Pamantasan

The College of Public Administration (CPA) emerged as Best Debating Team, while Zaphirra Dollie Gonzales of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) was named Best Debater during BTK: Balitaktakan Tinig ng Kinabukasan

7 January 26

Written by Kate Marquez

Photos by Ella Mae De Asis

National

A Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) student died following an airstrike launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the New People’s Army (NPA) in Abra de Ilog, Mindoro, during a unilateral ceasefire on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.

6 January 26

Written by Angel Udtohan

Board by Jian Muyano

Manila

Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), the operator of LRT 1, launched the creative advocacy project “KasakaySayan” on Thursday, Dec. 11.

23 December 25

Written by Angel Udtohan

Photos by Ma. Janelle Ugot

Column

In Filipino culture, the idea of motherhood is often viewed as an instinctive sympathy and unquestioned compassion from a mother to her children.

7 January 26

Written by Kyle Jonas Urquico

Illustration by Miaka Byonne Cha

Kolum

15 December 25

Written by Francis Irvin Gonzales

Board by Miaka Byonne Cha

Kolum

Hindi na pala mga dayuhan ang lumulupig sa atin ngayon kundi sarili na nating mga kababayan. Unti-unti na kasi tayong sinasakop ng korupsyon mula sa mga nasa kapangyarihan.

27 November 25

Written by Christian Cillo

Illustration by Jannah Marie Duana

Features

This year, a new script was handed to the Filipino public: 500 pesos is enough for a Noche Buena feast. It spread online like a bitter joke—shared, mocked, questioned, repeated—until it became one of those moments when the country collectively sighs in disbelief. For families who actually stand in grocery aisles calculating every peso, this wasn’t just unrealistic—it was insulting.

28 December 25

Written by Talitha Dungca

Board by Jian Muyano

Features

Every December, the phrase slips out almost automatically: “Small gift lang ha.” It’s said casually, sometimes with a laugh, sometimes as reassurance, as if calling it “small” makes the expectation easier to carry. And maybe it does, briefly. But the expectation itself stays put.

25 December 25

Written by John Nathaniel Mandap

Board by Jian Muyano

Features

When calendar pages are flipped to September, and Christmas music begins to play in malls, Filipinos are embracing the holiday spirit from day one, through it all.

24 December 25

Written by Sophia Ashley A. Cajoles