Articles by Thaddeus Nathaniel L.
Sino Ba Talaga ang Bayani?
We have been taught to recognize heroism by its monuments: a name carved in stone, a face printed in textbooks, a death dramatic enough to become a national memory—but perhaps a country is also built by the people whose names never make it onto one. If the hands that feed, build, clean, carry, and keep the country alive are rarely called heroic, then who exactly gets to be a hero?
31 August 2026
Pangangamba, Pag-aalala, Pag-asa: Isang Taong Pakikipaglaban para sa Tabaco Desaparecidos
Isang taon matapos dukutin sina James Jazmines at Felix Salaveria Jr., nagtagumpay man ang kanilang mga pamilya sa writ of amparo at habeas data, wala pa ring nakikitang mga akusado—at wala pa ring nakikitang sila.
30 August 2026
“Kami ang Nagpapakain sa Bayan”: Marites Cello Speaks on Militarization, Red-Tagging, and the Farmers’ Struggle
Amid militarization and red-tagging in Camarines Sur, farmer-organizer Marites "Nay Tess" Cello continues her decades-long fight for land reform and peasant rights.
16 August 2026
Finding God Where Comfort Refuses to Look
On why Ignatian Spirituality was never meant to be comfortable
10 August 2026
The Grass Ceiling Has Been Broken
The beauty of Wimbledon is that it has always rewarded belief as much as talent. Champions are remembered not only for their trophies but for the moments they announced themselves to the world. Alex Eala may not have lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish this year, but she left the All England Club having accomplished something almost as meaningful.
9 July 2026
A Full House Beneath Empty Seats
As COA-N fills every seat in its new Executive Board, vacancies continue to mark the Liderato kan Nueva Atenista. Between a full council and an incomplete central student government lies a deeper challenge of representation, participation, and a student body that institutions still struggle to summon.
8 July 2026
Maitim ang EDSA, hindi ito Dilaw
Bago ang mga dilaw na laso, may maitim na panahon.
13 April 2026
Padamlágan: A Night Light That Flickers
This Bicolano film revisits the 1972 Colgante Bridge Tragedy, through a father's journey in a search for his missing son.
5 March 2026