Jo Comuyog, Author at Tinig ng Plaridel

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UP ALYANSA changes tune on “powerless” sectors

Posted on 7 June 20215 February 2022
byJo Comuyog

CLAIM: UP ALYANSA chairperson candidate Daine Torregosa said that the party does not believe that the masses are powerless. Rather, “[It’s] the political structures we have right now, the systemic oppression we’re experiencing, that render us disempowered.”

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Coming out in isolation

Posted on 6 November 20204 February 2022
byJo Comuyog

COVID-19 is redefining coming out. The pandemic is deeply informing the experiences of those going through this already-complex process of realization and self-expression, especially in a country with little protection…

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7 Monsters to Watch Out For

Posted on 8 November 20188 November 2018
byGabe Santos and Jo Comuyog

Halloween season is afoot, and if you’re brave enough, it is the time to pay close attention to the monsters that haunt the nation.

Filipino mythology is more than the common stories about tiyanaks, tikbalangs, aswangs, and mananggals feeding on the human flesh; local folklore can introduce creatures far more terrifying and dangerous than what horror films portray. And these creatures are more familiar than we expect.