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  • Ballots and the Burden of the ‘Better Bad’

    The recent 2025 Philippine midterm elections have once again brought to the forefront a familiar but troubling refrain: the idea of choosing the “lesser evil” in politics. This phrase has become a recurring theme in our electoral discourse, especially in contests for the Senate, where the choices often feel like picking between candidates who fall

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  • Off-the-grid: The long road for Sitio Payong voters

    Jeremy Ballesteros It only took 10 minutes for 46-year-old Sitio Payong resident Marnie Mateo to get to her voting precinct for this year’s midterm elections.  What is usually a 20-minute trip to Old Balara Elementary School (OBES), was cut down in half thanks to a free transportation service provided by a non-political entity. Sitio Payong,

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  • To Whom It ‘May’ Concern

    To Whom It ‘May’ Concern

    May used to be the shortest month – at least for the younger me. Time seemingly passed by with the same old routine: wake up, eat, sleep, repeat until it filled my days, proven by the completely marked classic kalendaryo hanging on the doorstep of our wooden door.  I did not want it to end. 

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