(Trigger Warning: This article contains sensitive and delicate topic which may be disturbing to some readers. Reader’s discretion is advised.) To begin with, I found inspiration on this issue…
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Bryce McIntyre:
Mind the Gap: Measuring the Money Divide in the Philippines
Corrado Gini was an Italian fascist with a lot of bizarre ideas. For example, he was a eugenicist and a close friend of Benito Mussolini who believed that Italy should…
Bryce McIntyre:
Out and Proud: Learn About Gay Life in the Philippines in Five Easy Lessons
Lesson No. 1: What is LGBTQIA+? L: Lesbian — Women attracted to women. G: Gay — Men attracted to men. B: Bisexual — Attracted to more than one gender. T:…
Bryce McIntyre:
Toxic Grain: The Arsenic in Imported Rice
The good news is that, according to PhilRice – the Philippine Rice Research Institute – locally grown rice in the Philippines is safe from arsenic. The bad news is that…
Bryce McIntyre:
Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
The Philippines is not a massively huge country like China, which has 1.4 billion people and 5.2 million nurses. In terms of population size, the Philippines ranks 14th globally, far…
Bryce McIntyre:
“Boil Some Bitter Gourd Leaves and Call Your Albularyo in the Morning”
In a rural Philippine province with limited access to health care, the local albularyo is a commonly accepted fallback position. An albularyo is an herbalist-slash-faith-healer in the Philippines, a nation…
Dave L. Templonuevo, Jr.:
Culture as Capital: Investing in the Soul and Economy of Catanduanes
In the rolling hills, woven fibers, painted canvases, and spirited festivals of Catanduanes lies an economic force long overlooked: culture and the arts. While roads and buildings signal visible development,…
Atty. Apollo V. Atencia:
Rain might fall on someone’s parade
While I join some of our Catandunganons in rejoicing the outcome of the recent election, that after decades of waiting for what seems to be wishful thinking, I finally see…
Bryce McIntyre:
Kapwa, Hiya, Utang na Loob: Inside the Heart of Your ‘Mango Bride’
“The Mango Bride” is a 2013 novel by Marivi Soliven about two Filipinas who immigrate to the United States — one departing the Philippines as a “mail-order bride”, the other…
OPEN LETTER TO ALL CATANDUNGANONS
What now, Catandunganons? Now that our 2025 midterm polls are over and the winners have been proclaimed, I would like to congratulate my kababayans for a generally peaceful election, the…