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The young and innocent wildcard four Olympics ago is now a jaded veteran in search of the ultimate—a gold medal. It’s a case of a “been there, done that, doing this” for the now 30-year-old, Summit brand ambassador Hidilyn Diaz, who was an unexpecting...

At 6-foot-2, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena could have been hitting hoops like any other Filipino his height. But thanks to his parents, track and field athletes Emerson and Jaenette, EJ is out there in the field brandishing a 5.2-meter fiberglass pole and clearing heights...

Months before the Tokyo Olympics, Sam Corrales—TV producer, dance fitness instructor, host, and courtside reporter—interviewed Olympic qualifiers Hidilyn Diaz and EJ Ebuena at the Summit Natural Drinking Water “Thirst for Gold” Virtual Press Conference. Also present at the presser were Jill Villanueva, marketing manager...

It is a tale of conflict as old as societies and governments. In the age of antiquity, it was between master and slave. During feudal times, between landlord and tenant. Come the Industrial Age, the landlord became the capitalist; the tenant, the worker. Over...

They were never part of the trade union movement. In the labor-management schism that afflicted workers in their millions, the likes of Manuel E. Arguilla and Edgardo M. Reyes sifted through this amalgam of discord and carried with them faces, voices, and stories—always,...

Speak of protest and one speaks of proletariat literature. The notion of labor leaders and activists carry with it the stipulation of the simplistic and naïve. And yet, Filomeno V. Aguilar, social historian, writing for the Philippine Studies asked a question about the...