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Pets Over Partners: Why Gen Z Is Choosing Four Paws to Simplify Life

By Bhern Galarce

December 9, 2025

Reese is 24—a video editor fueled by iced coffee and a growing irritation every time a well-meaning Tita leans in with, “So… still no boyfriend?”…

Velvet & Vines: When Art Meets the Spirit of Wine

By Gilbert Kim Sancha

December 9, 2025

VELVET & VINES is more than an exhibit — it’s a sensory collaboration rooted in craft, culture, and intention. Created by award-winning artist Kristine Soguilon…

Side-by-side image showing the Pantone 2026 Cloud Dancer color swatch beside the Pinas Simpol book cover, both featuring soft white tones symbolizing calm and simplicity.

Color of 2026: Why Pantone Chose Cloud Dancer

By Simpol

December 5, 2025

Cloud Dancer: A Year of Making Space Pantone has named Cloud Dancer as the Color of the Year for 2026 — a soft white described…

Rage Bait: Oxford’s Word of the Year and the Engine of Digital Outrage

By Tatung Sarthou

December 4, 2025

A phone lights up before sunrise. Someone opens their feed out of habit, not curiosity. Within seconds, they’re pulled into a heated thread about a…

What the Kim Chiu Case Really Teaches Us About Love, Loyalty, and Business

By Simpol

December 4, 2025

Every December, Filipino families gather with the quiet hope that the season will ease whatever the rest of the year has strained. We set the…

Learning How to Learn in the Age of AI

By Richard Jonathan O. Taduran, Ph.D.

December 4, 2025

A Filipino worker retrains for the third time in five years — first on Canva, then ChatGPT, now a new platform called Nano Banana. She…

Reflections on Terra Madre in Bacolod

By Chef Waya Araos-Wijangco

December 2, 2025

Long before hashtags made “local,” “artisanal,” or “heritage” fashionable, the Slow Food Movement was already defending the things that matter—endangered food traditions, biodiversity, and the…

What Filipinos Ate Before Colonizers: Chef Don Baldosano Gives Us a Peek

By Tatung Sarthou

November 25, 2025

At Terra Madre Bacolod, where farmers and foodworkers gather to defend the future of Filipino food, Chef Don Baldosano—the chef behind Linamnam MNL and one…

Guardians of the Highlands: Indigenous Seeds, Global Debates, and the Future of Food at Terra Madre Asia & Pacific

By Tatung Sarthou

November 24, 2025

BACOLOD CITY — On the first morning of Terra Madre Asia Pacific Philippines, before the visitors streamed into the Indigenous Pavilion, Rennel Lavilla, a young…

Illustration of a glowing humanoid AI figure at a desk with a computer, representing the rise of AI in the Philippines.

Training the Dragon: The Promise of Artificial Superintelligence

By Richard Jonathan O. Taduran, Ph.D.

November 19, 2025

Exploring the potential of Artificial Superintelligence in the Philippines opens a new avenue for technological advancement and economic growth. A former colleague messaged me one…

Lore at Three: The New Filipino Feast

By BaGed Cruz

November 19, 2025

On a Wednesday night in Bonifacio Global City, Lore feels fully alive. The moment you step inside, sharp sukang tuba cuts through warm woodsmoke. Garlic…

Residents walk through deep floodwater after Typhoon Tino, highlighting how corruption in the Philippines worsened disaster response and recovery.

Typhoon Tino and the Nation We’ve Allowed to Break

By Waya Araos-Wijangco

November 19, 2025

In the dark hours after Typhoon Tino made landfall, the Visayas drowned in silence. In Cebu, brown floodwater rose past windows, turning roads into rivers…

Content creator Euleen Castro (@euleencastro) during her now-viral critique of a café in Iloilo — a post that sparked city-wide backlash and a national conversation on the ethics of food reviews. honest review lang

When “Honest Review Lang” Becomes Harmful: The Real Cost of Viral Food Criticism

By Tatung Sarthou

May 30, 2025

There is a shadow hanging over the social media food…

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Pets Over Partners: Why Gen Z Is Choosing Four Paws to Simplify Life

Velvet & Vines: When Art Meets the Spirit of Wine

What the Kim Chiu Case Really Teaches Us About Love, Loyalty, and Business

Learning How to Learn in the Age of AI

Reflections on Terra Madre in Bacolod

What Filipinos Ate Before Colonizers: Chef Don Baldosano Gives Us a Peek

Guardians of the Highlands: Indigenous Seeds, Global Debates, and the Future of Food at Terra Madre Asia & Pacific

Training the Dragon: The Promise of Artificial Superintelligence

Lore at Three: The New Filipino Feast

Typhoon Tino and the Nation We’ve Allowed to Break

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