IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque Last Monday was President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). Though very different from the norm given the current situation, it forced me to ponder not only about the current situation in the Philippines, but also about the...
Joe Kelly #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers had words with Carlos Correa #1 of the Houston Astros as he walks off the mound after a series of high inside pitches in the sixth inning at Minute Maid Park on July 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Both benches were emptied. (Bob Levey / Getty Images / AFP) Los...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Looking back at the week last week was, it most definitely was one that saw a lot of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and emotions. Amidst the rising COVID-19 cases came the decision of Congress to junk ABS-CBN’s franchise. While every person reacted to the ruling differently,...
Unmute your mics and enable your cameras as ‘Best of Comedy Manila,’ a showcase of award-winning and outstanding Filipino comedians, debuts online A few months ago, local comedian Red Ollero was perturbed by the state of comedy in the country, as the pandemic Covid-19 entered our lives and...
Major American corporations back Harvard and MIT’s lawsuit against the latest restrictions on international students studying in the US The biggest names in the tech industry have backed up higher education institutions in their ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s latest...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Sixteen weeks later, and I feel like a sense of normalcy (if we can even call it that) in terms of human behavior, despite the climbing number of cases, is crawling back into our lives. While it will take a while for things to return to how we knew it (if it ever really...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS It is with no surprise that on the first week of the year, my social media feed was filled with photos – all, if not most, with an accompanying caption that had to do with resolutions and goals for the coming year. Indeed, the new year is one of those occasions when we...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque It is the day of New Year’s Eve, and I find myself at home, in bed, nursing a fever. Definitely not what I had expected, and most far cry to the bamboo forests of Kyoto I had imagined myself looking out to as I write this piece. But everything happens for a...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque While multiple studies have proven that the arts are indeed a therapeutic outlet, and contribute essentially to full cognitive development, reality has it that not all children, most especially in developing countries, have access. While the public school...
