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FEU Advocate · November 15, 2025

Faces against corruption, impunity, and dynasties

Fraudulence, betrayal, and oppression fuel a simmering rage that echoes through the agony and misery of the marginalized sectors. This pattern has spurred movements in countries, including Indonesia, Nepal, and Thailand, where citizens seize the opportunity to hold politicians accountable publicly. Meanwhile, the Philippines faces the same crisis, yet its approach to accountability is from collective stances but is modeled as a mere public stunt.

FEU Advocate · November 14, 2025

Frankenstein and the price of creation

The dead rise once more, but this time, not by lightning alone. In Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ (2025), resurrection is an act of arrogance disguised as genius, and love becomes both salvation and a curse. While audiences may expect gothic horror soaked in candlelight and grave soil, what del Toro delivers is far more unsettling: a mirror, held up to humanity’s oldest sin—the desire to be God.

FEU Advocate · November 10, 2025

The before, during, after: Unlearning earthquake safety misinformation

When a 5.0-magnitude earthquake from Zambales rippled through Metro Manila on October 11, the city fell into a quivering silence. At Far Eastern University (FEU), students rushed outside as phones lit up with alerts and anxious messages. Within minutes, social media was filled with rumors, false warnings, and conflicting safety tips. What began as a brief tremor quickly spiraled into a frenzy of confusion and fear—on the ground and online.

FEU Advocate · November 07, 2025

The lamp beyond the ward: How a student nurse helped a worker in crisis

When a condominium worker collapsed outside his workplace, help should have come right away. But as nearby barangays declined to assist and no ambulance arrived, second-year Far Eastern University (FEU) student nurse Alexandra Ortega refused to stand by—stepping in to save a stranger’s life when the system failed to respond.

FEU Advocate · November 06, 2025

Behind FEU alumna Jamela Alindogan’s enduring pursuit of truth and purpose

Amid every protest, war, and national crisis, journalists stand at the line between chaos and truth, staying long after the cameras are gone, witnesses to the events that change the course of ordinary lives. Among these witnesses to history is Far Eastern University (FEU) alumna Jamela Alindogan, where these moments are not merely assignments but the lived reality.

FEU Advocate · November 02, 2025

To hope we meet again in body and soul

Memory is both a blessing and a curse; it reminds us of those with whom we shared our hopes and dreams, but eventually, no new memories will be created. At the same time, it brings long periods of grieving that turn into yearning. Thus, at their final resting place, we tend to seek solace and cling to memories, hoping that their death is an illusion and that another lifetime together awaits.

FEU Advocate · October 11, 2025

To you, who grew up too early

Before she could even learn how to braid her hair, she learned to weave her family’s needs around her own. The eldest daughter, ‘ate,’ is often praised for her strength, patience, and selflessness. But behind the soft smiles and steady resolve lies a lifetime of unspoken expectations. She is raised to carry, to care, to endure—and was made to believe that it is love. Yet on this International Day of the Girl Child, one must wonder: when did love start to mean surrender?

FEU Advocate · September 28, 2025

Justice on trial: Tamaraws reflect on the ICC case against Duterte

What happens when justice cannot be found in the motherland? For many Tamaraws, the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of former President Rodrigo Duterte is not just about accountability in the drug war—it is a confrontation of the failures in Philippine democracy. As the world watches The Hague, Far Eastern University (FEU) students ask: will justice finally be found in The Hague? What role must the youth play in demanding truth?

FEU Advocate · September 18, 2025

Staying dry while others drown: A nepo baby’s graft-funded flood survival guide

Overnight, Morayta and España Boulevard were submerged in knee-deep waters following the recent monsoon rains in Metro Manila and other cities in Luzon, and students scrambled to keep their books and uniforms dry. For ordinary Filipinos, floods mean disruption and loss, but for the privileged, they are no more than scenery outside their condo windows. Such is the advantage of being a ‘nepo baby’—a child of privilege that inherits not just wealth, but the luxury of staying dry through storms.

FEU Advocate · September 01, 2025

Desaparecidos sa nagdaang rehimen: Mga aninong hindi matitinag sa paglimot

Pabago-bago man ang mukha ng pamahalaan, nakaugat pa rin ang malagim na pasismo ng nagdaang rehimeng pilit na pinatatahimik ang mga lumalaban. Ngunit sa kabila ng pagtatangka ng estado na ibaon sa limot ang mga biktima, patuloy na umaalingawngaw ang boses ng mga naiwan, nagpapaalala na hindi dapat kalimutan ang pilit na kinalilimutan.