Insight PH · Opinion · Literary
7 stories
Teachers are always among the first to be blamed. A student fails, the teacher is questioned. A student misbehaves, the teacher is accused of failing to discipline them. A student becomes disrespectful, people ask what…
John Benedict Banday · Aug 20, 2026
May kasabihan na ang pinakamabisang kasinungalingan ay iyong may halong katotohanan. Hindi nito kailangang imbentuhin ang lahat. Kailangan lamang nitong palakihin ang maliit, pagandahin ang kulang, at ipakita ang…
John Benedict Banday · Jul 29, 2026
A country that fears its youth is like a house that boards up its own windows—terrified of the light that might come in. Every question becomes a crack. Every dissenting voice, a storm to be shut out. So instead of…
John Benedict Banday · Apr 9, 2026
They say that in probability, nothing is ever certain. Every presence carries the quiet possibility of absence. Every arrival already contains the chance of departure. It is the logic of chance, the mathematics of…
John Benedict Banday · Apr 9, 2026
It was ten in the evening when I started walking home. The streets were empty, the kind of empty that feels like permission—but for the wrong people.
John Benedict Banday · Apr 6, 2026
Valentines Special
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
Every morning, she'd wake up early to cook breakfast. I'd sit lazily by the table, half-asleep, and she'd tease, “Your saliva is dripping!” Her laughter always filled the room. On weekends, she'd listen to her favorite…
John Benedict Banday · Nov 28, 2025
