. Deadly tribal clashes. How does a Filipino expat teach in such a backdrop?Burdened by mounting financial woes, I packed my bags and flew to Libya on...
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[OPINION] In defense of Greta Thunberg
Social media was recently abuzz about a 16-year-old girl from Sweden who became the poster child for climate justice. Greta Thunberg recently appeared in many forms of media, capped by a...
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[ANALYSIS | Point of Law] Going global
After World War II, when most Asian economies were in shambles, the Philippines managed to rebuild its local economy through a combination of trade legislation, austerity programs and the renowned...
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[EDITORIAL] Spokesperson ba, ’ka mo? Akala ko troll!
Noong isang araw, inupakan ng aktor na si Enchong Dee sa Twitter si Celine Pialago, ang tagapagsalita ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority – na may malawak na mandate na mangasiwa ng serbisyo...
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[ANALYSIS] Why free-falling inflation is not all good
In case you didn’t notice, inflation – which measures how fast prices are rising – has been free-falling in recent months (Figure 1). Last month it dropped to a mere 0.9%, the lowest since May 2016 or...
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[OPINION] Jeepney strikes as justified resistance
Even when I was young, my father has already been in the frontlines of jeepney strikes in our community. He has been a jeepney driver for 20 years. In all these years, we all know that strikes had...
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[OPINION] No, Mr Panelo, there is a traffic crisis and denying it won’t help
A few days ago, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo disagreed when asked if he thought there was already a traffic crisis in the country. “Everybody suffers from that, that is a given, but there...
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[OPINION] Our commute is eating up our human rights, and we’re too tired to care
There is no such thing as a "right to transportation." It’s not something that is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights nor the 1987 Philippine Constitution. But this does not mean...
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[OPINION] He walked his way: Carlos Celdran
He was an artist, but refused to color within the narrow lines decreed by society. He was also a jack of all trades who believed in doing good – from delivering baby mangrove trees to repopulate a...
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[OPINION] Carlos, the Prompter
The exact date was August 13, 2005, a Saturday, and it was the first time I met Carlos Celdran. I wanted to walk the streets of downtown Manila at the time, and a friend who knew Carlos said I could...
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[OPINION] 'Bumagsak din ako': Ang muling pagbangon ng isang guro
"How many of you know how to ride a bike? Can you guess how old I was when I learned how to ride a bike? Twenty years old.”Ganito ko sinisimulan ang klase ko sa English sa unang meeting ko sa mga bata....
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] What if we called it birth control instead?
Jeremy, a 16-year-old from Malabon, sat quietly on the clinic bed beside the baby she had just given birth to. I asked her if she was considering family planning to give her space till her next...
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[PODCAST] Laffler Talk: In a room full of art
MANILA, Philippines – Usap-usapan ngayon online ang Van Gogh Alive exhibit sa Taguig City na magbubukas ngayong Oktubre. Pero ang isyu ay hindi lamang tungkol sa mga obra ng bantog na pintor na si...
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