BACOLOD CITY – What began as a simple curiosity has grown into a journey that continues to reshape the life of a young innovator from Negros Occidental. More than the awards and recognitions, Ceejay Faala 's story is rooted in a desire to learn, create, and make education more accessible for...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle is among the endangered species in the country. Efforts are being made to conserve the national bird and the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) believes that the youth could help in the effort to save it. The PEF said the Sarangani Schools Division of the...
It 's always inspiring to see an entire community get together to boost an individual’s spirits after a personal tragedy. All the more so, when it 's the "competition" that voluntarily offers the helping hand. This happened in the Philippine retro-gaming community when one of its most...
It was in the middle of May 2020 when, out of the blue, the ship that was a "home" to a Filipino seafarer became a fearful and uncomfortable ground. A place where a workday passes by shifted to a setting of long nights. The Covid-19 pandemic was declared, and around the world, countries closed...
More than four months after First Lieutenant John Frederick “Jeff” Savellano fell in battle on June 9, 2017, alongside 12 fellow Marines in Marawi City, the grief of his mother, Mercy, remained as deep and enduring as the day she lost him — a pain she shared in an interview with Tempo that...
Some success stories announce themselves loudly, with trophies, titles, and carefully curated milestones. Gilbert Opeña’s did not. It began quietly, inside a battered Willys-type jeep, or simply called locally as “owner”, parked where it was never meant to become a home, but was shared by a...
In a world where big business usually dwarfs the rights of workers, a labor inspector is looked up to as a sort of an “equalizer”, a dependable go-to-person to make sure that laborers are provided with safe, healthy, and productive work spaces to equal the balance between employers and...
One story was all it took. When The Manila Bulletin published the plight of nine-year-old Rein Reyes in September 2016, it did more than tell of a child’s painful battle with acute myelogenous leukemia – it set in motion a wave of compassion that reached from ordinary readers to a former vice...
At 43, Angiellie Talavera Frias had a life many would call full—three children who brightened her days, a home under construction that promised future memories, and a stable career in government service. Anne, as she is known to family and friends, thrived on the rhythm of family routines. But in...
When Jonathan Toledo stopped going to college at 19, it wasn’t for a lack of dreams that held him back- - -it was the need to survive and provide for his siblings. His mother died in 1999, leaving a family of nine without its main source of support. Forced to work, Jonathan decided to set school...
PANDI, Bulacan—Life drastically changed for Venus Hermosa when her father was abducted and killed during the war on drugs in 2017. She was just 12 years old at that time. Three years after and with the family increasingly finding it difficult to make ends meet, Venus had to start working to be...
In November 2013, when Typhoon Yolanda tore through Eastern Visayas with a force the nation had never known. The Philippines was left stunned—grieving, searching for bearings, and grasping for hope amid unimaginable loss. In those first harrowing days, journalism was tested not only on speed and...
