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Open season against netizens

Even then I knew it was a firestorm in the making. In 2012, under the Benigno Aquino III administration, the anti-cybercrime bill (or what is...

If you’re a campus journalist, read this

I had the honor, these past two days, to sit as juror in the Luzon-wide competition for campus publications. Several observations came immediately to...

A Memoir of World War II

Before the Japanese attacked the American naval base in Hawaii on December 8, 1941, their invasion of the Philippines was expected. By then, the...

Football for Humanity bridges infrastructure gap in PH football

In line with FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s recent visit to Manila in support of the country’s football development, one of the main topics touched...

The Birth of Bikoliana Klasika

Allow me to highlight the work of translation as an integral part in writing our literary histories. For it is very seldom that we consider translation or a trans-creation or an adaptation as part of what we may call as the “literary canon.” Devoid...

Olympics Japan: The Surreal Games

After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at hand. It’s an Olympics, sure, but also, in a very real way, something quite different. No foreign fans. No local attendance in...

What you need to know about buying cars during the COVID-19 pandemic

(Photos courtesy from Honda Cars Philippines, PGA Cars) For sure, the difficult commute to and from work in the Metro was made even more challenging by the outbreak of COVID-19. Aside from sanitation and social distancing, commuters still have to worry about limited public...

Between vaccines and variants

A woman walks past a mural depicting a white dove parachuting COVID-19 vaccine vials. The mural was found near the Italian Health Ministry Headquarters in Rome, Italy. Strict lockdowns and a short supply of vaccines continue to plague Europe, Asia, and Africa amid...

Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel

NEW YORK (AP) — one of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers. The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

Thai PM ends presser by spraying reporters with disinfectant

TOP PHOTO: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sprays alcohol mist on a front row of reporters sitting inside the press conference room at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand (AP) — Politicians are often accused of sanitizing the news. Thailand’s Prime Minister...

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