Opinion

A Modest Solution: Bring Your Own Balde

By Sophie Fabrigar and Yohann Udtohan || Illustration by Joxyne Gravoso It is a melancholic tragedy to live in a country where rain is both a threat and a blessing, yet neither its arrival nor its absence seems to find the people prepared. When the drought sets in, they wait at taps that give them…

Peace of the Gods

By Zoe Quibranza || Graphics by Lyka Lagera Every age has found a new reason to covet the Philippines.  Our gold financed conquest. Our sugar enriched foreign economies. Our abaca rigged the sails of foreign navies. Today, the country’s mineral wealth is once again at the center of a global race for power. Now, discussions…

Until There’s No Need to March

By Sophie Fabrigar || Graphics by David Roberts “Every March, we celebrate women.” This is what we are told, what we post, what we repeat until it begins to sound complete on its own. Timelines fill with tributes and statements, and for a moment, it feels as though recognition is enough. But recognition, no matter…