Gray Matters

‘Gigil’

Next time a non-Filipino asks you for a definition of the Filipino word “gigil,” refer…

Airborne

It’s been five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an outbreak involving a…

Right, just, and necessary

The reactions to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte have given rise to all…

The power of ‘La Presidenta’

Before the 2024 presidential elections in Mexico, candidate Claudia Sheinbaum would use a simple declaration…

Turtle meat poisoning

The deaths first appeared in a British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) dispatch in December 2024 and…

What people? What power?

People power. A grammatically awkward term but one which still inspires some pride of the…

The swastika tricycle

“What’s a bat mitzvah?” one of my daughters asked over the weekend, a term she…

A Valentine’s like no other

I have a feeling that love and romance are going to be different this coming…

Slowing down ‘budol’

A scourge of our times is the way we are challenged by all kinds of…

Sex education through the ages

The ongoing debates around the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy bill, including its being renamed the…