Pinoys in the age of AI
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the world. From automated machines in factories to apps that can answer our questions instantly, AI is everywhere. While it’s exciting, it also raises a...
Tanim-bala modus
The tanim-bala, or bullet-planting scam, at Philippine airports, is back, reflecting the nation’s systemic corruption and inability to maintain real reforms. Passengers, most of whom are overseas Filipino workers struggling to remit money to...
Changing titles
The posters are new on the walls, their faces pulled into courteous smiles and words reciting vows—”matatapuran,” “ubos nga surugu-on,” “tangkod.” But once they get elected into office, their titles change into: “talahuron,” “harangdon,”...
Intertwined, the Islamic and Christian Narratives
Because we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon
Then why, why can’t we live as one.
-Scorpions
The Mercury Years Album
Historically, the arrival of Spanish colonizers in the 16th century introduced...
The graver the sin, the greater should be the compassion and mercy
THIS somehow is the lesson we can draw from that gospel episode about the woman caught in adultery and dragged to Christ to see if she should be stoned to death according to some...