Passions and Obsessions

Proud of that Alex Eala Effect: I can’t get a court!

How the charmer champion is reviving Philippine tennis—and becomes Filipino soft power before the world 

Art/Style/Travel Diaries

We're getting there—Filipino fashion brands preparing for Milan

For FASHIONPhilippines Milan 2026 in September, they are being mentored by European experts

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Twin Plagues: Why economist JC Punongbayan's new book is like his self-therapy

He writes how Duterte latched onto the Filipinos’ psyche, upended the economy, and left Filipinos grappling with death in more ways than one

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Many classrooms in the earthquake areas collapsed from the tremors. IT WAS in 2011, while I was visiting the survivors of a busted dogfighting ring in Cavite alongside some animal welfare advocates, that I first heard about the Tzu Chi Foundation. A number of volunteers, dressed in a uniform of blue shirt and white pants, arrived, inquiring about whatever help was needed, because they also…
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Now, I just had to put in my two cents’ worth about how racism is alive and well in 2026, but is being trounced by public response.  It has been…
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Seeing the “mountain” on the old sprawling campus of Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS, pronounced Ja-sams) as the car sped down Edsa South…
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Photos by Roland Rabang When Ben Tapang, who went by the nickname “Lolo Ben” even before he retired from the University of the Philippines Baguio…

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