UP Portia Sorority, the only duly recognized law-based sorority in the University of the Philippines’ College of Law, runs what they call “bar ops,” or bar operations, for their members who are taking the bar exam. “Our goal is that the only thing that the bar takers would need to do is to study and […]

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Fr. Rogelio B. Alarcon, O.P., education reformist and founder of Angelicum School in Quezon City (now known as University of Santo Tomas Angelicum College and my alma mater), was born on Oct. 26, 1937, in Laur, Nueva Ecija. His father was a doctor in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Because of his father’s work, […]

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Buzzwords like “jeepney phaseout” and “transport strike” are making their rounds on the internet and social media once again. They call to mind my own jeepney experiences—both good and bad—experiences one can only have in the Philippines. I first learned to commute when I was 12 years old, in my first year of high school—and […]

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After collaborating with indie-folk band Munimuni on “Tupa” and co-headlining the Mist Music Festival in Canada, Barbie Almalbis gears up for a new era in music with the release of her new song “Desperate Hours.” Produced by La Balls’ resident arranger and studio whiz Nick Lazaro, who has worked with Clara Benin and BP Valenzuela, […]

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In a basic jeans-and-university-T-shirt ensemble, dyed hair shorn close to the scalp, Bullet Dumas cuts an unassuming figure on the vibrantly lit Music Museum stage. “Medyo cool tayo dito (We’re a little cool here),” he says to his audience: a full house of laidback disciples of good music, noshing on pulutan fare and drinking canned […]

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