Essay

Either Associate Justice Samuel R. Martires, who wrote People v. Amarela, is a Miss Universe junkie or Pia Wurtzbach herself had acted as amicus curiae—a friend of the Court—because a portion of that Supreme Court decision sounded suspiciously familiar.  Amarela is a rape...

Tikoy is China’s fruitcake. A sentence as declarative as this usually demands proof, and usually, the proof is in the tikoy, but have you actually seen anyone eat some? Not in its raw state, unlike fruitcake which can be consumed as is where...

Manila is a historic city. No doubt about that. From the time Spanish colonizers organized the city in the 16th century to today, the city, for better or worse, played a pivotal role in shaping the country’s modern history. For many historians and heritage conservation advocates,...

We’ve stomped on these grounds before, with much suffering, I might add, so it befuddles me why my fellow citizens are not seeing it.  By seeing I refer to patterns and themes that by all means should be familiar to us as a...

Fornication’s best ambassadress will have to be Janice de Belen. In 1986, when she was still in her teens, she became pregnant by Aga Muhlach who, 17 at the time, was still a minor. According to Janice, Aga had proposed to her but...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. If you’re single, this probably is just another day for you or at least the day you’ll bemoan seeing googly-eyed couples everywhere so much that you could swear you’d puke for days. If you’re in a...