Old-world feeling
Late last year, Newsweek printed its last physical issue. Its issues are now all-digital, made specifically for tablets and phones for easy access.
If only kids could vote
One night during quarantine, I caught my 12-year-old niece, Althea, looking startled as news reports of the 2022…
Unexpected turn of events
“Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you”—”Ironic,” Alanis Morissette If you asked me three years…
Barotac Nuevo
When I was in Grade 5, I discovered that in the small provincial town of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, the genuine love for football was alive and kicking. All kids, rich or poor, play football on streets, rice fields, town plaza and anywhere with a flat surface.
Cacti and I
It was not love at first sight. Cacti are not the most beautiful plants to behold. They look…
Love and death
Seven days ago, my aunt died of cancer. She was 52 years old-the only sister of my dad, a family of five siblings.
Virtual obituaries and distance(d) mourning
I have never gone to a cremation. Dad would tell my younger sibling and I to stay home…
Staying afloat
Trying to get up from my bed is always the hardest thing to do every time I wake…
What passion to pursue
“I AM Lionel Messi.” It’s an ambitious encouragement that I utter to myself every time I get hopeless in improving my inept, lousy footwork on a vast soccer pitch.