The richness of history still echoes into its walls where it managed to escape oblivion and find light as an authentic landmark in the present times.
Albayanos have a plethora of talents that contribute to the regionโs thriving art scene. In a digital age where ushering in an era of creative expression is mostly driven by trends and algorithms, local artists are out to prove that art can still keep up with modern aestheticsโ bringing cultural enrichment to the essence of what it truly means to be a Bicolano artist.
Blockage and danger are some of the words to describe water lilies in rivers and ponds. Ironically, Liliosa "Lilli" Hilao embodied the opposite of this description as she placed her life in danger to pave the way to destroying the societal blockage in the country during her timeโMartial Law.
People streaming down their hashtags and status on the internet are on a mission to break the suicide taboo. Under the impression of helping and educating others, preconstructed messages are passed along the digital landscape for a common cause. The advent of National Suicide Prevention Month is creating a society of uniformity among individuals in social media, prompting a platform to question its minimal contribution to the discourse.
To unsuspecting eyes, the presence of restless street vendors in their strategic spots seems like an imperative scene to understand the current labor situation in the country. Though small businesses fuel the national economy, celebrating Labor Day when most of its operators cannot even afford to enjoy its essence as a legal holiday reveals a concerning situation.
While there are available vaccines and trials for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to alleviate the increasing number of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDs) patients, there is no remedy yet that can treat the looming stigma in the country. This posits that while there is a fight to lessen if not end the HIV and AIDs cases in the Philippines, there is an attached societal disease that needs to be treated similarly.
In a place where hopes, dreams, and lives were once bound now stands a land riddled with terror, horror, and death. Images that harshly portray mass extinction seemingly reduce countless lives into mere numbers. Endless attacks that silence screams and howls consume people with grief and fear. As unrecognized bodies painted with ash gray and red continue to grow in numbers, the heart of the Holy Land now mirrors hell. One would assume that the current conflict between Israel and Palestine started on the morning of October 7th, but in retrospect, it has been taking place for almost a century. The Islamist militant group Hamas, which translates to Islamic Resistance Movement, launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7 during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. As hundreds of people died and were wounded, the state of Israel declared war on the Gaza Strip, a place which is populated by almost two million Palestinians.
