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Report the truth even if the government scares you

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Jacqueline Arias

“Shutting down media is the work of dictators.” That is an excerpt from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) journalism educators’ statement regarding ABS-CBN’s shutdown. Since February, ABS-CBN has been…

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Emotional labor during the pandemic and how women are (still) taking the brunt of it

Posted on May 1, 2020May 17, 2020
Jacqueline Arias

Think of all the times you were told to put your emotions aside to get something done at work or at home. You were probably told to “put on a…

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Facebook responds to the alleged child porn posted in a Filipino trash talk group

Posted on April 23, 2020
Jacqueline Arias

Last week, news of an explicit video involving an alleged minor made rounds on social media. This was reportedly spread in a Facebook trash talk group where members asked for…

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“Is that too much to ask for?”: Why cottagecore fans are turning their back on the city lights

Posted on April 16, 2020April 17, 2020
Amrie Cruz

There are days when the hustle and bustle of the city is too much and real-life hits you like a freight train. The bills keep piling up, the competition is…

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What we can learn from the staying-at-home pros: our pets

Posted on April 14, 2020
Amrie Cruz

I’ve stopped keeping track of how many days I’ve spent quarantined inside my home. Life right now is a diminutive cycle of wake up-work-eat-sleep. Sure, life pre-quarantine was a lot…

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Sticking to a daily routine may help your quarantine blues

Posted on April 12, 2020April 9, 2020
Jacqueline Arias

After almost a month of staying in, many of you may be thinking that you don’t have to think much about following a daily schedule because you’re not going anywhere.…

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Robin Padilla gets his privilege checked—this time for his response to Gov. Remulla’s appeal

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
Amrie Cruz

On Apr. 6, Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla shared on Facebook a translation of a letter he sent to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte appealing for the inclusion of the middle class in…

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Silencing the youth is a threat to our democracy

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
Lia delos Reyes

The discussions on social media now are mostly about the pandemic and how the government is handling it. More often than not, these discourses have burned bridges and made Twitter’s…

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A look at #QuarantineDiaries and the ways the internet is trying to cope

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Amrie Cruz

If nobody’s done it since the quarantine, let me be the first to ask you, “How are you?” We’ve all been through a rough time—some more than others. For those…

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Here’s what I do when friendships and politics are in conflict

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Monina Mejias

Making the best of a bad thing If there’s one thing I’m thankful for about the 2016 Philippine elections, it’s that since then I’ve learned to show patience and compassion…

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Report the truth even if the government scares you

Emotional labor during the pandemic and how women are (still) taking the brunt of it

“Is that too much to ask for?”: Why cottagecore fans are turning their back on the city lights

What we can learn from the staying-at-home pros: our pets

Sticking to a daily routine may help your quarantine blues

Silencing the youth is a threat to our democracy

A look at #QuarantineDiaries and the ways the internet is trying to cope

Here’s what I do when friendships and politics are in conflict

Self-portrait: How local artists are coping with the pandemic

Disinformation nation: The ABS-CBN shutdown is a suppression of truth

Is it just me or is the quarantine making you want to come out too?

A conversation with Manila, the newest thief in ‘Money Heist’

The not-so-casual cruelty in “We are the virus”

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