Causes + Bosses
Advocacies, jobs, independence
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Bylines and bullseyes
My first threat arrived on July 3, 2020—the same day the Anti-Terrorism Act was signed into law. I had just…
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My father: leader, farmer, advocate
The day I was born, my father rushed out to buy a newspaper, a tangible tribute of my arrival in…
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Priesthood
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on June 6, 2009. If you asked me a few years…
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The fight vs propaganda is right here
I finished “Sunrise on the Reaping” in just over a day, and I’m still sitting with it, turning it over…
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The yearning youth
Progress over perfection, as they say. The results of the 2025 midterm elections were far from what I expected, yet…
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Letter to my future self
Dear Future Me, I hope when you read this, the country feels lighter. That mornings no longer start with doom-scrolling…
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The problem with our water
World Water Day, commemorated in March, is not a celebration. It’s a warning, chiming again and again: there is a…
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Patience with patients
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on May 9, 2009. Earlier this evening, I was walking along…
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A fox in sheep’s clothing
On Valentine’s Day, I got my heart broken. But not in the way you’d expect; there were no teary goodbyes,…
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