Category: Narratives
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From Summits to Streets: Three Local Enterprises Celebrate Christmas with Heartwarming Charities
Discover how local businesses in the Philippines celebrate the Christmas season with heartwarming charity initiatives.
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I Will Continue to Teach English for Free, One Thai Child at a Time
The headline of the Bangkok Post Tuesday, September 5, read, “Srettha Cabinet Sworn in.” Finally, Thailand has a newly elected head of government, ending the nine-year reign of the military party. The new prime minister was not elected via a majority vote of the Thai people, but that’s another story altogether. I looked up the…
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What the Future Holds for Public Libraries in the Philippines
Public libraries in the country remain relevant even in this digital age. Here’s what we discovered.
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Food That Fulfills: Four Food Establishments Working to Achieve Social Impact
I find it both impressive and gratifying that many food establishments nowadays—restaurants, pop-ups, or online stores–aren’t all about profits. They’re devoting portions of what they earn, or in exceptional cases, ALL that they earn, to support various advocacies of their choosing. By doing so, they’re also helping the industry move forward by enhancing the definition…
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Women Cyclists are at the Crossroads of Road Safety in the Philippines
One problem with many roots is also one problem with many solutions
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History and the Dangers of Its Distortion
A historian discusses the importance of history and the dangers of likening it to gossip.
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Girl Power Talk, a Revolutionary Social Enterprise
This India-based group with global hires is revolutionizing workplace culture. Here’s how they do it.
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End Times
Never in my wildest dreams did I see that the end times would involve too many days spent sitting in my loungewear with nothing but multiple screens in my face, and a cat or dog, (or both), by my side. Those disaster, zombie, and apocalypse movies did not prepare me for this homestyle version of…
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Relearning the Rhythm of Life Through an Indoor Garden
“The comfort of indoor gardening is seeing life as it is, a simulacrum of uncertainties, the endless cycle of life and death.”
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Finding Hope Through Music and Literacy
I live like any ordinary kid: I play outside and I have friends and things that I find myself interested in, like playing basketball, learning new kinds of stuff, and writing essays. I’m fond of those, but music appeals differently to me. I like to listen to music and play guitar and piano, any genre…
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Back on the Biking Bandwagon Amid the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has changed many lives—mine included, for more reasons than one. Because of the pandemic, I’ve joined the growing number of Pinoys who bike. Or perhaps I should say that I’ve rejoined the ranks of local cyclists, as I was an avid cyclist many years ago. The way things were Cycling was one of my favorite pastimes…
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These 12 shots saved my life and prepared me for COVID-19 vaccine
My needle pain threshold was recently challenged by 12 intramuscular shots in one sitting. Little did I know the jabs brought about by an unfortunate encounter prepared me for the lesser 28-day-apart twin COVID-19 vaccine.
