Who wants to be a Filipino?
If you were to be reincarnated and given the choice, would you opt to be Filipino again? It was in...
Fear has found a home
Fear is something so intimate yet unfamiliar to me. It has disclosed itself in front of me at every family...
Our farmers, our future
The bloody dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City would not have happened had the government acted earlier and faster.
Priests and me
This story originally appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 31, 2001. To be a priest-that was my childhood...
When my yearning commutes with me
My day usually opens with strangers invading my personal space. Some passengers’ elbows bump into mine as the wheel of...
As rich as it gets
A dear friend, who has long wanted me to join him in the United States, asked me what's keeping me...
Amid rapists and vultures
Upon returning from a four-day New Year's vacation with my family in Bicol, I started working again a day before...
The ‘extremist’
Suppose, in a situation, the eldest brother decides to kill people “in the name of Islam.” The younger brother stops...
Andy’s story
One Saturday morning in July last year, I received a crucial call regarding a young life. At the other end...
The great unknown
In June of 2008, I was as fresh as a college freshman could be—bright-eyed, hopeful, excited. I was 16 years...
