Back in college, my friends and I never really gave much thought about fraternities, except in passing when the Alpha Phi Omega would hold its annual Oblation Run in neighboring UP. In the past few years, however, I have become concerned about these Greek-lettered organizations.
Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags – rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species.
California has banned local authorities from trying to outlaw male circumcision, after a group lobbied to prohibit the practice in San Francisco.
One of the most celebrated concubinage cases in recent memory among Manila’s oldest and richest families— namely, the case filed by Susana “Susie” Bayot-Ortigas against husband Francisco “Pacqui” Ortigas III—is shaping up to be a battle of legal gladiators that may prove to be more gripping than the impeachment trial (zzzzz).
I am a 24-year-old teacher in a public school with a master’s degree, and I’m a candidate for my Ph.D. ...
Filipinos and other Asians like to scoff at the western countries’ nursing homes for the aged, describing them as examples...
Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its congress has legalized abortion and is drawing up plans to sell government-grown marijuana.
Sometimes, being born beautiful and well-to-do can be a bane rather than a blessing. This was the case of Beverly Fabernado,* the daughter of an American woman and a wealthy Filipino landowner who died in a car accident when Beverly was 8. Fortunately, her widowed mother was left with a generous trust fund and inherited real estate assets that allowed Bev and her younger brother to continue living in comfort in Dasmariñas Village, Makati.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she could not stand watching legislators and their spouses took turns displaying “bling” clothes and jewelry during President Benigno Aquino’s fourth state of the nation address (SONA) Monday.
Shortly after Super Typhoon “Yolanda” struck our country, an international watch group cautioned on the possibility of child trafficking.
