Notes & Essays

I've lived in California my entire life, and have never, ever seen fires like this.

Physical greatness alone will never again suffice to anoint a hero.

Gilda Cordero-Fernando taught writers what they should want to be.

On Philippine history: Should it be told in context to the nation or to the globe?

Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated 37 years ago.

'I've always thought of August 18 as a homecoming.'

Scribbled musings as lockdown enters its fifth month.

What’s it going to take for big companies to start taking better care of their customers?

Kumu founder and CEO Roland Ros spent a life-defining summer in the Philippines with the late author.

An essay on media bias, personal bias, and the inconsequentiality of the bias of it all.

The announcement was made by Marc Soong, one of its owners.

The director admits the network isn't perfect, but is willing to improve.

It’s a reckoning that’s been a long time coming.

The nation's leading lifestyle publisher turns 25.

It took her two days.

May our children write us such letters someday.

If there ever was a goal in pursuing masculine nirvana, is it not gaining respect?

When it comes to public apologies, it's not always the advisable thing to do.

A mother fights the potential COVID-19 battle within her own fortress.

How do you tell your child, who does not know how she holds your heart in her hand, that she has this most terrible of illnesses?