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We can’t let our guard down just because the COVID-19 vaccines are here

While the vaccines are arriving, some people are already partying like it’s the world post-vaxx. This is a supremely bad idea

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This US funeral home helps people *literally* return to the earth by turning their remains into compost

By choosing Recompose over conventional burial or cremation, the deceased prevents one metric ton of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.

Last farewell: People are turning to this online space to grieve in isolation

The pandemic is taking lives. And as if that isn’t enough, it’s taking our right…

Eileen Sarmenta’s rapist and murderer shouldn’t have been considered for a release in the first place

Content warning: References to brutal rape and murder Recently, a huge political firestorm happened when…

Remembering the Bataan Death March by the numbers

Following the bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941,…

What’s inside a National Artist’s house? A look inside Botong Francisco’s Angono atelier

The works of Carlos “Botong” Francisco have greatly contributed to the development of our country’s…

Shopping bags, rice sacks found inside dead whale in Mindanao

In June 2018, marine officials in Thailand went through a five-day effort to save a pilot…

Cesar Gaupo’s largest masterpiece is a riverside abode on the hills of Mt. Banahaw

The artistry of fashion designer Cesar Gaupo was as limitless as his mind. One would…

EXCELSIOR: Stan Lee, true superhero of Marvel Universe, dies at 95

Stan Lee, the visionary man behind the renaissance of the comic book world in the…

Five things you should know about late business icon Washington SyCip

It was Saturday night, Oct. 7, when Philippine Airlines flight no. 126 was en route…