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19/08/2026

Odyssey here. Odyssey that. But have you heard of Darangen? It’s an epic story from the Philippines and one of the longest oral story traditions that have stood the test of time.

The month of August is considered to be the National Language Month. But what better way to introduce our language diversity but to include our rich precolonial literary heritage!

We gathered a short summary of this epic story from the Meranao people in Mindanao. And how this story connects to Filipino values fighting for justice, freedom, and community.

Swipe right to read more.

13/08/2026

Employment can be tough. But so is applying for a job! Job hiring in the Philippines has a hidden caveat especially if you’re in a “female-dominated” field. You’re not only skilled enough to handle the work, you must have a pleasing appearance and personality.

In a country with strong beauty pageant culture, sometimes the standard can seeps through hiring processes.

What do you think? Share us your thoughts.

08/08/2026

ALEX MANIA 🔥

For the first time in history, a Filipinx is playing at the center stage of tennis! And the world is taking notice. Especially the passion of Filipinx fans supporting Eala wherever she goes. From Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Washington DC, to Toronto.

But what does it mean to be an athlete in a country like the Philippines? Do athletes like Alex Eala get institutional support even before they make history for themselves? Or is there a pattern we are not seeing?

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29/07/2026

A thread about Filipinx words and rights

8 everyday words you hear at the market, jeepney terminal, rural community, and picket line.

SUKI:

loyal, regular customer

no contract to be signed nor loyalty card needed. It’s constantly showing up at your regular market vendor. In communities with thin safety nets, the suki bond is quite a mutual aid: vendors extend credit, save the good stock, cut a deal when times are hard.

BAYANIHAN:

community spirit/ mutual aid

Literally neighbors lifting a house and carrying it to a new spot. When state systems fail, bayanihan fills the gap: relief drives, community pantries, disaster response. But bayanihan also means an entire community helping each other to ensure that the system lifts the people up.

WELGA:

strike

Workers withholding labor to force change. It is written into the Philippine Constitution. But organisers and union workers still faced red-tagging and dispersal. Every welga is a testament of not to bow down to abusive contracts and labor conditions.

TSUPER:

driver, esp. of the jeepney

The public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program pushed thousands of tsuper to consolidate into corporations and abandon old-style jeepneys or lose their routes entirely. While tsupers support modernizing jeepneys, most cannot afford the cost of transitioning to green transportation. Only large, well-funded companies can.

SAKADA:

seasonal sugarcane worker

Agricultural labourers, historically shipped from other islands to cut cane on Negros haciendas (agricultural estates), often bound to the landlord by debt, paid in scraps, and housed in barracks. Land reform is still an unfinished fight and the struggle of sakadas continues.

ENDO:

“end of contract” cycling

A word resonates to many Filipinx working class where companies rotate workers out every five months so they never have to regularise them. It strips job security, benefits, and the right to form a worker’s union. Labor groups have fought to end it for decades.

DESAPARECIDOS

the disappeared

A person abducted by state forces, never seen again. Coined under Martial Law, the word names

18/07/2026

Have you heard the news? The Philippines is elevated into a new economic classification! But what does it mean for the majority of Filipinxs in the country and abroad?

We break down the numbers and see what they reveal 👀

11/07/2026

ENGLISH IN THE CAPTION 👇

What every Filipinx should know about the sugar and banana industry in the Philippines.

Sugar and banana are two of the most important agricultural products in the Philippines.

The Philippine sugar industry contributes about ₱76 billion to the economy each year, while the country ranks as the world’s second-largest banana exporter as of 2025.

2 crops.
One recurring story.

Sugar, Negros
Spanish-era hacienda system never broke up. Vast sugarcane estates remain controlled by a handful of influential families, while thousands of workers earn their living harvesting the fields.

Banana, Mindanao
Multinational fruit companies lease and control vast plantations for export, a system that traces its roots to the American colonial period. Many of these plantations now occupy land once farmed by smallholders and Indigenous communities.

Negros: the sugar bowl of the country

1,727
medium and large landlords control more than half of sugarcane land on Negros island.

424,130
hectares of land on the island – most of it still tied to hacienda-era ownership.
Roughly the same size as Bohol Island.

Decades after the Philippines’ land reform law, the hacienda system on Negros largely held its shape. Many sugar workers remain seasonal labourers on land their families have worked for generations – without owning any of it.

Mindanao: the country’s fruit basket

258,000+
hectares of banana plantation across Mindanao, predominantly in Davao Region.
Roughly half the size of Cebu island.

100,000+
hectares across Mindanao held by Dole and its subsidiaries for banana and pineapple production.
Almost the same size as Siargao Island

Export-grade bananas built Mindanao’s reputation as the Philippines’ fruit basket. But most of the harvest leaves the country. Profits largely return to parent companies abroad, while small growers work under tight, long-term contracts that limit control they have of their land.

Big harvest,
Smaller share.

Export crops generate dollars and euros. But the workers cutting cane or packing bananas are paid in pesos - pesos that buy less every year

02/07/2026

If our ancestors already had a word for you, you were never an aberration. you were always a tradition.

Babaylan. Spirit-keeper. Healer. The one who stood between worlds — not despite their gender fluidity, but because of it. Pre-colonial Philippines knew that those who held multiple natures held more power, not less.

Asog. Bayog. Papanay. Words older than colonization. Words that existed as a marker of pakikipagkapwa, of what a body is allowed to be. Long before it evolved into something derogatory.

für alle, die zwischen zwei Welten aufgewachsen sind und dachten, sie seien ein Widerspruch — ihr seid eine Erinnerung. an etwas, das nie wirklich verschwunden ist

18/06/2026

June is the biggest month of the year for global climate and ecological action.

With World Environment Day on June 5, the world pauses to confront a truth we can no longer ignore that climate crisis is accelerating, and its impacts are hitting vulnerable nations the hardest.

For the Philippines, this isn’t theory — it’s lived experience. Stronger typhoons, rising casualties, and repeated displacement have become part of our national story. We stand on the frontlines of a crisis we did not create.

That’s why global frameworks matter.

The Paris Agreement set the world’s collective promise to limit warming and protect the planet. And in 2025, the ICJ Advisory Opinion strengthened that promise by declaring climate protection a legal obligation. States must regulate fossil fuels, prevent environmental harm, and safeguard human rights — not just for today, but for future generations. But today, where does the Philippines stand?

12/06/2026

As we celebrate Independence Day, we dare to ask: independence for whom?

As we strive for genuine freedom, we recognize that liberation is not an individual pursuit—it is rooted in our collective responsibility, shared struggles, and commitment to justice for all.

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