There is a sound every Filipino classroom knows. It isn’t the chatter before class starts or the scraping of chairs—it is the ...

Two months ago, I had the opportunity to surf in the North Atoll of the Maldives. There, I met a local surfing instructor who surprised me in a way I will never forget. The moment he learned I was ...

The word “trump” has many meanings. In Webster’s New International Dictionary, second edition, unabridged, 1958, one can find it as a noun: (1) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound ...

There is a quiet unease many students carry as they move through school; despite years of classes, exams, and requirements, real understanding never fully settles. It is the feeling of reaching the ...

With the Philippines’ basic literacy rate pegged at some 93 percent, it comes as a shock to learn from a recent report that ...

Students who laugh sheepishly when I tell them that there is a lot more to the internet than TikTok and porn have been ...

At the top of President Marcos’ mind at the moment must be three things: his plunging trust rating, the public works ...

Last year was challenging for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Its leaders struggled to find viable solutions to addressing the ongoing conflict in Myanmar, while border clashes ...

Neophyte politician Leandro Leviste had been in the headlines since he was elected as representative of the first district of ...

Walt Disney film, “Song of the South,” because it contained the fable of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, which goes like ...

For years, the disappearance of dozens of “sabungeros” or cockfighting enthusiasts hovered between rumor and urban legend.