By Grace Ann Arce
Finally, after five years, I’m done with college.
After 16-and-a-half years, I’m through with school. No more uniforms, no more strict professors—what a relief!
Time runs so fast. Yesterday I was just wondering which branch of Starbucks I would go to chill with my friends, and now I’m wondering how I am supposed to budget my money for another 15 days.
Some say I’m lucky; the company where I completed my on-the-job training hired me for their new show. I agree, up to a certain extent, but I am really not that lucky. Having a job makes me realize and experience things I never imagined I would. (more…)
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By Jasmine T. Cruz
The diary malady: That is the disease afflicting me. I am governed by the impulse to have every part of my life immortalized on paper. I have this compulsion to write about that girl who has thriving forests in her armpits, the teacher who has illusions of morality, the guy who has the power to make me faint and the other guy who has pimples also has the power to make me faint. (more…)
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Domestic workers in Saudi Arabia are often subjected to abuse that in some cases amount to slavery, as well as sexual violence and lashings for spurious charges of theft or “witchcraft,” a human rights group said Tuesday. (more…)
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Like many other Filipinos seeking a better life, this Mindanao native’s quest turned into a nightmare.
At the tender age of 17, Haima already experienced a lifetime’s worth of heartaches during her stint as a domestic helper in the Middle East. (more…)
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