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Dec 7, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Lorena Vicenty
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Emmanuel Haddad |L'Orient-Le Jour
George Tekle, once a taxi driver, turned to cultivating the land in his hometown, Majdel Meouch, located in the Chouf region, during the crisis. “We need to make ends meet,” he told L’Orient-Le Jour. The rising costs of imported fertilizer, however, strained his budget. Luckily, one day, he bumped into a group of young people passionate about agroecology. These people were part of an NGO called Jibal, which runs a support program for farmers transitioning to agroecology.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog
Parang jigsaw puzzle, nabubuo na ang larawan ng mafia network ni dating pangulo Rodrigo Duterte. “Mosaic of gore and plunder” ang tawag nga riyan ni Inday Espina-Varona. Tulad ng isang gangster organization, susi ang mga “loyal lieutenant” ng mafia boss. Pero ang gangster organization na ito, naka-embed sa gobyerno, at ang pangulo ang pinuno ng shadow organization na tinaguriang Davao Death Squad (DDS).
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Ricardo Lobato Felizola
The term “natural” can hardly be used to refer to disasters anymore. “When threats strike a community and wreak havoc, it is assumed people did something wrong, such as deforestation, [or] building in a river channel or on a very steep slope,” explains meteorologist Marcelo Seluchi. Seluchi runs the operation and modeling sector of the Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (Cemaden), a federal agency based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Nolina Minj
The village of Galkuva lies deep in the heart of southern Gujarat, in the Tapi district. On July 16, light droplets of rain pattered down as we made our way to a spacious mud house amidst fields of freshly sown paddy and verdant sugarcane. On the porch, young children sat on the ground playing carrom, a local tabletop game. Inside were two rooms divided by a wall, with long tables and several chairs occupied by children playing chess or doing homework and older youth poring over heavy textbooks.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Natalia Uval |Marina Santín |La Diaria
It is Monday and, at Espacio Colabora, in downtown Montevideo, a group of women and representatives of social organizations meet to discuss the impact on children of having family members in prison. Familias Presentes holds these monthly sessions. There are the women who have led the organization’s formation and those who come for the first time.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |David Flier
A weary rhythm marks the hours over the humble dwellings on the dirt streets in Herrera. I have only been for a short time in this town 150 kilometers from the capital of Santiago del Estero, where 2,000 people live, and the question that will hang over the next 48 hours is already appearing: How does one raise a child in the midst of poverty?
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Alia Chebbab
Sex education is still a widely controversial topic: while some people believe it’s essential to teach young people about sex and sexuality in schools, others argue that it’s inappropriate and should be left to parents to discuss with their children. Having “the talk” can be uncomfortable and embarrassing, and it becomes challenging if you’re part of a tiny, close-knit community like the Druze, one of the major religious groups in the Levant. There are just over one million Druze people worldwide.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Peter Yeung
It’s mid-afternoon along Medellín’s Avenida Oriental, a traffic-clogged road that scythes through the heart of the second-largest Colombian city. Nicolas Pineda is crouched on his haunches as cars zoom by on both sides. Wrapped in heavy-duty workwear and armed with a machete, Pineda is weeding a thick strip of tree-lined greenery running between the lanes. He hacks at a patch of dead, browning bush and pulls up a rogue, zig-zag-shaped shrub beside his foot.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
rappler.com | Christian Joy Maglunog |Rachel Pereda
Afro hair is not just a matter of aesthetics and fashion. Enslaved people used to create paths and maps in their curly hair to guide themselves when escaping their oppressors. Additionally, they would store wheat seeds in their hair, which they later planted in their territories. That’s why, when they were forced to cut their hair or straighten it with chemical products, they were also cutting off their identity and roots with their culture.
