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Ceasefire or SEIZE-FIRE?

What happens when a ceasefire meant to end violence and bring peace becomes a mere tool for silence and a disguise for continued brutality?

Ashraf Indanan (The Pensieve) · Feb 18, 2026

Where East Meets Feast— New Year in Manila

Forget the ball drop in Times Square. For hundreds of millions of people across the globe, the real new year begins not in the dead of winter, but as the first new moon of the lunar calendar rises, signaling a time of…

Asha Viel G. Detera · Feb 17, 2026

Fare Enough?

There’s always been something quietly irritating about the travel tax. It’s one of those fees Filipinos accept with a sigh—an extra charge tucked into the cost of leaving the country, as if mobility itself needs a price…

Micaella Macuja (Presse) · Feb 17, 2026

Girls Just Want to Break Free

Silently, the Taliban in Afghanistan legalized domestic violence against women and children as a form of discipline, having the authority on the hands of the men inside their homes.

Jannah Jamila Dang-awan (Begonia) · Feb 17, 2026

Para sa kanila nga lang ba ang Valentine's Day?

Sasapit na naman ang Araw ng mga Puso. Nariyan na naman ang kaniya-kaniyang pakulo at plano ng bawat isa para sa kanilang mga mahal. Nagiging makulay ang paligid, puno ng mga dekorasyon katulad ng mga puso at mga Mr…

Bea Cristel Maniquiz · Feb 17, 2026

Dizon tightens standards for DPWH officials’ promotions

Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon on Monday said he will sign a new department order requiring that appointments and promotions in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) be based on performance instead of…

Steven Bryle Tumandan · Feb 17, 2026

HEAD over Heels

Have you ever felt the feeling of butterflies gradually rising from your stomach along with the sudden surge of excitement, joy, and tingly feeling across your body? Well, that sign could mean many things: a virus…

Kenneth Estrella Sayat · Feb 17, 2026

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Skating on a Pinky Swear

The arena in Milan, Italy, fell into a hush that felt less like a silence and more like a held breath. As the first jazz-infused, melancholic chords of Laufey’s ‘Promise’ drifted through the air, Alysa Liu stood at…

JB Nitura · Feb 17, 2026

Cornflower Blue: Vessel of Puncture Innocence

Silver wire that used to wrap the pendant left a mark, rust blooms there now; surfaces no longer as smooth as the other sea-glasses I own. The longer I wear it around my neck, the duller it gets—no longer cornflower…

Isadora C. · Feb 16, 2026

Valentines Special

Extrajudicial Feelings

Sapagkat ang ibigin ka ay hindi pangkaraniwan sa mata ng karamihan, nakamamatay ang kanilang panghuhusga, subalit sino nga ba ang tunay na makasalanan sa pagitan ng atin at kanila. Wala sa kasaysayan ng mundo, o kahit…

Michael Omar · Feb 15, 2026

Valentines Special

To love is to look back

Many people claim to have no desire to look back if they were in the musician's shoes as Hermes recounts the fate of Orpheus and Eurydice. But to love is to look back. It's too long for the one who makes your heart…

Ashlee Marquez · Feb 15, 2026

Valentines Special

Fail In Love Alone

I've tried so many times to love, only to watch it slip away like sand through my fingers. Every time I open my heart, I leave it vulnerable, raw, hoping that this time it will be different. But it never was. Every…

John Benedict N. Banday · Feb 15, 2026

Valentines Special

Mukha

Ilang hakbang lang mula sa 'di kalayuan aking napagmasdan ang mga mata’y kay sarap pagmasdan.

Florenz Gie Abit · Feb 15, 2026

Valentines Special

Unlove You 3000

When I was a kid, I thought love would be the easiest thing to have when I grew older. I saw it in my parents—the way my Mom and Dad chose each other every day, the way happiness looked simple in their hands. I grew up…

John Benedict Banday · Feb 15, 2026

Valentines Special

Will You Be My Valentine?

Roses are red, violets so blue, Yet none in this world compare to you. In a sea of faces drifting by, You’re the one who caught my eye.

Florenz Gie Abit · Feb 14, 2026

Valentines Special

Sunflowers in the Basement

They told us love prefers rooftops— where it can be seen stretching its arms into sunsets, where it can glitter under the fairy lights and toast champagne to its own reflection. They said love was loud, dressed in…

Briana Erich Macaraeg (Mira) · Feb 14, 2026

Valentines Special

Cupid, Borrow My Pen

Cupid,  The world has learned new ways to fall. Your arrows arrive too fast, Too clean, Too certain.

Briana Erich Macaraeg (Mira) · Feb 14, 2026

I'll Get Myself Peonies

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. It’s not because of the cost, nor the extravagance, but because someone intended to give them something.

Kyriel Yu · Feb 14, 2026