When you lose your home and find one again
As difficult as it is to grasp the idea, there are homeless people in Singapore and Liyana Dhamirah was one of them.
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Jose Abad Santos, the lesser known hero
Reading “Honor” meant reaching an understanding of the man in whose honor my alma mater was - a hero of courage, dignity and altruism who believed that extending help to others without ulterior motives should be the norm and not the exception.
Monsters don’t disappear, they just take on different forms
Children start their reading journey with mythical monsters like Medusa, Scylla and Charybdis, and Cerberus in Greek mythology. A Filipino child’s early reading list is completed by the pantheon of Philippine mythological creatures — the aswang, manananggal and tikbalang.
The well-heeled, elitist bullies in and out of K-drama
Bullying is ubiquitous worldwide yet it seems to be associated with South Korea as its celebrities, athletes, and others of their ilk are regularly called out for bullying.
Reconsidering Emilio Aguinaldo through artifacts
In a recent lecture, historian Ambeth Ocampo challenged his audience to look at Emilio Aguinaldo -- “the hero we love to hate,”-- in a different light as he discussed the Philippine flag, the national anthem, and a narra table
Ambeth Ocampo’s appreciation for ‘useless information’ and the Philippine-American war
The Philippine-American war started on February 4, 1899 or 125 years ago -- when Private William Walter Grayson fired the first shot.
