Notes & Essays

Food and the imagination of a nation.

A toast to the end of the year

Don’t let the pressures of the season get to you.

What do we really get out of it?

An excerpt from the new memoir “To Love Another Day: The Memoirs of Cory Aquino.”

He moved even those turned off by the history refracted through his lens enough to inspire protest or to trigger deeper reading and analysis.

Society’s expectations have dictated our behavior long enough.

Raising a young man, his sister's son, Rico Quimbo figured out when best to let go.

Amid the chaos of lingering emotions, a father remembers to ask his firstborn if he is okay.

You could go to jail for these violations.

It’s not an exact science, but we think we’ve figured it out.

What it means to be a Muslim in the Philippines.

Food trends come and go, but common sense should always be our guide when we eat.

Let Captain Marvel educate you on gender equality.

And will new DOLE guidelines vs. the boundary system change anything?

You shouldn’t feel pressured to give gifts to people if you don’t feel like it or you can’t afford to.

Regina Abuyuan writes about her memories of Patricio, who lived on their farm, laughed at the clouds, stared at the color orange, and could foretell the weather.

The concept of “work-life balance” is completely subjective.

It’s easy to judge kids these days, but you may have reason yet to believe in them.

Loving isn’t always winning–not yet.

One year after the end of the siege of Marawi, martial law has still not been lifted in Mindanao.

Singer, actor, and lifestyle writer Franco Laurel describes the ups and downs of a professional life that has taken him to many places, and how family can keep a man together.

Even Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson had mentors. Why don't you have one yet?

There are too many things we don't understand about the massacre at Balangiga, argues this history professor.

Get these out of your system and stay on track.

There’s hope!

A reflection on what all that ugliness revealed about us as a people