Blueprint for a city’s soul
Metro Manila circa 2005 is a sprawling, congested and anarchic megacity without a soul. [photos courtesy of Paulo Alcazaren] In this issue The Philippines: A decade hence The screenager generation...
View ArticleIn Manila, pills and condoms go underground
Our latest series is on the simmering controversy on population control. We look at two local governments — Manila and Pangasinan. The first is a horror story as far as women’s rights advocates and...
View ArticleBoys Town wards cry sexual and physical abuse
Our latest offering is a two-part series that exposes the sexual molestation and physical abuse that is taking place at Boys Town in Marikina. The series, based on interviews with Boys Town wards,...
View ArticleAt Boys Town, regrets over lost glory
ERNESTO Beren, 61, remembers the Manila Boys Town of old with fondness. He recalls that the 23-hectare institution had a rustic landscape, surrounded as it was by trees, and huge grounds that gave him...
View ArticleToxic city
FILMED over a five-hour period from the hills of Antipolo, you can see the gradual encroachment of smog choking Metro Manila in this time-lapse video. Smog is a combination of smoke and fog. The smoke...
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