Many classrooms in the earthquake areas collapsed from the tremors.
IT WAS in 2011, while I was visiting the survivors of a busted…
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…
Seeing the “mountain” on the old sprawling campus of Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS, pronounced Ja-sams) as the car sped down…
Photos by Roland Rabang
When Ben Tapang, who went by the nickname “Lolo Ben” even before he retired from the University of the…
“But I almost had PTSD from wearing high heels for 16 weeks. I feel like I should get a Medal of Freedom!”—Meryl Streep in an…
I’ve spent the last couple of months clutching my phone to my chest every morning and before bed, checking on Punch. It’s become a…
ASIDE from my wallet, abanico, and handphone, there should always be a book in my bag. Its absence means I wouldn’t be able to read while…
Inevitably in my narratives, I turn my focus on my partner of 42 years, Rolly Fernandez. Our best times are when we’re eating and…
LOOK, I may no longer be able to pull all-nighters of writing and editing. Text I could churn out in a couple of hours some years ago may…
Text and photos by Vincen Gregory Yu
The famed Japanese pines of Matsushima.
Imagine El Nido, but more subdued, less imposing, fun-sized…
