by Ariane Beatrice A. De Castro One of the most famous lines said by motivational speakers is that “everyone has the same 24 hours”. It’s like they all used the same formula in their seminars to trick their attendees with some cliche lines and a whole lot of self-righteousness. The main goal of motivational speakers is to tell that there is a master key for greatness. They feed their listeners with false hope and toxic positivity, exploiting people’s ignorance and need for ea

By Mitch Costales It was midterms week at our school. The hallways were full of either industrious students reviewing last-minute or unbothered ones who talked about the latest chika. Despite being separated by their priorities, I felt my classmates’ anxiousness in the atmosphere as we were about to take an exam for one of the challenging subjects that a Communication student must face – Communication Theories. When we were about to enter our room, the announcement came in. T

by Jenna Marie Lopez Our Lumad brothers and sisters have been fighting a life-long battle for their rights. Education, which is considered a basic right, is something that the Lumad children are deprived and repressed of. It is not new for the Lumad community to be victims of continuous oppression and attacks. The capitalist state has used the military to harass and drive the Lumads out of their ancestral lands to exploit and gain profit from multinational corporations and fo

by Maria Nicole Dominique Dimayacyac Have you ever wondered about taking personal responsibility for the plastics you use and consume every day? Tried not to use plastics, but it is just everywhere! The Philippines is the third-largest contributor to ocean plastic pollution. Filipinos prefer to use plastics every day, particularly single-use plastics used in packaging to buy basic commodities in small quantities. That is why I decided to be a lowkey hero of Mother Earth. My f