Greatness By Junelie Anthony Velonta Ambassador, HAPI Youth Where does greatness reside? The many statues around the world allude to the self. It is, after all, a fact that the common man and woman study the lives of those above them. From conquerors to brilliant minds, pedestals are built both with concrete and words. As […]
Filipinos Need to Know That Having Dark Skin is Okay By Shane Haro Editor-in-Chief | HAPI Scholar “Dito sa Silangan ako isinilang Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw Ako ay may sariling kulay: kayumanggi Ngunit hindi ko maipakita tunay na sarili” – FrancisM, “Tayo’y Mga Pinoy” (1992) In 2022, Filipinos are more socially
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How I Overcame Sorrow in My Writing By Junelie Velonta HAPI Youth Ambassador | HAPI Scholar In the afternoon that I wrote this, I came across an interesting Facebook post circulated by my writer friends. Though I had no way to check its source, people say that it was from Mary Oliver’s “Blue Pastures.”
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Celebrating the HAPI Woman, Pt. 2: Madelyn Gauna: Self Love By Donna T. Darantinao HAPI Youth Ambassador Unrelenting. Unapologetic. Unwavering. To her, self-love is the key to various doors of life. If you cannot love yourself first, you tend to look for it in every corner of life and end up finding something else. So,
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𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘? 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 Whether it is as a specialized source of protein or the centerpiece of a complicated dish, chicken is present in the diets of many. Chicken has become so widespread that it has permeated language, cultural, geological, and even economic barriers. But before the bird crossed paved roads, it
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COVID Relief Drive for the People The COVID-19 and its variants have slowed down the economy of many nations. If not outright cripple them, the pandemic has caused untold damages to many communities. This is even more visible in the Philippines. Due to the rising cases of COVID-19, many Filipinos have lost their jobs and
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By Edgar Louis Garcia HAPI Scholar Back in 1940, a leader came into power in Germany – a veteran of the First World War, and a powerful political figure, Adolf Hitler. Germany’s defeat in WW1 severely crippled the German economy and gave rise to a revolution that overthrew the monarchy, later establishing the Weimar Republic.
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By Sherwin Dane Haro Editor-in-Chief / HAPI Scholar With everything going on in the Philippines politically and the pandemic’s persistent onslaught, it might be hard for Filipinos to consider environmentalism as an urgent priority at the moment. But don’t let environmental engineer Diosa Marie Aguila-Aguirre hear that. Not only does she know that
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By Donna T. Darantinao HAPI Youth Ambassador An epitome of strength, that’s what she is. Overcoming various struggles through the course of her life was never easy especially because she lives in a society where women are expected to commit no mistakes and to appear with unblemished faces. At first glance, you will see a
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By the HAPI Scholars Leaving your religion behind and looking at life purely from a secular perspective is a sometimes scary, but always humbling experience that a lot of secular humanists could tell you about. The truth is that there isn’t one big moment of clarity where you grasp everything that was ridiculous or irrational
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