Every October, as World Mental Health Day comes and goes, public discussions are flooded with well-meaning calls to "break the stigma," practice self-care, or seek therapy. While encouraging open conversation…
Disasters in Mindanao are rarely, if ever, pure acts of nature. They unfold across a compound hazard landscape where climate events intersect with armed conflict, clan feuds (rido), and large-scale…
October 5 is International Day of No Prostitution. There is a growing effort to frame commercial sex as merely "sex work"—an economic choice and a matter of labor rights. Proponents…
The recent remarks of the central bank governor, criticizing Filipinos for a supposed “consumption culture,” expose the persistence of “matapobre” attitudes and structural classism in Philippine economic governance. By framing…
Today, September 1, 2026, dynamic teams of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals across the Philippines are stepping into operating rooms for a singular purpose: to deliver life-saving, free…