Like most young people, Wowie Cai likes traveling and taking photos. But unlike most young people, he thrives with black water photography. When he first dived in 2014, he never imagined the impact of that first underwater adventure on his career. To be precise, that dive made him discover a new...
Journeying to the depths of the Philippine seas Text and images by Kellda Centeno With over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is said to be the “center of the center” of marine fish biodiversity with the highest density of species per unit area. I took all of these photos over the past two years...
The underwater Eden that is the Verde Island Passage. Image by Marco Vincent Divers One of the most famous diving sites in the world is right here, close to Metro Manila. Yet very few Filipinos are aware of this major tourist attraction. Verde Island Passage, a 10-mile-wide strait that separates...
It must suck to be old, or at least older, in the age of the Millennial. To be constantly made aware of how unhip, how slow, how agonizing, how irritating you are for not “getting it”—which, in a culture that fetishizes and worships at the stiletto-shod feet of youth, can mean anything from...
The rewards of being a senior citizen in the Philippines Age, though a mere number, can feel like a terrifying, ticking time bomb for many. “Stop this train,” many youngsters would say, quoting American singer-songwriter John Mayer in their desire to stay young and seemingly...
A letter to our veteran lolos at lolas By Xiao Chua Dozens of veterans are in attendance at the Mount Samat National Shrine or the Dambana ng Kagitingan in Pilar, Bataan where the main celebration of the Araw ng Kagitingan was held commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II. (ALVIN KASIBAN...
Clarissa Delgado of Teach for the Philippines is ready to take on the monumental challenge of uplifting the education quality of the country Clarissa Delgado While Clarissa Delgado mentioned the eye-opening 2019 Programme for International Student Achievement (PISA) results of the Philippines in...
Growing up with books that were never my own The Philippines was still recovering from the devastation of World War II when my aunts started to teach me how to read, using their handwritten English prayer booklets as books were not easy to come by. I was four years old, and the only other reading...
When I was two years old, I memorized, from cover to cover, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids . I was read to every night before bedtime. A creature of habit, even before I could talk in complete sentences, I would pick the same book over and over again. Whenever I would hear the last few words of...
In Tondo are two alleys named Pitóng Gatang and Amarlanhagui, Magát Salamat Elementary School, and Capulong Street near Estero de Vitás. Jose Abad Santos Avenue used to be named Manuguit. The people thus honored and their brethren deserve better. The Spanish defeated Manila rajahs Matandâ and...
By Joel M. Toledo Photo by Ali Vicoy Since we are commemorating national language month, this might be the perfect occasion to talk about a famous adage that we’ve always associated with Rizal : the one which goes, “ Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita/mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda....
Compiled by J. C. Laquiores-Burgos Only four out of 10 Filipinos living today were alive in 1986 when a peaceful revolution toppled a decades-long dictatorship. Here are 10 things more than half of today’s population may not know about this historic event 1. Radio Veritas for truth Before the...
