Chasing Happy by Adelle Chua
A day in the life
Vilma clocks out of her barangay tanod duties at 5 am one Monday morning, only to be called back to...
Character building
“You’re from Valenzuela? As in Valenzuela, Bulacan?” I get that a lot, to which I always reply with a smile:...
Our rock star pope
There is no denying it. The Philippines has been bitten by the pope bug. The fever began long before the...
Sharer, not speaker
“Speaker” is not a word one would immediately think of to describe me. Being an introvert, I have never been...
Zooming out
On Thursday, January 8, 46-year-old Nerlita Ledesma was waiting for a ride in her hometown Balanga, Bataan that would take...
The gift of yellowing pages
Must presents always be shiny and new? I know it’s two weeks into the new year already and the holidays...
The six people I met in 2014
The year just past was, for me, a rich one. I experienced arriving early with my family at the airport,...
A break from tradition
Traditions are called such because they have persisted over time. For example, on New Year’s Eve, many Filipinos follow the...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.