THE once obscure Gregoria de Jesus is little by little seeping through the consciousness of Filipinos in this year of her 150th birth anniversary. Last month, in November, two artistic representations ...

Many Filipinos – mostly women – continue to marry foreign nationals, with migrant unions averaging around 70,000 annually, ...

ILLUSTRATION BY KIKO BUENAVENTURA A little boy caught my eye at a restaurant this weekend. While waiting for their food to ...

THE 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) carries the theme “A New Era for Philippine Cinema.” It is, as Harvard scholar Joseph Nye described, an act of soft power, the ability of culture to ...

I've been hurt a lot by my past relationships. And even getting to know girls online is not any better. So basically, I've ...

According to the United Nations, a woman dies every 10 minutes at the hands of their partner or family member According to a study on femicide by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...

Plan International Asia-Pacific called on governments, regional organisations, donors, civil society, and the private sector ...

“According to data, women make up more than half of the users of platforms like ours. In fact, our analytics sometimes show ...

Paul Tazewell, the Oscar-winning costume designer behind “Wicked,” has joined the creative team of “Rose Pandanwangi,” an ...

Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – something outdated, ...

The lack of divorce and same-sex marriage in the Philippines was among the factors cited by Filipinos for the Philippines' ...