The movement for gender equality has been rising and spreading all throughout the world. However, even if it actually aims to spark change, many companies and individuals choose to utilize it in such a way that is harmful — turning it into a weapon called gender washing.

In 2016, former President Rodrigo Duterte formally waged war against drugs throughout the nation, subjugating whom the government declares as ‘addicts,’ to a point where innocent people became victims, too. As the ICC probes into the inner workings of this ‘war on drugs,’ what are we to make of the previous and incumbent government’s use of state sovereignty on the matter at hand?

The room is dark and empty, filled with nothing but the void left by the absence of light. Many would see this picture as gloomy and desolate, yet we cartoonists see it differently. The canvas I paint on pitch black like my room, yet I choose to befriend the darkness that envelops me; it grants me comfort— my mind is calm. My tunnel vision glares at the light my device puts off, dimly painting my room a greyish color, yet I pay no mind to the clash of light and shadow occurring behind me. My hands move in solemn rhythm with my mind, gliding through the screen elegantly, bringing life to a barren, pitch-black canvas. As my thoughts materialize into art, the world lightens up with my avenue of expressing my sentiments on the issues that plague this mundane world.

By Jugo

Noong ika-28 ng Pebrero 2023, lumubog ang motor tanker na MT Princess Empress sa Naujan, Oriental Mindoro na nagdulot ng isang lubos na nakapipinsalang oil spill sa Tablas Strait. Ayon sa DENR, 12 sa 14 na munisipalidad ng Oriental Mindoro ang apektado ng naturang sakuna sa karagatan, buhat ng masamang epekto ng oil spill. Bukod sa nakalalasong epekto ng langis sa mga isda, ibon, at mga halamang tubig, nag-iiwan din ng pangmatagalang epekto ang mga oil spill sa katatagan ng marine ecosystem.