‘Nanlaban. Tepok.’
Roderick Toledo
March 23, 2025
At the height of Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” there was a huge billboard along C5 in Pasig City that
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Duterte’s arrest is about crimes against humanity, not ‘pamumulitika’
Rosario A. Garcellano
March 13, 2025
Too bad that after the daylong wait on Tuesday for President Marcos Jr. to enlighten the nation on the arrest
Where love continues to live
Antonette Alzaga
February 14, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: With this new section called Young Voices, CoverStory opens space for young people feeling their way into the
Interregnum
Rosario A. Garcellano
January 5, 2025
Three impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte are pending in the House of Representatives, filed respectively by members of
Tying up loose ends, or more unraveling in 2025?
Roderick Toledo
December 31, 2024
We can see more clearly the cycle of renewal and rebirth whenever the holiday season comes and the new year
Mary Jane Veloso’s Christmas miracle
Rosario A. Garcellano
December 21, 2024
Mary Jane Veloso’s return to her motherland under a prisoner transfer agreement between Indonesia and the Philippines is the ultimate
Who will save us from the bicam?
Milwida Guevara
December 20, 2024
The bicameral conference committee (bicam) is the most powerful and the weakest phase in our budgeting process. It is in
Words of rage and murder
Rosario A. Garcellano
November 24, 2024
The once-formidable UniTeam continues to implode, providing circus-like spectacle as the country tries to get back on its feet after
Election parallels: Does a bad world need a bad guy?
Roderick Toledo
November 23, 2024
The world is in shock, the headlines say, in reporting that Donald Trump has decisively won the US presidential election
No such thing as ‘plain rice’
DLS Pineda
November 16, 2024
Makò Micro-Press held a zine-making workshop for Masipag farmers and urban poor gardeners from Payatas in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija,
Scum returns, to stay?
Roderick Toledo
November 1, 2024
The ebb and flow of history is such that the scum that was washed away eventually returns to shore. The
Risa, Leni show the way
Rosario A. Garcellano
October 31, 2024
True to form, Sen. Risa Hontiveros battled mightily to prevent the dignity of the Senate, such as what it has
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The FEU Dance Company (FDC), which recently placed second in World of Dance Philippines 2025, will stage its annual major