By Alexandra S. Demaisip Content warning: This article mentions suicide. According to 2022 Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data, 80% of suicide deaths in the country are among men, and in 2024, it found that men aged 15 to 29 years old are “four times more likely to die by suicide...
Jaazeal Jakosalem The Filipino phrase “utak pulbura”—literally translated as “gunpowder brain”—aptly describes a rigid, militaristic mindset that views violence and force as the ultimate solutions to societal friction. Today, this mindset is no longer confined to...
By Fr. Shay Cullen Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio is a member of a group of social activists and human rights defenders who were arrested in Tacloban City on Feb. 7, 2020. She and a companion, church worker Marielle Domequil, were charged with illegal possession of...
By Ciriaco “Jun” Santiago III, CSsR Inside a courtroom in The Hague, I found myself seated between two worlds — and perhaps between two versions of the Philippines. In the morning session of the International Criminal Court’s confirmation of charges proceedings, I was...
By Dinna Louise C. Dayao, with additional reporting from Kenneth Roland A. Guda Are the people who ride light electric vehicles (LEVs) pasaway and takaw disgrasya? Not Corinna Pettyjohn and many like her who choose these cost- and energy-efficient, practical vehicles...