The ribbons worn are a spectrum of colors—lavender for all cancers, pink for breast, dark blue for colon, yellow for bone. But beneath the pinned fabric and the hashtags flooding social media lies a reality that is less about symbols and more about survival. It is World Cancer Day, a moment when the world pauses to acknowledge the Emperor of All Maladies. In the Philippines, this day arrives amidst a humid February, where the heat of the season is just beginning to rise, mirr

The living fears how I love . The quiet disapproval lingers when I drag my feet on the ground, feeding the earth of my disease that seems not to cease when you’re not around. My limbs—all twisted and torn—reveal the roots of my deepest desire that only whisper your name in divinity and transcendence, singing praises of your taste that dwells in my system. Dirty, as they would describe it; it’s unnatural, distasteful on the mouth of the lambs—a sin with no amount of prayer to

Sa gitna ng mababang pondo para sa pamantasan, umabot sa 20,840 aplikante ang kumuha ng Polytechnic University of the Philippines College Entrance Test (PUPCET) 2026 para sa unang batch  sa PUP Main Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila noong Linggo, Enero 18. Ayon sa pinakahuling datos ng Communication Management Office (CMO), tinatayang nasa 135,000 aplikante ang nagpasa ng aplikasyon mula sa iba’t ibang kampus ng pamantasan. Habang humigit-kumulang 12,000 freshmen naman ang inaasahang