
PHYLA 2025-26 awardee: Shawntel Nicole Nieto
It’s not enough because feeding one person today doesn’t solve the fact that they had no access to food in the first place.
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read


It’s not enough because feeding one person today doesn’t solve the fact that they had no access to food in the first place.
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

Looking back, PHYLA did not change who I was. It clarified what I need to do.
Bing Matoto · · 5 min read

An orderly barter or an exchange of products or services of equal value for another has always been how societies have thrived.
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

Such a scenario is particularly worrisome for us because it would be applicable to our own squabble with China over the West Philippine Sea.
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

We now have to grapple with the self-inflicted specter of investors’ perception of widespread corruption in the government bureaucracy.
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

A lesson I learned is that poetry, even as crude as mine, can be learned by anyone, particularly if one is as tongue-tied as me.
Bing Matoto · · 4 min read

The people are thirsting for blood and rightful revenge while businesses have considerably slowed as all are watching and holding their collective breath for…
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

It got me thinking that in teaching the underprivileged youth, not only should we show the hows, it is equally critical for the youth to understand the ‘dark…
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

The academy is a fully equipped school dedicated to the upliftment of underprivileged youths through free education, focusing on digital literacy, particularly…
Bing Matoto · · 3 min read

For those who still recall the critical personalities of People Power 1986, Cardinal Ambo’s call today differs from Cardinal Sin’s cry in 1986.
Bing Matoto · · 4 min read
