Category: Featured
From Conversion 500 Years Ago to Today’s Filipino Religiosity and Embrace of Catholicism
by Edwin Quinabo On March 16, 1521 explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed on Cebu. Two weeks later on March 31, the expedition’s chaplain, Father Pedro de [Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: TRIGGERED–Creative Responses to the Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines
by Rose Cruz Churma Since taking office on June 30, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs” that has led [Read More…]
Kisig Orozco: A Beautiful Puzzle Piece
by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan I was browsing through Facebook one day when I came across a beautifully written article entitled “A Puzzle Piece.” It was posted [Read More…]
Honolulu City Council Passes Bill Banning Guns From Schools, Hospitals And Other “Sensitive Places”
On Mar. 15, the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 57 that bans the public carry of firearms in schools, hospitals, polling places and more. In [Read More…]
A Portrait of Generation X, the New Leaders of Today
by Edwin Quinabo In the current age of information overload, one social phenomenon receiving scant attention is the rise of Gen Xers (those 41-57 years [Read More…]
Grounds For Visa Denial And What You Can Do
by Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq. Scores of hopeful immigrants leave U.S. embassies abroad with their American dream turning into a nightmare after receiving a one-page [Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: Luna, Arquitecto
by Rose Churma This book is a biography of Andres Luna de San Pedro, the only son of the painter, Juan Luna, and a nephew of General Antonio [Read More…]
The Balik Scientist Program With Dr. Chosel Lawagon
by Seneca Moraleda-Puguan Brain drain, the phenomenon where highly educated professionals leave for another country to work or live in better conditions, has been an [Read More…]
How I’ve Given Up Real Life For Lent To Be An Actor. But Just For 45 Days Or So.
by Emil Guillermo “Bloody Sunday,” the day of the 1965 Selma march for voting rights and social justice and the violent response to it by [Read More…]
