Open Pulitiklan.com and the country turns into a field of colored dots. Each one is a province or city, and each opens into a list of surnames and the relatives in public office who share them. “Kapag ang public office, family business,” the site says under its logo. Read more »
A woman in white flags down a car, sits in the back seat, and disappears before the ride is over. Here’s where the Balete Drive legend came from, why the tree matters, and what the famous street looks like today. Read more »
It makes you walk in circles, gets married in the rain, and 400 years ago, it had wings. Here’s what the tikbalang is, how old stories say to escape one, and how it came to have a horse’s face. Read more »
The Catholic Diocese of Kalibo has restated its opposition to gambling on Boracay, calling on provincial and municipal officials to weigh the welfare of families above the revenue a newly opened hotel-casino on the island may bring. Read more »
Notes that the late Pope Francis kept for more than three decades will be published on Nov. 24 in a book by one of his closest collaborators, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s publishing house announced on Monday, Oct. 5. Read more »
The mermaid’s scaly, less charming counterpart has a name borrowed from Hokkien and a surprising second life in Filipino grammar. Here’s what the syokoy is, what old stories say about it, and why you might want to stay away from its river. Read more »
