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Slaying with scrunchies: student takes on both class and business online
by Gwen Marie De Leon Somebody has taken the crown from the coronavirus and it is this 20-year-old Bicolana who is currently reigning in...
Gwen Marie De Leon
Jun 10, 20214 min read
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When home is not a safe place
By Laniel Eszy Arive Without a doubt, the quarantine was really a big carpe diem moment for everyone. It turned everybody into somebody...
Laniel Eszy Arive
Jun 10, 20215 min read
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Undimmed Rainbows: Clearing the Clouds over SOGIE
by Xyzma Kryshel Bober; infographic by Jovelyn Cullado “Hindi naman perpekto ang batas. Sa tingin ko naman ay sinusubukang mabigyang...
Xyzma Kryshel Bober
Jun 10, 20215 min read
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Students call for 10K subsidy, introduce Student Aid Network
By Jovelyn Cullado Right after Makabayan Bloc filed House Bill No. 9494 or the Emergency Student Aid and Relief Bill, students launched...
Jovelyn Cullado
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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Opposition groups move to counter Duterte re-election
by Angelica Dela Cruz The Duterte Wakasan movement held its online media launch last June 3, three days after the Partido Demokratiko...
Angelica Dela Cruz
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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System of downs, breaks, and breakdowns
by Xyzma Kryshel Bober It has been more than a year of online learning. Somewhere in the middle of it, I stopped counting how many days...
Xyzma Kryshel Bober
Jun 9, 20214 min read
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Frigid Bones: The Crippled Man and His Dying Son
By Kate Alison Boyore It was a sunny summer afternoon in Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, and it was especially hot in the construction site....
Kate Alison Boyore
Jun 9, 20216 min read
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IN NUMBERS: COVID-19 vaccination rate in the Philippines
By Zhanele May Africano
Zhanele May Africano
Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Vaccines will end the pandemic: A false hope
By Lesly Guevarra The sun was about to rise, then it started to rain. The much-awaited vaccine had finally arrived in the Philippines....
Lesly Guevarra
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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Dangers of the pandemic: An anti-vaxxer family man
by Xyzma Kryshel Bober Ka Puti wakes before dawn. He lies unmoving, listening to the bird chorus, chirp after chirp resounding across the...
Xyzma Kryshel Bober
Jun 9, 20215 min read
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Children without childhoods
By Kesshamminne Krimzei Carreon Due to the COVID-19 crisis, almost 3.8 million Filipinos were reported by the Philippine Statistics...
Kesshamminne Krimzei Carreon
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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COVID has got nothing on this teacher
By Jethro Bryan Andrada; photo by Jobelle Ruth Mila She had spent her entire career teaching, and she decided not even the pandemic would...
Jethro Bryan Andrada
Jun 9, 20216 min read
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The Duterte admin’s economic cha-cha: what you need to know
By Jethro Andrada Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 (RBH 2) passed its third and final reading in the House of Representatives June 1, with...
Jethro Bryan Andrada
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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IATF: shorter quarantine, no tests for fully vaccinated travelers
By Kate Alison Boyore Instead of the usual 14 days, fully inoculated Filipinos are required to undergo only seven days of facility-based...
Kate Alison Boyore
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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No going back to traditional classes, says CHED
By Lesly Guevarra College students can no longer return to traditional face-to-face classes as the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)...
Lesly Guevarra
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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IN NUMBERS: Racial hate statistics in the US
by Kate Alison Boyore
Kate Alison Boyore
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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IN NUMBERS: Voter statistics and estimated turnout for the 2022 elections
By Rowena Joy Flores
Rowena Joy Flores
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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Let your voice be heard. Register to vote.
by Lesly Guevarra; graphics by Rowena Joy Flores Filipinos have four months left to register for the 2022 Philippine election as the...
Lesly Guevarra
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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The SOGIE Equality Act is long overdue
by Angelica Dela Cruz Calls for justice echoed the names of Ebeng Mayor and Junjie Bangkiao in an indignation rally held last May 25 by...
Angelica Dela Cruz
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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CHR pushes importance of informed consent as DOH eyes ‘brand-agnostic’ vaccination system
By Gwen Marie De Leon Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje advised local government units (LGUs) to avoid COVID-19...
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Jun 8, 20214 min read
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