Causes + Bosses
Advocacies, jobs, independence
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‘Rigat ti gapuna’
Poverty is the reason. Hanggang saan aabot ang P20 mo? (How much can your P20 buy?) It’s strange to remember…
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The price of belonging
The first thing I noticed on my first trip to New York was how people stayed in the middle of…
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The art of suffering quietly in the PH
I used to think the most dangerous thing in the Philippines was violence. I thought it was the gunshots echoing…
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The public market was my childhood playground
My childhood playground was the public market of Pavia, Iloilo. It had no swings or slides, only bulanteros’ (ambulant vendors’)…
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What ‘sisig’ taught me about inflation
There is a carinderia in the Mendiola area that, over time, became something I count on. It sits along a…
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To teach is to bleed
I woke up choking on blood. I barely made it out of bed; a thick, watery clump just poured out…
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Sanctuary on fractured floors
My teachers told us we were the “pag-asa ng bayan” (hope of the country) before we even knew how to…
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Patriotism is inconvenient
It is early Monday morning. Everyone is rushing—to school, to work, to somewhere they cannot afford to be late. I…
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The fuel that runs us
My phone rang at 5:30 a.m.—the same sound cutting through a morning that never really feels new. My eyes were…
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